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Simone Biles' memo to Trump: 'I love my black job.' No one is replacing gymnast at Olympics
By Chuck Schilken,
1 day ago
Simone Biles appears to have weighed in on former President Trump's controversial comments about "Black jobs." On Friday, the U.S. Olympic gymnast wrote on X, "I love my black job." (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
On Friday — the morning after winning her second gold medal of these Olympics and the day before she competes again in a bid to add to her 2024 medal count — Biles took to X to take an apparent dig at former President Trump , the Republican presidential nominee.
Asked to define a “Black job,” Trump responded: “A Black job is anybody that has a job. That’s what it is, anybody that has a job. They’re taking the employment away from Black people. ... The Black population is affected most by that."
During the interview, Trump also criticized the Black women interviewing him and made false assertions about the racial identity of Vice President Kamala Harris , who is of Indian and Jamaican heritage and is on track to face Trump in the November election.
On Thursday, Ricky Davila — who describes himself in his X bio as a “Singer-Songwriter. Foodie. Political junkie” — posted two photos of Biles with the women’s all-around gold medal she won that day.
“Simone Biles being the GOAT, winning Gold medals and dominating gymnastics is her black job,” Davila wrote in the post.
The next day, Biles reposted Davila’s post, along with her own comment about her “black job.”
Soon after, Lakers superstar LeBron James reposted Biles’ post and called her the Black GOAT.
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