Russell Simmons Has Shared An Open Letter Criticizing The President-Elect

Russell Simmons Has Shared An Open Letter Criticizing The President-Elect. “We will be watching you to make sure that your power does not corrupt the entire union,” he writes in an open letter. Def Jam co- founder attempts to advice Donald Trump on how to best serve the American people.

Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons, a longtime associate of Donald Trump, has shared an open letter criticizing the president-elect, via the Huffington Post. Titled “A Prayer for Donald Trump and America, From An Old Friend,” his letter repudiates Trump’s rhetoric, proposed policies, and the uptick of hateful incidents around the country, then attempts to advise him on how to best serve the American people.

“The far right wing and the alt-right were your most staunch supporters, but those people are not your friends and you know that,” Simmons writes. “You have the chance to be the first true independent president this country has ever seen, but your radical beliefs you ran on during your campaign must be addressed.”

The letter read thus:

Donald, you cannot target a religious group of people. That is dangerous. You cannot separate families and deport people who have only known this country as their home. That is immoral. Donald, you cannot further militarize the police and empower them to antagonize and terrorize black communities. That is unjust. You cannot wage war against women’s rights. That is disastrous. You must stop with the hateful and harmful language towards women and people of color. That is unacceptable. Donald, you cannot rip up all of our regulations that protect our planet, continue to subsidize the meat industry and put people in power that think climate change is a hoax (the rumor of who you want to appoint to run the EPA is frightening). That is beyond repair.