A group of contestants from Donald Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice” announced Wednesday they plan to take a public stand against the Republican presidential candidate in a press conference scheduled for Friday.
Six contestants from the NBC show, including Season 4 winner Randal Pinkett and Season 1 runner-up Kwame Jackson, have partnered to plan a demonstration in New York, intentionally slated to take place days before the April 19 primary.
The Manhattan businessman attacked the “six failing wannabes” late Wednesday.
“How quickly they forget. Nobody would know who they are if it weren’t for me,” Trump said. “Ask how successful they’ve been since they left,” he added. “Six failing wannabes out of hundreds of contestants — so sad!”
“They just want to get back into the limelight like they had when they were with Trump. Total dishonesty and disloyalty,” he said, before warning, “They should be careful or I’ll play hours of footage of them individually praising me.”
The contestants attacked Trump’s rhetoric earlier Wednesday.
“Trump is passionately and strategically reigniting a dirty and divisive culture soaked in a history of prejudice, fear and hate. It is unpatriotic, anti-American, self-serving, regressive and downright lazy,” Marshawn Evans Daniels said in a statement.
“As alums of ‘The Apprentice,’ we have had the opportunity to work with Donald in various capacities, including as employees of the Trump Organization,” added Pinkett. “Based on that experience and Donald’s campaign, we do not believe he is worthy of becoming president of the United States.”
