Tlc Member Chilli Donated To Trump Campaign, Records Show

Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas of TLC made a number of donations to Donald Trump’s statesmanlike run successful 2024, FEC records reviewed by The Independent show.

Federal governmental aid records database contributions to MAGA-aligned Republicans from a Rozonda Thomas of Stone Mountain, Georgia — an reside publically linked to nan “No Scrubs” singer.

The records show Thomas made donations totalling $210.60 to WinRed, the costs processor for Republican run donations, $340.60 to nan Trump National Committee JFC and $486.54 to Never Surrender Inc., a political fund-raising group pinch links to Trump.

The Independent has contacted TLC’s publicist for comment.

Thomas antecedently faced backlash for saying “all lives matter” successful a 2017 question and reply erstwhile asked astir her feelings regarding nan Black Lives Matter movement.

The building “all lives matter” became a right-wing motto successful consequence to BLM and has been wide criticized arsenic denying that constabulary unit and favoritism disproportionately impact Black Americans.

“I personally didn't spell to immoderate marches aliases thing for illustration that. For me, each lives matter, you cognize what I mean?” Thomas told nan UK’s Channel 4 News.

“Because location is simply a clip erstwhile different groups are targeted for different things. So I conscionable deliberation that what happened, moreover pinch nan constabulary brutality against these young Black boys and worldly for illustration that — each of that benignant of worldly is wrong. Even if it was a caucasian teen kid that this was happening to, it’s conscionable not right. And immoderate group will return that charismatic position and spell crazy pinch it, obviously. I deliberation that earlier group are hired successful these positions, they request to do immoderate benignant of amended inheritance cheque aliases intelligence stableness cheque connected them to spot if they tin really grip being successful a position for illustration that.”

When asked what it was for illustration to beryllium a Black female successful Trump’s America, Thomas’s TLC bandmate Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins chimed in: “I don’t attraction astir Donald Trump. I mean, God is my president. So I conscionable consciousness sorry for group it affects, but I don’t attraction astir him.”

TLC — known for their smash 1999 deed “No Scrubs” — formed successful 1990 successful Atlanta, Georgia. The group’s best-known line-up was composed of Thomas, Watkins and Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes.

Lopes died successful a car clang during a 2002 travel to Honduras, wherever she had been volunteering astatine a children’s improvement center.