Saturday pop star Justin Timberlake announced he was donating to the Minnesota Freedom fund which is dedicated to bailing out arrested protesters.
Please join me in supporting the Minneapolis protestors by donating to the @mnfreedomfund. The freedom fund is combatting the harms of incarceration by paying bail for low income individuals who cannot otherwise afford: https://t.co/tFr8Jh7TUX
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) May 30, 2020
Sunday, Senator Ted Cruz blasted Timberlake for the move, tweeting:
Justin, how about giving your millions to a fund to help the African-American and Hispanic small businesses that are being burned & looted, rather than a fund to bail out the spoiled (often white) ANTIFA terrorists who are destroying minority communities?
Others were also critical of Timberlake’s move.
Brandon Straka replied to Timberlake:
Perhaps you’ll change your mind if they make it to your secure, gated property and start tearing it apart. Oh wait- that won’t happen. They’re just destroying the property of poor, black people. Carry on!
Michael Evon wrote “Here’s what you’re funding” and tweeted THIS photo.
Here’s what you’re funding. pic.twitter.com/IDztk9L80a
— Michael Evon (@EvonDesign) May 31, 2020
Another Twitter user wrote:
Hi Justin,
I want you to watch this clip and then explain to Stephanie why you are using your platform to support bailing out the people who destroyed her community. Will you be donating anything to support those trying to rebuild those neighborhoods?
Hi Justin,
I want you to watch this clip and then explain to Stephanie why you are using your platform to support bailing out the people who destroyed her community. Will you be donating anything to support those trying to rebuild those neighborhoods?https://t.co/HkgoHZ6mEU
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) May 31, 2020