GOP Senate candidate doubles down on claims Diddy sex trafficking charges a 'distraction'

Minnesota Republican Senate Candidate Royce White continued to insist Friday that sex trafficking charges against rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs are “a distraction” for Black people in a social media post less than 24 hours after he sounded off on the social media site about the same topic.

“Yes... A distraction...You people are so obsessed with sexual politics, you drop the ball on every other policy,” the 33-year-old ex-NBA player wrote Friday on X. “The US Dollar has lost 25% of its purchasing power over the last 4 years and you want eyes fixed on P Diddy's sexploits?”

White’s unbending take on Combs’ legal troubles, which seemed to come out of nowhere Thursday night, came Friday as a reply to the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which prompted an offensive dig from White: “Speaking of that, I thought you guys liked perverts over at the DFL.”

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The bizarre claims seemed to alarm some Minnesotans in his party Friday.

“Come on. This is so out of context and on purpose. Makes you lose credibility,” said Marisa Simonetti, a Republican candidate for Hennepin County Commissioner.

Recent polls show White trailing Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar by double digits.

White ended his latest post with: “Our Country is Bankrupt... Close the Border, End the Wars! A--holes! No pun intended....”