Six former contestants from Donald Trump’s reality show The Apprentice publicly disavowed the Republican front-runner’s presidential bid.
The former stars of the NBC hit series held a press conference in New York Friday to denounce Trump’s campaign of "sexism, xenophobia, racism, violence, and hate," the New York Daily News reported.
Season 4 winner Randal Pinkett and Season 1 runner-up Kwame Jackson were among the half dozen contestants rallying in the Big Apple ahead of the April 19 primary election.
Kwame Jackson, The Apprentice season 1 runner-up, says he and felllw alum are "standing up" against Trump, "at the precipice of fascism."
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) April 15, 2016
"Based on [our experience working for the Trump Organization] and Donald’s campaign, we do not believe he is worthy of becoming president of the United States," said Pinkett, the first contestant of color to win the show’s U.S. version.
Marshawn Evans Daniels, a former beauty queen who competed on season 4 against Pinkett, harshly criticized Trump’s campaign as "unpatriotic, anti-American, self-serving, regressive, and downright lazy," according to the New York Daily News.
Trump hosted 14 seasons of the reality show through 2004 to 2015, judging the business skills of contestants who hoped to strike success in the mogul’s company.
Kevin Allen of season 2, Tara Dowdell of season 3, and James Sun of season 6 will also join the former "Apprentice" alum in New York Friday.
Trump slammed the group in a statement as "six failing wannabes" who he "couldn't have been nicer or more respectful" toward.
"How quickly they forget," he said in a statement. "They just want to get back into the limelight like they had when they were with Trump. Total dishonesty and disloyalty. They should be careful or I’ll play hours of footage of them individually praising me."
Trump does have the support of a few former contestants, including "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice, who was recently released from prison.
Season one winner and editor-at-large of Mail Online tweeted Thursday that he believed Trump would win the White house.
Lots of people writing off @realDonaldTrump.
I still believe he'll win GOP nomination & the general election.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 14, 2016
Trump's going to win, regardless of how many people feign horror at the thought of it. https://t.co/fHZWwGTvuD
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 14, 2016