Jennifer Hudson sang at the Trump-bashing Democrat National Convention (DNC) on Wednesday. But it was Donald Trump who took in the Grammy-winning singer\u2019s \u2026<\/b>
\nJennifer Hudson sang at the Trump-bashing Democrat National Convention (DNC) on Wednesday. But it was Donald Trump who took in the Grammy-winning singer\u2019s family following the brutal 2008 murder of her mother and brother in Chicago. According to E! Online, Hudson had checked into the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago the day her mother Darnell Donerson, and brother Jason Hudson were fatally shot in Donerson\u2019s home. The singer\u2019s nephew Julian King was also reported missing. Watch below: Jennifer Hudson closes out Wednesday night\u2019s #DemConvention. pic.twitter.com\/rMGt4PAC2O Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 20, 2020 Trump had reacted to the tragic news of Hudson\u2019s family by offering up a hotel suite for Hudson and her family to stay in free while they mourned. \u201cHudson and some of her family members have been staying at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, and Trump has been picking up the tab,\u201d reported Today in 2008. \u201cShe\u2019s a great girl, and we\u2019re protecting them well,\u201d Trump told People. \u201cThey are very safe.\u201d Jennifer Hudson reportedly \u201crarely left\u201d the hotel. \u201cShe is still in shock,\u201d a source told E! \u201cShe hasn\u2019t gone out much at all and has a lot of security around her.\u201d No good deed, however, appears to go unpunished. On Wednesday night, Hudson closed out the third day of the DNC by singing her own rendition of Sam Cooke\u2019s 1964 single \u201cA Change Is Gonna Come\u201d at the Chicago Cultural Central. As president, Donald Trump has launched a massive anti-crime initiative called Operation Legend, which is active in nine U. S. cities (including Chicago) and has resulted in the arrest of 1,485 suspects. You can follow Alana Mastrangelo on Twitter at @ARmastrangelo, on Parler at @alana, and on Instagram.<\/p>\n