MIAMI (AP) — As Donald Trump narrows his options for a potential running mate, two politicians known to be on his list are from Florida, leaving open a scenario where his vice presidential nominee would have to move if the Republican ticket wins. The U.S. Constitution prohibits a president and vice president from residing in […]
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Dems demonize Byron Donalds at the expense of the truth
Here’s a little campaign quiz. Which, if any, statement is true? A) When New York needed a financial bailout, President Gerald Ford told the Big Apple to “drop dead.” B) As a presidential candidate in 1968, Richard Nixon touted his “secret plan” to end the Vietnam war. C) Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore said in […]
Rep. Byron Donalds urges Supreme Court to ‘step in’ on Trump conviction
Florida GOP Rep. Byron Donalds on Sunday urged the Supreme Court to take up former President Donald Trump’s New York case in which he was convicted on 34 counts of falsification of business records. “Speaker [Mike] Johnson, myself included, and many Americans believe the Supreme Court should step into this matter,” Donalds told NBC News’ […]
Byron Donalds implied Black people were better off under Jim Crow. So we checked.
OPINION: We fact-checked Republican Byron Donalds’ claims about Black families, conservative values and progress during America’s racial apartheid era. Here’s what we found. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Byron Donalds is usually wrong. To be fair, as one of […]
Rep. Byron Donalds defends comments about Jim Crow
Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida on Thursday defended comments he made this week that invoked Jim Crow — a period of racial violence and segregation — as an era when “the Black family was together.” “I never said that it was better for Black people in Jim Crow,” Donalds, a Florida Republican, told MSNBC’s Joy […]
Trump surrogate Byron Donalds hearkens back to Jim Crow era when ‘the Black family was together’
WASHINGTON — Rep. Byron Donalds, speaking Tuesday at a Black voter outreach event for former President Donald Trump, suggested that Black families were more unified and better off during the Jim Crow era, sparking immediate backlash from top Black Democratic officials. At the Philadelphia campaign event, Donalds, a Florida Republican like Trump, suggested that things […]
Byron Donalds Says ‘During Jim Crow, The Black Family Was Together’
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) suggested on Tuesday that Black American families were more “together” during the era of legal segregation known as Jim Crow. Speaking with Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) during a Black voter outreach event for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Philadelphia, Donalds said 20th-century welfare policies supported by Democrats hurt Black families. “You […]
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Melania Trump says Donald’s youngest son, Barron, won’t be a Florida RNC delegate — report
Barron Trump has declined Florida’s offer to serve as a Republican National Convention delegate. Florida Republicans had chosen Barron to nominate his father, Donald Trump, at the RNC. Other Trump children, including Eric and Tiffany, will be delegates. Barron Trump, 18, has declined Florida’s invitation to serve as a delegate at the Republican National Convention […]
Florida Republican Byron Donalds said IVF helps people ‘breed great families’ which the ‘country desperately needs’
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds on Sunday affirmed the need for IVF for families across the US. “It helps them breed great families,” the congressman said of IVF on NBC News. Some Republicans have put some distance between themselves and fellow conservatives on the issue. Last week, Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos have the same […]