Tag: Donalds

Would Rubio or Donalds have to move if Trump picks either of them?

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]