Florida Politics reports: U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds said Donald Trump faced a hostile environment at a National Association of Black Journalists conference. The speech gained instant attention when the Republican presidential nominee questioned the racial identity of likely Democratic opponent Kamala Harris. But Donalds, a Black Republican recently considered for Trump’s running mate, said Trump also communicated a record that …
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Donalds: Blacks Were Better Off Under Jim Crow Laws
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: Donalds said he is starting to see the “reinvigoration of Black family,” which he described as younger people forming nuclear family units and “helping to breathe the revival of a Black middle class in America.” He went on to say that those family values had previously been eroded by Democratic policies that Black voters embraced after …
Read More »FL Reps Audition Before Trump To Succeed DeSantis
Politico reports: Ron DeSantis has more than two years left as Florida governor. Yet Donald Trump is itching to find his successor. During a high-dollar fundraiser at the Pierre in Manhattan on Tuesday night, Trump pointedly asked Rep. Byron Donalds if he planned on running for governor. A smiling Donalds told POLITICO he answered Trump: “That’s what I hear.” Trump, …
Read More »McCarthy Loses Seventh Ballot For House Speaker
Politico reports: The House gaveled in at noon, and for the seventh time in three days, McCarthy was formally nominated for speaker — this time by Michigan Republican John James. Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) nominated the current anti-McCarthy option, Bryon Donalds. And just as the previous six votes went, McCarthy failed to clear the 218-vote threshold. Following the news that …
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