Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) wasn't always a Donald Trump supporter, but he has quickly risen on the former president's vice presidential short list.
in his presidential campaign and has been eyed as a possible running mate for Trump, but Donalds was not always an ally.from CNN, even posting “Thank God!” on Facebook when Trump announced he would not run in the 2012 presidential race.
“Trump is a huge distraction, and cares more about himself than the country in my opinion, but I could care less about him,” Donalds wrote in a Facebook post in April 2011, per the report. Many of Donalds’s comments about Trump came when the New York businessman was making headlines for being skeptical about then-President Barack Obama’s place of birth and questioning his birth certificate.
“Trump is a self-promoter yelling about 25% tariffs on China,” Donalds said in another Facebook post at the time.In subsequent years and elections, Donalds tied himself closer to Trump as the former president became the leader of the Republican Party. Donalds has been a fierce defender of Trump in the 2024 campaign,
in the race for Trump’s running mate in a speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this year., claiming that black people like him “because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as being discriminated against.” Donalds said Trump’s various indictments are similar to what “black people had to deal with” regarding the justice system in the country.
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