During the campaign and as a congressman, Donalds has held controversial views on Covid-19 safety protocols — not getting the vaccine or wearing a mask when we met up. He contracted Covid-19 last October.
A rising star in the party and one of two Black Republicans in the U.S. House, Donalds says he doesn’t believe that systemic racism exists. “One hundred years ago, if you had told me there was systemic racism in the United States, I would've said absolutely there was,” Donalds said. “Systemic and institutionalized racism today in the United States. No, no.”
I pushed back, pointing to the numbers on how the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated existing gaps between Black Americans and their white counterparts: from healthcare to the racial wealth gap, which has increased for decades. Quite a bit of the conversation was about the former President Trump’s false claims that there was mass voter fraud in the 2020 election. To be honest, that part of the conversations is better if you just watch it.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this report misstated the history of Florida's representation in Congress. Byron Donalds is the third Black Republican from Florida.
If you're a black Republican you have to say that even if it isn't true. sellout
Uncle Tom is changing to Uncle Donalds
Really !?! I wonder if this up & coming ‘rising star’ would like to spend some time canvassing those parts of these United (ha ha) States where it’s a daily occurrence for those stories that don’t get published.
That was painFOOL!!
what someone who is ashamed of being blk would say for acceptance
really?...this guy is so clueless
I am without words shaking my head in disbelief. Needs a major history lesson & not the whitewashed version.
This brother is going to get so much hate
UrsulaPerano Poor guy doesn’t even know what peaceful means.
He's realized if you ignore reality you can make a lot of money and become famous.
The deep seeded issue is the deception used and controlled by the party of slavery (Democratic Party) for years they have deceived the blacks by introducing a welfare program that kept them in bondage, not jobs or education that set them free. What’s different today?
A zombie
Liar.
What planet is he from?
Who? 🙄🙄😏
This is why black folks don’t trust black republicans, they are truly out of touch.
Who is this person? We need to get him out now.
Maybe he believes the GOP strategy of voter suppression doesent exist either
His research is probably biased
Eyeroll
This guy is a Flat-earther
Ignorance is bliss
I see that prick.. do you?
This guy is going places.
Another jerk
When the racism has no color then you will understand what racism really is.
In order to be a rising star in GOP as BLACK person, you have to sell your soul to the devil like TimScottSC. Deny your race, people, and history to be accepted. Hope that works for you bc it is nothing new.
Like this guy.
Look again rising star. Shame on u!
Check your tail lights before driving
self hatred
Lol. And strippers actually do love you.
He has to say that if he wants to run as a republican.
Great! No one wants to hear this more than Blacks. But he seems to be basing this on his limited radius. Has he tried to join certain clubs or move into certain communities or get certain jobs? It’s like saying there are no potholes when you only use dirt roads.
This was painful to watch.
What will he say when he gets pulled over?
Another Black man trying to pimp, but really being pimped by the GQP. He should read 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', especially the end, where Tom is sold times, and beaten to death by his last 'massa'. Something along those lnes awaits him when they're done with him.
My God!
Let him go walk through a gated community at 10 pm with a hoodie on. He’ll F around and find out
GOP=
WitchNuWa Byron Donalds ignorance is sickening. He has been black his whole life and is in denial about systemic racism in this country. He is a token black for the Republican party but as a black man myself I have no use for him.
He just trying to get the white vote.
Sitting on the memorial of a man murdered 53 years ago claiming institutional racism was a 100 years ago. His willful ignorance will not protect him from the reality of the GOPRacists and our society.
So he’s nuts then?
A 100 years ago? The civil rights act wasn't even passed 65 years ago. Some repubs want you to believe systemic racism was hundreds of years ago when there are racists still kicking to this day who were alive during the civil rights movement. How do you think those people vote?
You áre in the wrong side of history,Pal.
He’s more than a 100 years old?
Maybe he believes that racism only covers lynchings or whippings. Surprise, today's racists use guns. And bullets. Lots of bullets.
Really? Where does he live?
Another wanna be. Sorry dude you'll always be considered Black. But keep trying. Some really believe you got a little sense left. Some! 😂😂
He seems like a friend of a person named Candace
This has to be some combination of bribery, brainwashing, blackmailing or threats because there's certainly no logical or reasonable explanation
Bye Bye 👋
Gain the whole world for the price of his soul.
Systemic is something that affects the whole instead of just parts. Do I have to explain racism too?
Byron Donalds has figured out that in order to get elected in FL-19 you have to play the “Trump card”. Someone should tell Byron to read the Civil Rights Act of 1964! A mere 14 years before he was born! Another AssHat pandering to a rich district that won’t pay taxes 4common good
Rising star on a sinking ship. Cool.
Always one.
hard pass, pointing out numbers of wealth and health disparities with out a follow up, what policies and laws have changed or passed in last hundred yrs has eliminated systemic racism is poor reporting. no Obama and Harris is not the right answer...
LOL we definitely beat his ass in Brooklyn, of course he identifies with his master's now. Can't go home again
I smell boot leather on somebody breath
SELL OUT!!!!
Is he Trump's African American from the rally?!?
How about extensive individual bias by individuals with positions of authority in key institutions?
Big dummy! He gets the Sanford award.
Very sad. Within 100 years, he could have been lynched for no reason at all - and then his white supremacist friends would gleefully have made a postcard from his death!
I’m white and I’m embarrassed by this clown disregarding systemic racism. 100 yrs ago Learn some history!!! Yet I’m sure he tweeted something disingenuous on MLK day. You represent FL- check out the prisons for real systemic racism!
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: DEADLINE - 🏆 109. / 63 Read more »
Source: latimes - 🏆 11. / 82 Read more »
Source: TMZ - 🏆 379. / 59 Read more »
Source: marieclaire - 🏆 102. / 63 Read more »
Source: billboard - 🏆 112. / 63 Read more »