{"id":1682,"date":"2023-01-05T17:39:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T17:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2023-01-05T18:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T18:49:15","slug":"byron-donalds-responds-to-racist-attacks-from-democrat-congresswoman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/byron-donalds-responds-to-racist-attacks-from-democrat-congresswoman\/njackson\/2023\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Donalds Responds to Racist Attacks from Democrat Congresswoman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Florida Congressman Byron Donalds (R) is not letting liberal Congresswoman Cori Bush’s racist broadsides against him go unchecked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, House Republicans hardliners nominated Donalds as an alternative pick for House speaker, resulting in the first ballot to include two black nominees to be speaker. However, instead of praising the historic moment and celebrating the progress man Bush honed in on Donalds’ policy agenda for “perpetuating white supremacy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Congresswoman told HuffPost<\/a>, \u201cIt seems as if they\u2019re using him as a prop, as a tool, not because they think that he\u2019s great, that he\u2019s done all of these things to lead them,\u201d Bush said. \u201cI don\u2019t like that they\u2019re using him that way. I don\u2019t want them to use him that way. And I want him to understand: They\u2019re only using you… don\u2019t let them do that to you. Make them treat you with dignity and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She continued: \u201cTo hear Chip Roy stand up and say this is not about color … it absolutely 100% is because if you were nominating him on his worth and merit, I think none of us would have been surprised because we would have seen him do leadership things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“@ByronDonalds is not a historic candidate for Speaker. He is a prop. Despite being Black, he supports a policy agenda intent on upholding and perpetuating white supremacy. His name being in the mix is not progress\u2014it\u2019s pathetic,” Bush tweeted in response to a Republican defector lauding Donalds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Donalds swiftly fired back against the Congresswoman’s comments while calling out her insulting behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you see a Black man rise, let the man rise even if you disagree with them. I\u2019d be happy to sit down and debate our policies one on one whenever you\u2019d like. As a black man to a black woman, I\u2019d never do that to you. It\u2019s a shame you did it to me,” Donalds tweeted alongside a clip of a Fox Business interview in which he addressed the rift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.@CoriBush<\/a>, if you see a Black man rise, let the man rise even if you disagree with them.

I\u2019d be happy to sit down and debate our policies one on one whenever you\u2019d like.

As a Black man to a Black woman, I\u2019d never do that to you. It\u2019s a shame you did it to me. pic.twitter.com\/ojpEHLhSI4<\/a><\/p>— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) January 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>