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Exclusive — Byron Donalds Would ‘Of Course’ Accept VP Role If Trump Offered: You Could ‘Really Help Shape the Country’
Breitbart ^ | 12 Jul 2023 | ASHLEY OLIVER

Posted on 07/13/2023 8:47:44 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) has become a presence not just on former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign trail but also on some early vice presidential short lists should Trump secure the Republican nomination.

Donalds, 44, told Breitbart News he would “of course” be open to the job if Trump were to offer it.

“If it came up? Oh yeah, of course, because you have the opportunity to do really powerful things for the country and really help shape the country,” Donalds said. “But I’m a member of Congress. I just do my job. I let everybody else speculate on the other stuff.”

Having gone from being raised by a single mother in Brooklyn’s inner city to becoming one of five black Republicans in Congress, Donalds is widely viewed as a rising star among his party.

The Florida Republican has a deep background in finance and banking that has landed him a spot on the Financial Services Committee, and he has joined in on congressional Republicans’ most high-profile probe, that of the Biden family’s business dealings, by way of the Oversight Committee.

In May, Donalds appeared on a CNN panel after Trump’s heated town hall with the outlet, delivering what appeared to be his party’s de facto response to the ordeal. Donalds said moderator Kaitlan Collins spent “more time interjecting her own viewpoints” during the event. Upon being interrupted, Donalds fired back, “Are you guys now going to interject your opinions on me or do I get a chance?”

Later that month Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) wrote on social media, “Retweet this if you think my friend [Byron Donalds] would make a great choice for Vice President.”

Retweet this if you think my friend @RepDonaldsPress @ByronDonalds would make a great choice for Vice President.

— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) May 24, 2023


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: desantis; trump
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To: newzjunkey

Good luck cuck. He has zero accomplishments, he’s just black.

But you’re partially right, “this” isn’t my party or people.


41 posted on 07/13/2023 11:59:45 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: cowboyusa

My thinking is that if somehow Trump would be able to survive the election process and if somehow the DS screwed up so badly in their election fraud that Trump won, we would need someone as the VP who the deep state is even more afraid of than Trump.

They wouldn’t kill Trump with Flynn waiting in the wings.

Of course, I don’t think either of the two caveats will happen. They will likely either prevent him from winning the Republican nomination through lawfare or assassination. If he somehow makes it to the election, they will definitely be able to steal it from him again.


42 posted on 07/13/2023 2:14:33 PM PDT by nitzy (I wonder if the telescreens in 1984 were first called "free Obamascreens")
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To: EEGator

President Trump doesn’t agree with you. He has always been colorblind.


43 posted on 07/13/2023 2:32:14 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: SoConPubbie

44 posted on 07/13/2023 4:10:20 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)
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To: cowboyusa

Picking someone because they’re black is racist.
It’s racist against every better qualified white man.
Donalds has no accomplishments.

I did concede to a poster earlier that I don’t belong anymore.


45 posted on 07/13/2023 4:48:57 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Obadiah
Wesley Hunt!

West Point grad, veteran, conservative, articulate, and fearless.

I like Donalds too, and Burgess Owens from Utah.

About time we got some strong conservative blacks on our side. I hope it's a growing trend. The Democrats have "helped" black people backwards in countless ways.

46 posted on 07/13/2023 4:58:29 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Lizavetta

That’s the guy. Pretty impressive. I like him.


47 posted on 07/13/2023 5:22:56 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Rummyfan

“I’ve never heard of him.”

He was nominated for Speaker Of The House. He’s excellent and would be an outstanding VP.

I believe his background is in high finance


48 posted on 07/13/2023 5:38:53 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: EEGator

Do you have a source?


49 posted on 07/14/2023 2:28:10 AM PDT by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl

You’re on the internet.


50 posted on 07/14/2023 4:00:06 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

So you don’t have a source. I couldn’t find one either.


51 posted on 07/14/2023 11:53:18 AM PDT by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl

First result, took 5 seconds…
You lie that you looked, or you’re Kamala level incompetent.

https://flcga.org/controversy-surrounds-gop-star-rep-byron-donalds-over-heated-confrontations-and-top-advisors-disturbing-arrest-history/#:~:text=From%201997%20through%202000%2C%20he,that%20he%20won%20at%20trial


52 posted on 07/14/2023 11:55:50 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Now that wasn’t so hard was it? And no, I didn’t lie. There’s a little blurb about it in Wikipedia that I missed. That’s all.


53 posted on 07/14/2023 12:04:56 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl

You have the entire internet. You were at least lazy.


54 posted on 07/14/2023 12:06:28 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Or I did a search on “Byron Donalds”, looked at a few bios about him and didn’t see anything. Momentarily lazy? Perhaps. Incompetent, no. You have a simple mind to think incompetence or lying or the only two possibilities.


55 posted on 07/14/2023 12:09:31 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: EEGator
With a criminal record for weed sales and fraud. Pass.

In 1997, Donalds was arrested for marijuana distribution; the charges were dropped as part of a pre-trial diversion program. In 2000, he pleaded no contest to a felony bribery charge as part of a scheme to defraud a bank. His record was later sealed and expunged

Why exactly is this guy a good choice ? I don’t see it.

56 posted on 07/14/2023 12:10:09 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: csvset

He’s black and can speak English, that’s it.
A ton of FReepers are self loathing whites constantly going out of their way for any minority.
I don’t know the source of their stupidity, but they’re cucks all.


57 posted on 07/14/2023 12:23:16 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: mbrfl

And yet you didn’t find anything.


58 posted on 07/14/2023 12:24:19 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Right. We’ve already established that.


59 posted on 07/14/2023 12:28:18 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: EEGator

Calling creepers cucks is all you got? 😂


60 posted on 07/14/2023 2:09:31 PM PDT by masadaman
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