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Miles Archer

(21,592 posts)
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 05:36 PM 9 hrs ago

If only someone coulda, you know, "warned" Byron Donalds about how Republicans ultimately treat Black men.

Byron Donalds faces racist attacks in Florida’s ugly GOP gubernatorial primary

The Trump-loving congressman is running for governor against an opponent who has continually referred to him as a slave. And he’s getting a taste of his own medicine.

https://www.ms.now/opinion/byron-donalds-faces-racist-attacks-in-floridas-ugly-gop-gubernatorial-primary
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If only someone coulda, you know, "warned" Byron Donalds about how Republicans ultimately treat Black men. (Original Post) Miles Archer 9 hrs ago OP
Donalds is one of few Black Republicans in Congress, and he's often made it his duty to downplay racism in American soci BlueWaveNeverEnd 9 hrs ago #1
Why any black person would align themselves with the guardians of pedophiles UpInArms 9 hrs ago #2
It's simple. Byron figured he could go further as a GOP politician than as a Dem politician. Intractable 8 hrs ago #7
Interesting rationale -- and probably pretty accurate! W_HAMILTON 8 hrs ago #10
Thank you UpInArms 7 hrs ago #11
besides, he already has a rap sheet Conjuay 7 hrs ago #12
Yeah I'm about as sympathetic to him fujiyamasan 8 hrs ago #3
Donalds particularly pisses me off... Cha 8 hrs ago #4
Blacks for Trump is one way. Norrrm 8 hrs ago #5
Blacks for Trump Norrrm 8 hrs ago #6
And this asshole Fishface is an investor so who's beholden to corporate interests, you smarmy 30 year old fuck CurtEastPoint 8 hrs ago #8
He can cry about it with Large Marge Hassler 8 hrs ago #9

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,713 posts)
1. Donalds is one of few Black Republicans in Congress, and he's often made it his duty to downplay racism in American soci
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 05:38 PM
9 hrs ago

Donalds is one of few Black Republicans in Congress, and he’s often made it his duty to downplay racism in American society, such as last year, when he whitewashed and romanticized the Jim Crow era as a period when “the Black family was together” and voted conservatively. As my former colleague Joy Reid explained to him around that time, the notion was absurd, considering many Black people weren’t allowed to vote at all during that time because of the whole racism thing.

UpInArms

(53,997 posts)
2. Why any black person would align themselves with the guardians of pedophiles
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 05:41 PM
9 hrs ago

Is beyond my comprehension

Intractable

(1,593 posts)
7. It's simple. Byron figured he could go further as a GOP politician than as a Dem politician.
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 06:07 PM
8 hrs ago

As a Democrat, he'd be just a mediocre player trying to stand out from the crowd.

As a Republican, he automatically stands out.

To quote Star Trek quoting Milton's Paradise Lost, "It is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven."

fujiyamasan

(1,164 posts)
3. Yeah I'm about as sympathetic to him
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 05:46 PM
8 hrs ago

As I am to Vivek Ramaswamy.

The GOP racist? Why I would never have imagined.

Cha

(316,516 posts)
4. Donalds particularly pisses me off...
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 05:50 PM
8 hrs ago

Too bad the Fascist PEDO adjacent is getting treated like PEDO treats Patriots.

CurtEastPoint

(19,836 posts)
8. And this asshole Fishface is an investor so who's beholden to corporate interests, you smarmy 30 year old fuck
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 06:10 PM
8 hrs ago
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