In recently unearthed footage, Rep. Byron Donalds, a rising star in the conservative movement who’s running for governor of Florida, expertly triggered ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in a discussion of then VP Kamala Harris’s racial identity.
For context, the interview took place on ABC’s This Week, a Sunday morning political talk show, on August 4, 2024, during the height of the presidential election. Donalds clashed with Stephanopoulos over Trump’s hilarious remarks at the National Association of Black Journalists convention on July 31, 2024, where he quipped Harris “happened to turn Black.”
Responding to the unhinged attack, Donalds fired back. He replied, “Well, George, first of all, this is something that’s actually a conversation throughout social media right now. There are a lot of people are trying to figure this out, but again, that’s a side issue, not the main issue. The main issue..”
However, before he could finish his point, the ABC anchor interrupted with an emotional outburst. When Stephanopoulos was finished, the Republican fired back, saying, “George, George, now that you’re done yelling at me. Let me answer. He talked about it on the stage yesterday in Atlanta for what, two minutes? He spent more than 35-40 minutes going after her record, talking about how radical of a senator that she was. She was the most liberal senator in the United States, in the United States Senate, that is a fact.”
Continuing, Donalds blasted then Vice President Harris. He added, “He talked about the job that she did as Vice President of the United States, a job, I will add, which has been a failure for the American people. I know you guys like to glom on to this that he talks about in jest or in a serious manner for about a minute or so, but what you do not cover is the litany of failures of Kamala Harris.”
Watch the epic meltdown here:
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In the same segment, Donalds weathered another interjection and then let the liberal journalist have it. He said, “George, I tell you again, he brought it up. AP is the one who wrote the headline when she first came into the United States Senate, didn’t talk about her being black, talked about her being the first Indian American senator. AP brought that up. I mean, George, we can have this conversation for the entire segment, but none of this matters to the American people.”
Hammering away at Harris, Rep. Donalds slammed her record as VP. He said, “What matters to the American people is, are we going to have the same policies of the Biden Harris administration that have been destructive of the American people, or are we going to have the policies of the Trump administration, which put America first, had low inflation, and prospered Americans?”
Concluding, he expertly expressed Trump’s vision for America, saying, “no matter your race, no matter your color, no matter your creed, and a foreign policy that kept America safe, those are the facts that truly matter, because this issue is going to come and go the lives of the American people, is what’s going to remain, and that’s what matters more than anything else.”
Conservatives were enraged when a clip of the contentious interview was posted to X. One of the comments read, “WATCH: Democrat Activist George Slopadopolous (@GStephanopoulos) from ABC / DNC News has a MELTDOWN when Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) tries to answer his question. This is what Orwellian Media Propaganda looks like – cutting off your guest and throwing an emotional fit.”
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