Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) defended former President Donald Trump‘s comments about his indictments helping him win over black voters in comments made on Friday night.
While addressing the Black Conservative Federation, Trump said that some people have claimed that black people like him “because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as being discriminated against.”
Donalds backed Trump’s comments on NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday, saying that Trump’s indictments are similar to what “black people had to deal with” regarding the justice system.
“Let’s be very clear; our economy is a mess, our border is completely unsecured, these things are causes of major concerns for black voters — like it is for every voter in our country,” Donalds said. “But then when you layer on the fact
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