Byron Donalds argues black people are ‘more conservative’ than Democratic Party – Washington Examiner

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) contended that black people are “actually more conservative” than what the Democratic Party offers to this group, citing how he came to the realization himself that he supported the Republican Party when entering politics.
Donalds was asked why he and other black lawmakers in the Republican Party, like Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and former Rep. Mia Love (R-UT), are treated differently from their Democratic counterparts. The Florida representative argued it is due to him and others breaking “the narrative” from the media, being that the Democratic Party is the only political home for black people, which is “simply not the case.”
“As a matter of fact, black people are actually more conservative than the Democrat Party is,” Donalds argued on Fox News’s Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy. “So when you see a Mia Love or you see a Tim Scott or you see myself and so many others come along, they have to vilify us, they have to demonize us. But we have the ability to push back, because our conservatism really is just not for the microphones. This is something that we’ve had to develop over the course of our lives.”
Donalds continued by explaining that he became involved in politics when he was 30 years old, during which he realized he was “a conservative,” and this realization was something he had to convince himself along with his community. He argued this self-realization is why “the media has to vilify us” and other black Republican lawmakers, but such tactics are “not going to work.”
The lawmaker is still fresh from his announcement of entering the 2026 Florida gubernatorial election, with the aim to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). While DeSantis has not yet given his endorsement in the 2026 election, as speculation that his wife Casey DeSantis could join the race, Donalds has argued his political record “speaks for itself” as to why he ought to be the Sunshine State’s next governor.
Donalds’ arguments on the black community come after President Donald Trump, a Republican, made noticeable gains in the 2024 election among this voting block. About three out of every 10 black men voted for Trump over former Vice President Kamala Harris last year, roughly twice as many who voted for Trump in the 2020 election.
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