Abby Phillip presses Rep. Byron Donalds about his Jim Crow comments

CNN’s Abby Phillip presses Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), a potential vice presidential candidate for former President Donald Trump, on his comments comparing the status of Black families during the Jim Crow era to the present day.#CNN #News

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[samm]

During Jim Crow, the entire black community was oppressed so they stuck together and fought back for liberty. 🇺🇸

[edwardmohan]

The black man who married outside of his race had the unmitigated gall to preach about black families. Make it make sense.

[bjamal]

Weird! There was NO sensible reason to make an alignment with Jim Crow.

[Andrea-renp]

Prices are up because of corporate price gouging. During the pandemic, prices increased because of supply chain issues. Once the supply chain returned to pre-pandemic levels, corporations kept their prices high. Many of them also decreased the size of their containers ("shrink-flation").

[cewmusicman]

They were together because they wanted to stay alive

[xyzzdoe]

How desperate or stupid do you have to be to reference what a party represented 60 or more years ago as a reason to vote for you instead of what it's doing right now.

[earlvincarmicheal]

Jim Crow should not have been a part of your speech

[danadavisyt]

As a black man in America, we all know who this dude is

[gwveteran]

This is what it looks like when you sell your soul for money and power.

[andreeallen]

Jim Crow was horrible for black people. I’m so sick of him and Tim Scott.

[GangsterAstrology]

Totally unacceptable. A person would literally be canceled even suggesting that Jews were better under the Holocaust, because they were more together.

[sonnylisten]

Black Families were together during Slavery as well then

[setnsun]

The entire world has gone through inflation Dude. Our country is on the recovery and ahead of the rest of the planet.

[Chisomagaeva]

Well done Abby, WELL DONE HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE ON THE FACTS!

[PontiacBandit]

3:13 bro, interracial marriage was banned in most states back then

[bojax]

Yeah, that thing that happened to EMMITT TILL was just a MISUNDERSTANDING!! BLACK BYRON HAS LOST HIS RABBIT ASS MIND!!

[KingJeraldL]

That smirk on her face when he said he’s one of the better communicators in the rep party 😂

[abstutheit]

My god. This guy’s penchant for bloviating is empirically insane.

[Pivara-tw]

Imagine being a black vet returning from war and not being able to wear your uniform in public.

[billwest]

He may not have said Black people were better off during ' Jim Crow ' but it was strongly implied...