{"id":50593,"date":"2024-06-10T12:49:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/?p=50593"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:49:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:49:57","slug":"byron-donalds-defends-jim-crow-comments-the-black-family-was-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/50593\/news\/byron-donalds-defends-jim-crow-comments-the-black-family-was-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Donalds Defends Jim Crow Comments: &#8216;The Black Family Was Together&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Jovonne Ledet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/666316bd3c0e595f80f911d7-640x360.png?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75702\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Florida Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.binnews.com\/content\/2023-01-05-rep-cori-bush-says-gop-are-using-black-house-speaker-nominee-as-a-prop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Byron Donalds<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(R) is defending his stance on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.binnews.com\/content\/2022-12-14-civil-rights-leader-john-lewis-honored-with-us-postage-stamp\/\">Jim Crow<\/a>&nbsp;as the time when &#8220;the Black family was together,&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/byron-donalds-defends-comments-jim-crow-fiery-exchange-joy-reid-rcna155969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>NBC News<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donalds, a Trump campaign surrogate, initially made controversial comments about the Jim Crow Era on Tuesday (June 4) during an outreach event for Black voters in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the campaign event, Donalds suggested that circumstances have worse for Black people because they&#8217;ve embraced Democrats. He then pointed to Jim Crow as an era when &#8220;the Black family was together.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou see, during Jim Crow, the Black family was together. During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative \u2014 Black people have always been conservative-minded \u2014 but more Black people voted conservatively,\u201d Donalds said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donalds further explained his stance during an appearance on MSNBC host&nbsp;<strong>Joy Reid&#8217;s<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8220;The ReidOut&#8221; on Thursday (June 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I never said that it was better for Black people in Jim Crow,&#8221; Donalds said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t try to impose the fact that the marriage rates were better in the \u2014 higher, higher, I want to be clear \u2014 higher in the Jim Crow era to mean that I think Jim Crow is great,&#8221; Donalds continued. &#8220;That is a lie. That is gaslighting. I would never say such a thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reid cited how Black people faced restricted rights in the Jim Crow South and called Donalds&#8217; comments inaccurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;No, I&#8217;m not being inaccurate,&#8221; the Florida Republican said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;All I was talking about is about Black families,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congressional Black Caucus and House Minority Leader&nbsp;<strong>Hakeem Jeffries<\/strong>&nbsp;(D) said Donalds&#8217; remarks were &#8220;an outlandish, outrageous, and out-of-pocket observation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to Donalds&#8217; comments, the Biden-Harris campaign said former President&nbsp;<strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cspent his adult life, and then his presidency undermining the progress Black communities fought so hard for \u2014 so it actually tracks that his campaign\u2019s \u2018Black outreach\u2019 is going to a white neighborhood and promising to take America back to Jim Crow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The Black Information Network is your source for Black News! Get the latest news 24\/7 on The Black Information Network. Listen now on the&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.binnews.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u><strong><em>iHeartRadio app<\/em><\/strong><\/u><\/a><strong><em>&nbsp;or click&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/live\/black-information-network-8666\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u><strong><em>HERE<\/em><\/strong><\/u><\/a><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>to tune in live.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jovonne Ledet Florida Rep.&nbsp;Byron Donalds&nbsp;(R) is defending his stance on&nbsp;Jim Crow&nbsp;as the time when &#8220;the Black family was together,&#8221;&nbsp;NBC News&nbsp;reports. Donalds, a Trump campaign surrogate, initially made controversial comments about the Jim Crow Era on Tuesday (June 4) during an outreach event for Black voters in Pennsylvania. 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