Trump VP Contender Has Some Eyebrow-Raising Thoughts on Jim Crow Laws

Following in South Dakota governor and former Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem’s footsteps, another rumored veep contender seems to have put his foot in it.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) shared some of his retrograde thoughts on Jim Crow laws at a campaign event in Philadelphia on Tuesday, suggesting that the reversal of Jim Crow has negatively impacted Black families, according to reporters from Politico and the Philadelphia Inquirer who were in attendance.

“You see, during Jim Crow, the Black family was together,” he reportedly said. “During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative—Black people have always been conservative-minded—but more Black people voted conservatively.”

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