JUST IN: Byron Donalds Speaks To Press After Hosting Trump Campaign Black Business Event In Atlanta

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On Wednesday, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) answered questions from the press following a roundtable with black business leaders in Atlanta, Georgia.

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00:00Are you aware that Trump is going to vote?

00:02Or was that a surprise to you?

00:03No.

00:04Were you aware?

00:05Yeah.

00:06Okay.

00:07I knew.

00:08What did he say to you about, you know, like, I want to do this.

00:09What did you ask?

00:10What do you mean?

00:11Did you ask Trump to call you?

00:12No, I talked to the president earlier today, and, you know, I know that some media organization,

00:18I don't know who said that he was going to be in Atlanta.

00:20I knew that wasn't going to be the case because he's coming in tomorrow.

00:23And he was just like, you know, what do we do?

00:25And I said, well, you know, I can just call you in.

00:26He goes, okay.

00:28And so then that's when he, when I called in, and obviously I think we were talking

00:33about deregulation at the time.

00:34And then after that, it was like, well, just let people ask questions to the president.

00:39And I think that's what people see.

00:40You have somebody who's willing to engage and talk to voters.

00:43I mean, he's on a, he's on a phone.

00:45He can't see who's there.

00:46So it's just really us in the room just talking.

00:49And I think it was a good thing for people to see.

00:51When did you talk to the president about running for office?

00:54What's up, man?

00:56Oh, yeah.

00:57Same question at the same time.

00:58Here's what I know.

01:00I'm not telling you anything.

01:01I know that.

01:02No, we haven't talked much about it.

01:05He's in that mode, I think, right now where he's going to make a decision.

01:09We'll see what happens.

01:13Well, no, I don't think so.

01:14I don't think so.

01:17Yeah.

01:25Well, look, I think, and again, this is me talking.

01:28I think that, you know, obviously you've got to have somebody who can hit the campaign trail

01:33and take, you know, the America First agenda everywhere.

01:37I think secondarily, it's going to be about who's going to be a partner when he's back in the White House

01:43to make sure that the agenda, you know, moves through Congress.

01:46And it also helps to take that message everywhere because, you know,

01:50the political attacks, unfortunately, never stop.

01:53They continue.

01:54And so you're going to have to have an ability to push the message, push the agenda, get that accomplished.

02:01And then you've got to take that back out to the American people so they know what's coming,

02:05they know what's happening, and then you can see the marked improvement in their lives.

02:08I think those are important things.

02:10And then on a foreign policy perspective, be able to be in support of the president, his vision, his agenda,

02:15to get our foreign policy back in shape.

02:21All you guys keep talking about it.

02:23That's why.

02:36I think to simply just talk about what his agenda is, his agenda when he was president,

02:40that people remember in our country, and how, you know, he will be a significantly,

02:45a significant upgrade, significantly better president than Joe Biden.

02:50And I think as long as he stays in that lane, things will be good to go.

02:54You know, this is a weird debate format by all the rules that I've seen, so we'll see how it kind of goes.

03:00But, look, I think the president and his agenda, what he's, how he's been communicating with voters

03:06across the country, relaying that in the debate, he'll be just fine.

03:09He'll come out with flying colors.

03:12You said there's a black race going on in the black community.

03:16Black people, I think black people are sick and tired of being sick and tired.

03:20You know, inflation comes for everybody.

03:23It doesn't see skin color.

03:25Open borders comes for everybody.

03:27It doesn't see skin color.

03:29You know, our men and women in uniform, if they're at risk because of terrible foreign policy,

03:35that comes for a soldier, whether you're white or black or whatever.

03:37And I think black people are seeing that.

03:39They're saying enough is enough.

03:40And even in here, talking to just, you know, black men who are involved locally here in Atlanta,

03:44run businesses here in Atlanta, you can hear the frustration in their voice.

03:48And I think that as long as Republicans and with the Trump campaign,

03:52as long as we take that message directly to them, those votes will be there.

03:55All right, guys, take it easy.

JUST IN: Byron Donalds Speaks To Press After Hosting Trump Campaign Black Business Event In Atlanta

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