Rep. Byron Donalds Faces Backlash Over Jim Crow Remarks
TL;DR
Congressman Byron Donalds was corrected live on-air by CNN journalist Abby Phillip after claiming that economic policies were better under Donald Trump than Joe Biden. Phillip pointed out that Black unemployment and poverty rates were at their lowest under Biden. Donalds argued that inflation-adjusted wages were better under Trump. The interview followed controversial comments Donalds made about the Jim Crow era and comes amid efforts by both Trump and Biden to engage Black voters ahead of the presidential election.
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