{"id":1803713,"date":"2023-01-12T12:34:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T17:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1803713"},"modified":"2023-01-12T12:57:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T17:57:16","slug":"cry-harder-haters-wife-of-byron-donalds-speaks-out-against-lefts-alleged-racist-attacks-on-congressman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cry-harder-haters-wife-of-byron-donalds-speaks-out-against-lefts-alleged-racist-attacks-on-congressman\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cry Harder, Haters\u2019: Wife Of Byron Donalds Speaks Out Against Left\u2019s Alleged \u2018Racist Attacks\u2019 On Congressman"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcry-harder-haters-wife-of-byron-donalds-speaks-out-against-lefts-alleged-racist-attacks-on-congressman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1803713&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Rep. Byron Donalds&#8217; wife (R-FL), spoke out after being made racist claims against her husband by the Left following his nomination as House Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Erika Donalds used Twitter Wednesday to respond to the attacks on the black GOP congressman and to show images from the responses she received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cByron and I have been together for 23+ years, and the most racist attacks we experience are always from the left,\u201d the congressman\u2019s wife, who is white, said. \u201cThey can\u2019t accept that a free thinking black man achieves success on his own merits, and they sure as heck can\u2019t stand that he\u2019s married to me! Cry harder, haters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Byron and me have been married for over 23 years. The most hateful attacks against us are always coming from the left. They can\u2019t accept that a free thinking black man achieves success on his own merits, and they sure as heck can\u2019t stand that he\u2019s married to me! <br \/>Crying harder, haters <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xl4vpv3jKT\">pic.twitter.com\/Xl4vpv3jKT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erika Donalds (@ErikaDonalds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikaDonalds\/status\/1613149434233384966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Twitter posts she showed featured alleged racist remarks from the past week, including from one user who said, \u201cHe still a prop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another response referred to the congressman having \u201ca snow flake for a wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Donalds provided additional examples in two more tweets.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband was nominated as House speaker last week by Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy after a failed fourth vote to select Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time in history, there have been two\u00a0black Americans placed into the nomination for speaker,\u201d Roy said, eliciting applause from both Republicans and Democrats. The other black House member nominated was Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;For the first time in history, there have been two black Americans placed into the nomination for Speaker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy&#8217;s nomination of Republican Byron Donalds for speaker is met with a standing ovation. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries was also nominated. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UMyG5yEQ7f\">https:\/\/t.co\/UMyG5yEQ7f<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALAH8Tzise\">pic.twitter.com\/ALAH8Tzise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPolitics\/status\/1610693982861889564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donalds received 20 votes from GOP holdouts opposed to McCarthy becoming the speaker. McCarthy eventually prevailed in a 15th vote that extended into early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) blasted House Republicans for nominating Donalds, tweeting, \u201c@ByronDonalds is not a historic candidate for Speaker. He is a prop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite being Black, he supports a policy agenda intent on upholding and perpetuating white supremacy,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FWIW, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronDonalds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ByronDonalds<\/a> is not a historic candidate for Speaker. He is a prop. Despite being Black, he supports a policy agenda intent on upholding and perpetuating white supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>His name being in the mix is not progress\u2014it\u2019s pathetic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoriBush\/status\/1610726873792929792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Florida congressman soon responded to Bush\u2019s remark in a Twitter post of his own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@CoriBush, if you see a Black man rise, let the man rise even if you disagree with them,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDonaldsPress\/status\/1611009574135562253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019d be happy to sit down and debate our policies one on one whenever you\u2019d like. As a Black man to a Black woman, I\u2019d never do that to you. It\u2019s a shame you did it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC host Joy Reid also spoke against Donalds, referring to him as a Republican \u201cdiversity\u201d pick.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds appeared on Reid\u2019s program \u201cThe Reid Out\u201d on Tuesday, where he addressed her criticisms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that a lot of members actually do believe in my ability to lead. They do. Am I to be despised for my youth because I served one term? My members know I have the ability to engage other members through the conference,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/rep-byron-donalds-spars-msnbcs-joy-reid-voting-record-racial-comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Reid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin McCarthy is now speaker of the House. At the same time, I was working with members on both sides of our conference to make sure that we can get the job done, and we did. That\u2019s the only thing that matters,\u201d he later added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While the media would like to focus on side shows, Republicans will remain focused on getting the job done for the American people. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerMcCarthy<\/a> <br \/>\u2705Border security <br \/>\u2705Sound economic policy <br \/>\u2705Goverment accountability <br \/>\u2705Energy policies to lower costs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xEgcwruLbj\">pic.twitter.com\/xEgcwruLbj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDonaldsPress\/status\/1612981595589189634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the media would like to focus on side shows, Republicans will remain focused on getting the job done for the American people,\u201d Donalds tweeted following the program.<\/p>\n<p>Following McCarthy\u2019s win as House speaker, Donalds revealed that he was being placed on the House Republican Steering Committee in exchange for supporting the California congressman. Donalds shared the appointment during an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDonaldsPress\/status\/1612114691740045312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> on \u201cSunday Morning Futures\u201d with Maria Bartiromo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wife of Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) spoke out after alleging racist claims were made against her husband by the Left after his recent nomination as House speaker. Erika Donalds took to Twitter on Wednesday to address the attacks against the black GOP congressman alongside images of posts from responses she has received. \u201cByron and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1803716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4038,6361,11157,5408,8242,6202,13249,6730,10943,4084,4903,3625,4410,6195],"class_list":["post-1803713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-alleged","tag-attacks","tag-byron","tag-congressman","tag-cry","tag-daily","tag-donalds","tag-harder","tag-haters","tag-lefts","tag-racist","tag-speaks","tag-wife","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1803713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1803716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1803713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1803713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1803713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}