{"id":2435040,"date":"2025-05-15T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-rebuffs-lashout-behavior-by-democrats-at-congressional-hearings-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:39:55","slug":"byron-donalds-rebuffs-lashout-behavior-by-democrats-at-congressional-hearings-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-rebuffs-lashout-behavior-by-democrats-at-congressional-hearings-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Donalds rebuffs \u2018lashout behavior\u2019 by Democrats at congressional hearings &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbyron-donalds-rebuffs-lashout-behavior-by-democrats-at-congressional-hearings-washington-examiner%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=2435040&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--><p>In a recent statement, Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) criticized the Democratic Party&#8217;s behavior during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-great-awakening-or-great-reset\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Next? Great Awakening or Great Reset?\">congressional hearings<\/a>, describing it as indicative of their lack of direction adn leadership. he emphasized that democrats are focusing on irrelevant issues rather than addressing critical concerns for the future. Donalds specifically pointed to confrontations between Democratic lawmakers and officials such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who defended against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reality-tv-can-serve-a-purpose-but-last-week-it-failed\/\" title=\"Reality TV Can Serve A Purpose, But Last Week, It Failed\">claims made<\/a> by their opponents. He described the situation as one of &#8220;full desperation&#8221; for the Democrats, suggesting they lack a coherent policy or strategy and are resorting to dramatic accusations rather. As Donalds prepares for the 2026 gubernatorial election in Florida, he has received endorsements from key Republican figures, including former President Donald Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Byron Donalds rebuffs &lsquo;lashout behavior&rsquo; by Democrats at congressional hearings<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2121951\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/byron-donalds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Byron Donalds<\/a> (R-FL) suggested that recent outbursts by Democratic lawmakers during congressional hearings mark the latest example of the party&rsquo;s lack of direction for the future and that it is instead getting into &ldquo;the weeds&rdquo; over unnecessary issues.<\/p>\n<p>Health and Human Services Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3411295\/takeaways-rfk-jr-hhs-budget-hearings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Robert Kennedy Jr.<\/a>, Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3410995\/aviation-safety-congressional-hearings-faa-duffy-four-takeaways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sean Duffy<\/a>, and Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3411367\/kristi-noem-habeas-corpus-suspended-dhs-costume-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kristi Noem<\/a> all butted heads with Democrats during congressional hearings this week. Duffy and Noem pushed back against claims made against them and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>. Duffy denied that 400 air traffic controllers were fired under Trump&rsquo;s watch, and Noem fended off Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-swalwell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Eric Swalwell<\/a> (D-CA) pressing her on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3410614\/noem-refuses-answer-picture-kilmar-abrego-garcia-doctored\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">whether a photo of illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was edited<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3411870\/bruce-springsteen-concert-trump-criticism-united-kingdom\/\">Springsteen blasts Trump&#8217;s &#8216;corrupt, incompetent, treasonous administration&#8217; at UK show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3411773\/doge-caucus-chairmen-dispute-jared-moskowitz-inactivity-claims\/\">DOGE Caucus chairmen dispute Moskowitz inactivity claims: &#8216;Alive, well, and fully engaged&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3411971\/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-tense-questions-d-john-sauer\/\">Supreme Court asks tense questions of Trump lawyer over birthright citizenship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Donalds said these public demonstrations show how the Democratic Party is currently in &ldquo;full desperation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, the Democrats really <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t have any leadership, they don&rsquo;t know where to take their party,&rdquo; Donalds said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Ingraham Angle<\/em>. &ldquo;Are they going to moderate? Are they going to become more progressive? Are they going to stay in Democrat status quo? They don&rsquo;t know, and so all they have is the lashout factor by doing these types of hearings, raising the craziest things that don&rsquo;t actually matter, getting caught in the weeds on weird people like Kilmar Garcia, like, that&rsquo;s now the poster child for what deportations are going to look like in the United States. The Democrats are going to take that side of the argument?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2936602&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=1a02e91938e86779461e74cd8053f7b8\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Donalds also directed specific criticism toward Swalwell, claiming he has &ldquo;no credibility,&rdquo; and explained that the photo he asked about was edited and had &ldquo;a caption&rdquo; to translate Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s tattoos. The Florida lawmaker went on to state that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> won the support of the country by promising to fix the nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >illegal immigration problem<\/a>, leaving the opposing party to &ldquo;defend the indefensible.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3409323\/dnc-vice-chair-election-david-hogg-drama-divides-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DNC&rsquo;S DAVID HOGG DRAMA DEEPENS THE DEMOCRATIC DIVIDE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So if they continue to do this, they&rsquo;re going to lose, but that&rsquo;s ok because they have no policy, they have no strategy. Republicans have the solution for the future of this nation and command the Cabinet of President Trump,&rdquo; Donalds said.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds is currently running in Florida&rsquo;s 2026 gubernatorial election to succeed Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3368813\/mike-johnson-endorses-byron-donalds-florida-governor-race-desantis-keeps-distance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">has already been endorsed<\/a> by Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). DeSantis&rsquo;s wife, first lady Casey DeSantis, has yet to announce if she will run, though former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz has suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3411539\/matt-gaetz-casey-desantis-absolute-force-florida-governor-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">she would likely be &ldquo;the instant frontrunner&rdquo;<\/a> if she does.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2121951\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2121951\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Byron Donalds criticizes Democrats&#8217; outbursts at hearings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2435041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Byron-Donalds-Democrats-lashout-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32322,49008,3685,55301],"class_list":["post-2435040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-byron-donalds","tag-congressional-hearings","tag-democrats","tag-lashout-behavior"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Byron-Donalds-Democrats-lashout-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435040","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435040"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435044,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435040\/revisions\/2435044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}