{"id":509035,"date":"2021-05-14T19:05:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T23:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=509035"},"modified":"2021-05-14T19:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T23:05:21","slug":"rep-donalds-rips-journalist-calling-him-the-other-black-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-donalds-rips-journalist-calling-him-the-other-black-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Donalds Rips Journalist Calling Him \u2018The Other Black Republican\u2019"},"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\">20<\/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%2Frep-donalds-rips-journalist-calling-him-the-other-black-republican%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=509035&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rep-Byron-Donalds-scaled-e1621028839929.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican Florida Rep. Byron Donalds snapped back at Salon journalist Sophia Tesfaye for calling him \u201cthe other black republican\u201d on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/01\/byron-donalds-america-racism-tim-scott\/\">Donalds<\/a> slammed Tesfaye\u2019s comments about Republican Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, who had written a letter to the Department of Education about critical race theory and how it might violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act. \u201cWhat about the other Black Republican in the House? He didn\u2019t want to argue that discussing systemic racism is a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?\u201d Tesfaye\u2019s tweet read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.6123348017621\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What about the other Black Republican in the House? He didn\u2019t want to argue that discussing systemic racism is a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jm14CkK3xf\">https:\/\/t.co\/jm14CkK3xf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sophia Tesfaye (@SophiaTesfaye) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SophiaTesfaye\/status\/1393277602161254401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Donalds responded, saying, \u201cSince you struggle with the basics of Journalism 101, let\u2019s start here: Who: Me, \u2018the other Black Republican,\u2019 Rep. Byron Donalds to you What: Doing MY job When: 24\/ 7\/ 365 Where: \u2018In the House\u2019 Why: Aren\u2019t you doing yours? How: Am I schooling a \u2018journalist\u2019 on a Friday?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.6\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Since you struggle with the basics of Journalism 101, let\u2019s start here:<\/p>\n<p>Who: Me, \u201cthe other Black Republican,\u201d Rep. Byron Donalds to you<br \/>What: Doing MY job<br \/>When: 24\/ 7\/ 365<br \/>Where: \u201cIn the House\u201d<br \/>Why: Aren\u2019t you doing yours?<br \/>How: Am I schooling a \u201cjournalist\u201d on a Friday?????????\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Looe335rTl\">https:\/\/t.co\/Looe335rTl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronDonalds\/status\/1393287741832671245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not the first time the freshman Florida congressman has found his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/04\/26\/byron-donalds-new-117th-congress-freshman-members-diversity-2021-484444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">name in the headlines<\/a>. In an interview with Politico, he\u00a0said that didn\u2019t believe that systemic racism existed in the U.S.<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/29\/byron-donalds-georgia-election-bill-democratic-race-baiting\/\">(RELATED: Rep. Byron Donalds Flames Democrats\u2019 \u2018Race Baiting\u2019 Narrative On Georgia Election Bill)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne hundred years ago, if you had told me there was systemic racism in the United States, I would\u2019ve said absolutely there was,\u201d Donalds said. \u201cSystemic and institutionalized racism today in the United States. No, no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is one of two black Republicans in the House, with the other being Rep. Owens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Florida Rep. Byron Donalds snapped back at Salon journalist Sophia Tesfaye for calling him \u201cthe other black republican\u201d on Friday.Donalds slammed Tesfaye\u2019s comments about Republican Utah Rep. 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