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Mediaite reports:
George Stephanopoulos abruptly cut off a wild interview with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) Sunday — after the Florida congressman repeatedly dodged a question about former President Donald Trump potentially pardoning Jan. 6 rioters who have been convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers.
In the first part of their heated clash on ABC’s This Week, Stephanopoulos and Donalds battled over comments made by Trump on Wednesday in which he questioned the racial identity of Vice President Kamala Harris.
The second half of the Sunday morning slugfest was centered on another comment made at the same event Wednesday — a forum at the National Association of Black Journalists convention — in which he pledged to pardon even those Jan. 6 rioters who have been convicted of assaulting police officers.
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George Stephanopoulos DEMOLISHES Byron Donalds’s defense of Trump’s racist attacks on Kamala Harris: “The AP did not say that Kamala Harris is not Black. She is biracial. She is Indian. She is Black. You continue to repeat [Trump’s] slur, but it’s clear you’re not gonna say… pic.twitter.com/bb4PXeIOZW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 4, 2024
“No, that’s actually not what he said. He said he would pardon those who assaulted police officers. Do you support that or not?” — this interview was a disaster for Byron Donalds. George Stephanopoulos was not putting up with his BS, which is why MAGA Republicans rarely go on… pic.twitter.com/zDkkoqhuix
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 4, 2024
After Donald Trump says he would “absolutely” pardon “innocent” Jan. 6 rioters, Rep. Byron Donalds tells @GStephanopoulos that officials were “super-charging these people because of political viewpoints.”
“That is not an even-handed system of justice.” https://t.co/maWX3pWd5S pic.twitter.com/cuO92vYNOt
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 4, 2024
Byron Donalds, who once pretended to be Jamaican, used a fake Jamaican accent, praised the Jim Crow era for bringing the Black family “together,” and was one of the 26 Republicans who refused to denounce white supremacy, has the nerve to question Kamala Harris’s racial identity. https://t.co/qM87x9O5sc
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 4, 2024