Abby Phillip presses Rep. Byron Donalds about his Jim Crow comments

[@samm9017]

During Jim Crow, the entire black community was oppressed so they stuck together and fought back for liberty. 🇺🇸

[@datthebigboss4532]

And that was his point that flew over everybody’s head and all they heard was Jim Crow better 😂 outrage cry cry cry

[@sherylfils1381]

I'm 69, and that is true.

[@melbooky]

​@datthebigboss4532 they didn't have a fucking choice. So all of our free will should be stripped away because people are leaving toxic situations. His mother was able to be a single parent and raised him and his sibling without a man. Why should a black woman be forced to have a man.

[@samm9017]

@@datthebigboss4532 you want to go back to those days? 😄

[@felipenunez2058]

And than reagan came into power and flooded the community with Crack. They had no choice but to stick together, Tulsa Oklahoma was constantly happening in their communitys. Everytime black towns saw any growth and prosperity the other side didnt want to see none of it. So how were they better. Their better now becuase their is black wealth in the US and now they don't have too worry about getting pitch fork.

[@MarceeSiemens]

During Jim Crow blacks couldnt vote

[@LyonsM]

Exactly, WTF is he talking about??

[@Michaelkaydee]

​@BeeN-fy2jh Education is important... mass incarceration, red lining, etc are the main cause of broken families... heck, families were more "together" during slavery... still not a good thing.

[@JuicyJperry]

This is in accurate you go look up the 15th amendment

[@JuicyJperry]

And before you go “it was for men” women weren’t even allowed to vote at the time that came with the 19th amendment

[@Cilantrchef]

Just let that sink in. [FYI WHITE FOLKS IN SOUTHERN STATES ARE THE LARGEST GROUP ON WELFARE MR DONALDS]

[@edwardmohan3056]

The black man who married outside of his race had the unmitigated gall to preach about black families. Make it make sense.

[@anthonysilvestri4946]

Conservative hypocrisy knows NO limits!!!

[@duckhunt1902]

Lol unbelievable. The tolerant ones aren't tolerant of people who they don't agree with. You're bringing up him marrying someone who isn't black but you're not racist right? Why does it matter who he married. Liberals are some of the most racist people in the US.

[@tanyafrida7380]

I'm confused. I assumed his children were Black. Are they not?

[@ezeta83]

That explains it!

[@mrsolsticeslots]

​@@tanyafrida7380 don't say black family when it's not

[@bjamal336]

Weird! There was NO sensible reason to make an alignment with Jim Crow.

[@chrismitty_plenty]

That's been my point in this discussion. Abby did a much better job addressing this topic with him than Al Sharpton or other people who interviewed him. I think he sounds like white people who 'know what's best for us' instead of relating to our experiences and speaking from there.

[@jayzz1716]

they didn't have another choice but to be and married don't equal happiness I'm not sticking to a man because of kids no thanks you ​@@KingWilliamProtector

[@KingWilliamProtector]

@@jayzz1716 Spend more time choosing a partner before sleeping around or keep your legs closed. It’s not fair on children to grow up without a father in the home.

[@jayzz1716]

@@KingWilliamProtector ever heard of wolves in sheep's clothing another thing ever heard of fall out of love? Ever heard of cheating ? have you? There are plenty of reasons why people divorce two people abusing each other in a relationship is not worth it to stay for a child and quite frankly what I chose to do with my legs have nothing to do with you keep your mouth out of it you don't get divorced that's all u need to do co parenting exist it's not hard

[@MaryNoble-y4y]

Maga Weirdos are all empty suits

[@danadavisyt]

As a black man in America, we all know who this dude is

[@bwayne6]

Exactly

[@dmann1115]

The nicest thing I could say about him is, he's very confused!

[@bwayne6]

@@dmann1115 he is a sycophant towing the line for this cult

[@Bxny]

Man this Dude is Unbelievable SMDH!!! Malcom X Said They Send Clowns

[@imrael496]

He's a good man. They hate it when he speaks the truth. Fixed it.

[@xyzzdoe3674]

How desperate or stupid do you have to be to reference what a party represented 60 or more years ago as a reason to vote for you instead of what it's doing right now.

[@tycobb162]

The democrats do it all the time. Literally bring up FDR and the new deal all the time, but no only the Dems could be miss represented. Give me a break.

[@skidmoda]

IDK but the damage from the democrat policy is still felt today, and the majority of black people still vote democrat. I guess the new democrat plantation is voluntary. As Joe Biden said if you don't vote for me you ain't black.

[@sarahalderman3126]

🤣 Not sure... but they're always trying! C'mon man! Definitely vote for the party who supports the values and changes you yourself support. Once you look at the facts it's fairly obvious, unfortunately most just go off emotions rather than reality😉

[@Dan-dz1ws]

Well I like cheap gas cheap groceries no men in woman sports no wars so I'll deff vote for the fellon over the jack ass

[@nobody4933]

And what is "it" doing right now?

[@andreeallen3311]

Jim Crow was horrible for black people. I’m so sick of him and Tim Scott.

[@ronnelson930]

both were born with the a bootlicking gene its their nature to be that way

[@kaypakaipa8559]

When did he say it was great, pls tell me exactly when he said that! He simply said during even such a tough time, black families were together and we didnt have rampant single mothers 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 Comprehension skills are 💩💩💩

[@herballycorrect]

Q: What do Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Biden all have in common? A: They all arrested their political enemies!

[@larryames8831]

​@@herballycorrectOK, Biden arrested who?

[@herballycorrect]

@@larryames8831 I hate having to take showers with daddy. Ashley Biden's diary Pg. 11

[@earlvincarmicheal9951]

Jim Crow should not have been a part of your speech

[@peggywilkins1358]

That is the bottom...period💯🎙️

[@peggywilkins1358]

That is the bottom line!!!

[@unapologetically_masculine707]

Jim Crow is not a bad word or taboo. Byron said during the "time frame" of Jim Crow, more black families had men in the home. ALL families (with children) are better off when they are married and when fathers in the home. These are FACTS! Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society paid black women government subsidies (welfare) to keep black men out of the home. They could not receive welfare and allow a black man to live in the home. FACTS!!! God created marriage and made men the protectors and providers of the home. It's funny how black women lose their Christianity and God's word when discussing the family dynamic.

[@DoctorUSA-m7y]

Why not? The point he made was a valid.

[@kingtino5829]

Y’all always trying to control speech

[@cewmusicman1836]

They were together because they wanted to stay alive

[@michaelhernandez5384]

And now?

[@Mark-zx2bq]

Ya, that explains 70% fatherless homes today. Smh

[@carlocartier7082]

What lol

[@cyberone2763]

EXACTLY! That's common sense!🎯

[@ctun7256]

@@Mark-zx2bq In the white population primarily...

[@PontiacBandit902]

3:13 bro, interracial marriage was banned in most states back then

[@jhill6033]

1969 was the last state to lose that battle I believe. Loving vs Virginia.

[@cran036161]

Isn't his wife white?

[@MamaDRogers]

@@cran036161yep! And would have been arrested in the 60’s for it!!!

[@jhill6033]

@@cran036161 yelp but his denial of black struggles in a white supremist system is my problem with him. I hate black folk that make money talking bad about his own people.

[@dom7345]

Exactly he wouldn't have even been able to marry his wife. He'd have been lynched. He's talking about the black family.. whole married to a white woman. Crazy

[@Andrea-re9np]

Prices are up because of corporate price gouging. During the pandemic, prices increased because of supply chain issues. Once the supply chain returned to pre-pandemic levels, corporations kept their prices high. Many of them also decreased the size of their containers ("shrink-flation").

[@c.falcon5045]

Facts! Not sure why the Dems aren't calling these Corps. out to the people on why costs are really high.

[@dianahailey9575]

The greed of Corporate America is what is driving the inflation not Biden!

[@alondathomas293]

What McDonald said about black families being together during Jim Crow is some bullshit. Especially given what black people were actually going through during that period of history. They damn sure weren't together because of Jim Crow, or because they voted republican, because if they lived in the south, they didn't have the right to vote any way. He

[@Byrd_i_View]

Say it again for the people in the back!

[@jimbullock6039]

Absolutely, true. The Republicans like Donalds know their base to too ignorant understand the impact of the pandemic on the world economy and the rampant corporate greed made possible by GOP policies, so they just tell the MAGA zombies that Pres. Biden is responsible for all their pain.

[@gwveteran91]

This is what it looks like when you sell your soul for money and power.

[@MrMferg240]

no, this is what it looks like when liberals hate that they can't control a black man from having his own opinion.

[@damatriarch06]

Yes. He'll be used by trump like Powell was used by Bush.

[@vaughnwilson477]

How dumb you must be in person

[@omoneynice129]

To ensure your child is not told they can change gender ans the parenr cant deny them ir they could be legally charged?

[@Babe_804]

Are you serious?? This interview proves why blacks should NOT support the Democratic Party but you people are brainwashed!!!! Jim Crow joe!! My my myyy it’s so sad to see

[@GangsterAstrology313]

Totally unacceptable. A person would literally be canceled even suggesting that Jews were better under the Holocaust , because they were more together.

[@417Graphix]

Except that’s not what he said.

[@justinmathis7707]

Dude you sound like a professional victim. He said black families were together more back then. And it’s true . There was less single parent households and there were more marriages. Welfare was a direct attack on that. And he made it clear

[@edgeworldpictures6831]

@@justinmathis7707 That may be his point but he's not explaining or defending himself very well.

[@justinmathis7707]

@@edgeworldpictures6831 my guy he already explained himself but people are not wanting to listen. Nothing he said was wrong all she did was strawman his statements. “The parties switched ideologies” is a myth. I used to believe but it’s not true. LBJ said himself that he only wanted to give “just enough” to the black community in order to make it feel like they did something. And he said “I’ll have those n*****s voting democrat for the next 200 years.

[@MsTrish627]

@@417GraphixHe didn’t say that’s what he said.

[@docmychedelic9153]

Blacks voted Republican during Jim Crow because the parties flipped. Southern strategy. He’s the worst kind of apologist or completely ignorant.

[@CatLoverx900]

Tell me who switched?

[@Jokeman718]

The only Switch that happened was Black folks going to the Democrat party for the Welfare policies. The ideologies of the parties were still the same!

[@CatLoverx900]

@@Jokeman718 💯

[@iapetus7]

​@@CatLoverx900 Republicans became conservative Republicans were LIBERALS. Democrats were CONSERVATIVE education is free

[@iapetus7]

​@@Jokeman718 that is FALSE are no Republicans educated at all?

[@Chisomaga4eva]

Well done Abby, WELL DONE HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE ON THE FACTS!

[@okorojnr]

As a politician in America, never use slavery or Jim Crow for analogy. Period.

[@zachriley7132]

He's not that bright. 🥴

[@Themystergamerr]

Unless you're condemning it

[@gifi11]

He didn't lol yall are slow

[@briancampbell1237]

Then deny history and your manhood...!?!!?? Stand 10 toes down on Business- Black business equally...Speak to Truths not "Feel good Conversation"...

[@notthatguypal14]

He isn't wrong though. Prove me how he is wrong. Do your own research. There's a reason it's a red wave this year

[@sonnylisten8131]

Black Families were together during Slavery as well then

[@mizzaquarius5505]

Bingo! 🎯

[@nivlek07]

...until they were separated by enslavers. They have been doing the same thing since slavery ended. They just nickname it and maneuver within the laws they constantly create to keep their foot on our necks.

[@Frapzoid]

Until they were sold off to different plantations....

[@CoachQ773]

You should never say that you d@mn fool

[@islandgurl9711]

No, they weren't, women where used as baby making machine, and the male was used to impregnate the women

[@billwest601]

He may not have said Black people were better off during ' Jim Crow ' but it was strongly implied...

[@samuelrosslee408]

No. It was not. He only said more Black people were married and stayed together. That fact does not lead, inherently, to Black people being better off.

[@k16e]

And that's what he's still (insisting on) implying.

[@gee853]

You think! Donld's is a jackass! He might as well take out a full-page editorial in the Wall Street Journal about his backwards views on our experience during the Jim Crow era!

[@gee853]

I feel sorry for his children! They are Black, and they and their children will have to find out about racism in America the hard way: by first-hand experience!

[@obiorajideofor8256]

Pls how was it implied?

[@tracym.worley3214]

Why would Jim Crow ever come out of his mouth at all?!

[@Zxx459]

Trumpism the cult of IGNORANCE, HATE,XENOPHOBIA, HEGEMONY

[@Zxx459]

Lack of self respect Lack of awareness ìf his own culture...Lack of self reflection

[@geraldinemilton1939]

@@Zxx459 because he don't know what Jim Crow is, he don't history

[@edgardolebron6681]

He continuously keeps showing his ass! He starting to remind me of Steven from Django Unchained!

[@alanabrahams2232]

because he is a dt stooge

[@setnsun21]

The entire world has gone through inflation Dude. Our country is on the recovery and ahead of the rest of the planet.

[@marcus813]

Good thing he doesn't live in the UK.

[@mhall801]

Joe destroyed the economy trump had.

[@setnsun21]

@Cp_k37 wake up mr fake charges. Dude tried to take over our country when he LOST the election. NM. Cult follower

[@mimi-ur8pc]

Joe Biden's economy has helped no one but Vladimir Putin.

[@gbudb9303]

The worlds BEST economy could, would, should & did AUTO recover easier & quicker than the rest of the world. Which is the ONLY contrary talking point the left has to smoke screen the shit economy FJB brought...

[@frankiebrumfield9307]

Abby is TOTALLY correct when she said the Democrat & Republican party today are NOT the same as they were back then.

[@sarahalderman3126]

🤣

[@NjorogeThuo]

Nothing is the same. But the ideological inclination has not changed as much. Republicans remain right leaning and the Democrats right leaning other development notwithstanding.

[@skidmoda]

agreed, the republicans are less of the religious zealots, this new MAGA/republicans are less warhawks and more populist. This new democrat..eh seem to be a little less racist, just low expectation racist and a lot more authoritarian/fascist. The trick is the new planation sorta speak seems to be voluntary and the black community seems to be unaware they are still on it. No other race is as lope sided for a political party than the black community. As Joe Biden said "if you have trouble figuring out to vote for me or the other guy then you ain't black".

[@frankiebrumfield9307]

@Cp_k37 those are NOT fake charges! Honestly, tRump should have more charges. He cited the coup 01/06/2021 & you know it.

[@petrol11]

I'm British and even I know this. They are playing on people's lack of education, to their favour. Muddy the waters.

[@bojax67]

Yeah, that thing that happened to EMMITT TILL was just a MISUNDERSTANDING!! BLACK BYRON HAS LOST HIS RABBIT ASS MIND!!

[@mslizzardroscoe9051]

Did he say that tho? Where tf did he say that Jim Crow wasn’t a horrible thing? You’re making things up which makes you an unadulterated liar and a fraud! Rather you believe he’s lost his mind or not…what he has is definitely alot of is common sense which apparently you’re fresh pot of. ✌🏾

[@ewokwarrior2656]

Long lists of known and unknowns in Civil Rights History. Everyone has heard of Martin Luther King. Everyone knows he was assassinated. But how many remember Medgar Evans? What are the names of the three black girl children killed at their church by the KKK when the KKK blew it up with a bomb? Who were the three young men, 2 white and 1 black, who were murdered by the KKK and their car and bodies hidden until the FBI found them? Strange fruit . Poll tax. Separate but equal. The President's pushing their own party to make the Civil Rights era laws were John F. Kennedy (D) and Lyndon B. Johnson(D). A bipartisan effort of Republicans and Democrats passed Civil Rights and Voting rights laws. Dixiecrats and the Republican Southern Strategy took all those Democrats into the republican fold that were anti- civil rights. The ones who did not go were voted out and rejected by American voters. This guy did not even live during those times. This guy would not exist in his position back then. This guy came from a single mother household from the sound of his story. Same for Tim Scott and Clarence Thomas. Without the Andrew Young's of history, they might still be sharecropping. The education system has failed Americans. I know immigrants who know more American history than this guy.

[@jodinewberry2576]

Maybe because she wouldn’t shut the F up and let the man talk. He could barely get a word in.

[@Weareloved3]

I LOVE how she gracefully, but with boldness corrects him with the facts. He’s such a wus!😠

[@BenjaminPurer]

“Gracefully” 😂😂😂 She repeatedly interrupted him. People like you are literally deranged.

[@unapologetically_masculine707]

This is a foolish comment. Byron provided facts. Byron said during the "time frame" of Jim Crow, more black families had men in the home. ALL families (with children) are better off when they are married and when fathers in the home. These are FACTS! Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society paid black women government subsidies (welfare) to keep black men out of the home. They could not receive welfare and allow a black man to live in the home. FACTS!!! God created marriage and made men the protectors and providers of the home. It's funny how black women lose their Christianity and God's word when discussing the family dynamic.

[@wouldntyouliketoknow1496]

He is right though. The black family fell apart after l.b. johnsons policies. Almost 90% of black families are fatherless. That is the real issue and the reason more black people become criminals.

[@elainebrooksbank5281]

Byron Donalds was born 14 years after the end of the Jim Crow era. Families during that era didn’t always get the chance to “stay together” when family members were lynched for no other reason than the color of their skin. And there was no recourse to justice for those families horrendously ripped apart. His parents splitting up had nothing to do with the end of the Jim Crow era. He attended A&M University and Florida State University - opportunities he wouldn’t have had under the Jim Crow discrimination he’s pining for. Maybe Donalds would like to explain why 14 year old Emmett Till was better off under Jim Crow laws. He dared to speak to a white woman in a store and, in retaliation, her husband and his half brother armed themselves and abducted the boy from his great uncles house. They savagely beat and tortured a child before shooting him in the head and throwing his body into the Tallahatchie River. Neither Bryant nor Milam faced any consequences cos they were white men and their victim was a black boy. But following his red tie performance Donalds obviously still believes laws shouldn’t apply to white guys - well certainly not a rich white one called Trump who might make him his VP if he’s suitably subservient. Trump keeps telling us he’s going to “Make America Great Again” - a phrase used by Ronald Reagan, George H W Bush and Bill Clinton cos Trump can’t even make up his own slogans. But he never actually tells us just which era he wants to drag us back to or even when America stopped being great. Byron Donalds, in his VP audition, seems to have settled on an era when he thinks America was “great” - although not for people who looked like Byron Donalds. Trump wouldn’t even have rented one of his apartments to him or even let him count his money at one of his casinos - before he tanked them all. So why he thinks he had a snowball in Hell’s chance of being chosen as Trump’s VP shows he doesn’t even know his dear leader at all. Donald’s obviously didn’t listen to Eric - “we’ll win cos we’re white.” What neither Trump nor Donalds seem to understand we don’t live in the last century. We want to know what they intend to make our lives better now. We want to hear their visions of the future not hear them pining for an era long past. Their problem is neither Trump nor his MAGAs have a vision for the future - well certainly not one they want to admit to.

[@mslizzardroscoe9051]

He wasn’t pinning for an era. During Jim Crow black people were an ethical moral people on a large scale and we went downhill after that and it makes you wonder why. Everyone didn’t experience the lynchings in the south. Some people had decent experiences during those times. We knew about work ethic, had strong family bonds etc. Why are you missing the point. Who cares about a damn slogan? It’s about knowing that when the government interferes with your life too much, it’s hardly ever a good outcome! It didn’t do us any justice to accept welfare and live off it for decades and then wonder why we’re in such dire straits. Your hatred is causing you to be willfully ignorant and I mean that with all due respect.

[@derrynelson4637]

Bryon Donald’s comes From Brooklyn, Ny.

[@omarridley5566]

Your broad brush application of the Black experience is flawed. Emmitt Till was horrible, lynchings did happen but both were less prevalent then black on black crime is today. That crime is a direct result of the disintegration of the Black 2 parent home. The decline in the Black 2 parent home does correlate to the increase in government programs that disincentivized staying together...and not just for Black couples.

[@Acer_Maximinus]

@@omarridley5566 Are you fed that bs with a fork or a spoon?

[@bria1660]

@@mslizzardroscoe9051 Obviously you did not live in the South during Jim Crow era. Anyone who lived during that era most Black people (in the South was aware of lynchings, knew someone who was beaten by police, abused/murdered/raped by a White person, or wrongfully imprisoned for no reason at all. If not for the "government interfering with our life", there would not have been Equal Rights, Civil Rights, Housing Rights, Voting Rights that Black people were able to benefit. If you think Black people would have been better off if none of those rights were available to Black people, then you are being willfully ignorant and maybe you should talk to someone who actually lived during that era.

[@billyblunt5823]

Did CNN block her from simply asking him to explain why he used the phrase "Jim Crow" instead of specifying a timeframe, such as 1920s-1960s? For any person in leadership in this country to suggest that life in almost any capacity was better for black people "during Jim Crow" literally makes no sense. What a disingenuous demonstration by this guy. Sick of him and Tim Scott's "never answering a question -ss."

[@patj4952]

Watch Joy Reid's interview with Donalds.

[@CheriseLishey-Leffall]

And don’t forget Clarence Thomas, they are in the same mine set and all three are married to white women.

[@gbudb9303]

No Mrs Virtuous...Go back & listen to it multiple times on .75 speed eer something, cuz he has explained w/ context WHAT HE SAID & WHAT HE MEANT. Catch up K...

[@lenacarr8340]

I am a Black Republican woman of 70 times around the sun, (the new way to say 70 years old), who supports Donald Trump whole heartedly. I voted for him in 2020 and will vote for him again in November. Black Democrats please hear me out. Mr. Donalds, I believe that you made a HUGE mistake in your use of the words "Jim Crow." Using that term to articulate your position that this was a better time for black families because we saw a greater number of black families enjoying both parents in the house, was totally lost in your description of the times you were referring to. It would have been better to say the "decades of..." rather than "during Jim Crow..." Those times of Jim Crow were wrought with systemic racism and that's all that most Blacks will equate those times to. As my deceased mother used to say to people, "you really blew it this time." It's not likely that you brought ANY Black Democrats to the Republican ticket with that choice of words. It only sounded like you think that those times were better time for Blacks and that we need to go back to Jim Crow again. I know that that's not what you said, but that's how it came off sounding. Listen to yourself again. I have always admired and agreed with your positions on every issue I've heard you speak on and your support of Donald Trump. You are obviously intelligent and articulate, but these poor choice of words again, did not win Donald Trump any votes among Black Democrats in my opinion. It only most likely solidified Black Democrats to their already long held view that Donald Trump is a racist, and I think that at one time he was, but I don't believe that he holds that belief system anymore. People do change and that's what matters. Getting back to your use of inadvertently sounding like you support Jim Crow, I hate to say this but you sounded like the so called "house ni___ers" of the old Southern plantations. I know that you didn't mean to come off sounding like that and that's just my opinion. Of course, I do not align with Al Sharpton's positions on anything nor even ever watch CNN. I just came across this from hearing podcaster Ron Yates mention it. However, in this case, I must side with Al Sharpton. Also, Al Sharpton is still your elder and you were not very respectful. Did I hear that you called him "thick headed"? If not, I stand corrected. In closing, I think that you should consider making a retraction and explain that you did not support the perilous times for Black people under Jim Crow, and in retrospect, could have used a better choice of words to represent the time period that you were referencing in terms of describing how there were more two parent Black families instead of using such emotionally charged words as "Jim Crow". Last but not least, you sounded condescending in talking to this beautiful Black hostess on CNN. She held her own against you, and good for her. You might win more Black Democrats by trying to be a bit more humble in your delivery and you might not come across as sounding so arrogant. I am not trying to judge you, but we can't afford to lose potential Black voters this late in the game by unwittingly antagonizing potential Black voters. You have a very broad outreach and, using the wrong choice of words can cost us votes. It's not only about the vote, but we are coming down to the wire and we sure as hell don't need another 4 years of Joe Biden, parish the thought. People in your position don't want to say things that can be misconstrued. I understand you are in the ring of potential Vice President considerations. Congratulations on that achievement. Otherwise, keep up the good work. CNN, please send this to Mr. Donald's. Thank you.

[@jasonb8446]

Yeah, no. He speaks facts. But he never really gets to any point...

[@briandufoe3719]

The fact that he supports Trump is all thats needed to know. Doesnt matter what else he says.

[@LyonsM]

Exactly, everything else is irrelevant. SMH

[@coz2j69]

How about the people that support Jim Crow Joe(AKA Biden)?

[@sunnybriggs3628]

Now you heard the tape and he didn't say what they say he said so now you changed it to Trump. See how y'all operate? Smh

[@Scott-hj2pn]

Yeah shows he cares about this country and he's a patrick

[@harrisonjazzensemble]

Well, that was an erudite response.

[@AunteNobe]

He made the connection to black families and Jim Crow to appeal to his constituents and the Dump. That ish backfired bc he was not selected as Dump’s VP😂😂

[@ejumac8ted910]

No he was absolutely right. The black family was more together if not only because we are all we had.

[@elainemunro4621]

He handled that so poorly. He needed to acknowledge the unequality in those times and that the result was people were afraid and fearful during that era. He is ignoring the fears that era planted in black families. His lack of acknowledging the bad, is a bad reflection on him having a wholesome attitude. As a white woman, I was afraid for them during those times. So unfair and unconstitutional, an insult to our flag. Yes, he is articulate, but I question his motives.

[@LadyAGlobal]

Well stated and thank you for both your candor and empathy.

[@brycethomas8864]

Democrats are an insult to our flag.

[@cms1381]

We live in Florida. We're what dump would call RINOs because he's not a true republican. I've got no love for Donalds. He's just another suckerfish going asking for the ride. Along with Luna, Gaetz, and a handful other extremists who are a stain on the nation. So it pains me to partially come to his defense. I don't feel like he's tapped into the reality of the Jim Crow and Civil Rights era. He's also disingenuous about the republican and democratic parties then and now as well as ignoring the Dixiecrats. Whether he's under informed about the era or being purposely dishonest, I don't believe he was saying the Jim Crow era was better. I also feel this is being made into something worse then he intended. BTW, Donalds is a felon convicted of fraud along with his orange leader.

[@mslizzardroscoe9051]

He handled that so great! Jim Crow should have never happened and the fact that you’re still for the party that aligned itself with that makes you have no real empathy. Please have a seat. Because while we were fearful, we never had a fear towards each other like we do now! We could actually go to our neighbors to borrow a cup of sugar. Yes we trusted each other like that until we became morally unhinged. The point is…we as a people have never been as oppressed since that time but are still crying about oppression and fences that are no longer there, which makes the whole racism spill of today sound a bit delusional and disingenuous. Therefore, I think your white guilt has overcome you. Because if you truly feel bad about the democratic policies that has just about ruined an entire race then you wouldn’t be here championing for Biden who has always aligned himself with the denigration of black people.

[@MorningDawna]

Yes ma’am… he did. He’s ignorant to his own understanding as well.

[@matthew223740]

As a black man, it pained me to see Abby try to force my brother to be truthful. I have no problem with Donalds being a Republican; he’s not the first and he won’t be the last. But he doesn’t have to sugarcoat history in order to be conservative. And if that’s what “they” force him to say in order to get campaign funds, then he needs to leave the party.

[@sakkysha5496]

At the same time, blacks who are Dems need to stop sugarcoating history of the Dems. Malcolm spoke candidly about them in the 1960s and one might argue that little has changed.

[@matthew223740]

@@sakkysha5496 I agree that the Democrats are not perfect either in their positions regarding us. But I can’t say that only a little has changed. The civil rights acts and voting rights acts were major updates to the country’s treatment of blacks. Are we in a perfect place yet? Absolutely not. But the legislation passed in the 1960s was necessary for us to even have this conversation out in the open. And the Democrats (for their own political purposes) were the ones to push the legislation forward. That’s just a fact.

[@AlphaWeirdfootage]

​@@matthew223740 And now you're lying. Democrats filibustered the bill for months. It was Republicans who pushed it through.

[@alondathomas293]

The point is, Jim Crow was a terrible damn time in American history for black people, and they couldn't even vote at that time. I'm also tired of repubs like him constantly bashing any policies by the dems that actually did help black people---especially since the repubs haven't really come up with a damn thing that actually has helped black people or anybody else, recently. And both parties did switch their platforms in 1964 when the Civil Right Bill was passed. The dems became the party of the working-class, while the repubs became the party of big business and the rich. That's still the case today. Also, welfare was actually started in 1935 during the depression mainly for white widows and their children---it was not started for black people at all. And McDonald is lying claiming

[@ScantsRants]

Idk why Abby keeps bringing this guy on her show. He sold his soul. He’s a MAGA puppet

[@Pivara-t9w]

Imagine being a black vet returning from war and not being able to wear your uniform in public.

[@fred5399]

My grandfather tild me that to wear the uniform after the war was often more dangerous than the war

[@KingJeraldL46]

That smirk on her face when he said he’s one of the better communicators in the rep party 😂

[@vg1024]

he is.

[@KingJeraldL46]

@@vg1024 that says a lot.

[@Domino365-q3k]

He surely knows how to bob and weave or shuck and jive not really sure about the best communication bit

[@mannym1171]

During slavery, there were Black slave foremen and Black slave drivers. This guy would fit right into those positions.

[@TheZerox500]

Translation: I support Black people until they something I don't agree with, then they're worse than white slave owners. Lol, what a clown.

[@laceyholmes3614]

Yup

[@bsdnmd]

No you numbfk. The Traditional Family (Married Couple with Kids) were more visible in the Black Community under Jim Crow than today where a lot of Black Women are Single Mothers with Multiple Baby Fathers OUT OF MARRIAGE. Do white people and latinos need to explain to black people now?

[@barriosgad7906]

Candace owens and tim scott too they don’t care about black people

[@omarridley5566]

Actually Hakim Jeffries and Maxine Waters fit better. Selling out others has been done by Black politicians for decades.

[@abstutheit]

My god. This guy’s penchant for bloviating is empirically insane.

[@gregfoles5480]

Because she called him on some (not all) of his lies.

[@jakkobg1981]

😂

[@nomsasibeko-brown5744]

Oh you beat me your comment is more eloquent than mine!!! Love it

[@LadyAGlobal]

Yes! Beautifully stated!

[@gbudb9303]

And your usage of the smartly & bigley words is overtly expressing your superbness!

[@AndreaRobinson-ci9mi]

During Jim Crow black families could not vote in the south, Get your facts straight Donaldson.

[@lifemax3954]

Back in the day under the democrats the blacks were slaves......today under the democrats they get to kill their babies.......all the while selling the fantasy that the KKK switched to Republicans.

[@mimi-ur8pc]

I hope democrats keep focusing on these petty gotcha issues instead of listening to the American people who are suffering from the crime, inflation, endless wars and lack of rule and order. That is why Trump is going to win in a landslide in 2024.

[@AnthonyM-iy7ek]

neither she nor joy reid brought that up and i am not even american and even i know that.

[@josephjefferson2617]

The most significant thing that you said, Congressman is that YOU WEREN'T THERE. P.S.: the black family being together had nothing to do with Jim Crow. Apples & Oranges, brother.

[@mantashaft]

Can Abby or any of these CNN hosts ever simply ask, what the hell are you taking about?

[@Neonmirrorblack]

She's actually smart by cutting him off. She's keeping the conversation on track, and forcing him to actually answer specific questions that he keeps trying to dodge, and then when he starts spewing obvious bullshit, she forces him back on track again.

[@mr.saturn7833]

A lot of history is a combination of ignorance, told by those who won and mostly speculation. It’s a fact, if you have any common sense when you have a family, you think more conservatively. And yes, unemployment is low now, but when everything cost a fortune, it doesn’t really matter. That’s BS that minorities are doing better under Biden.

[@aaronwilson8403]

​@@NeonmirrorblackActually no that isn't real journalism. Learn American history mmm?

[@aaronwilson8403]

​@@NeonmirrorblackTell me are you deleting comments? Or do you enjoy being censored? Because I just took a screenshot of some one else's comment and it doesn't show now.

[@Neonmirrorblack]

@@aaronwilson8403 I'm not actually sure what you're insinuating. What does you taking a screenshot of someone else's comment and it not showing have to do with anything I've said? This would be my third comment here, and so far, nothing I've said has been deleted.

[@lizliz4186]

So when women weren't allowed to rent an apartment on their own, more families were together. Yes because the woman was literally forced to stay.... nowhere else to go. Is that what he wants?

[@dreamcoyote]

Honestly? I think he, specifically, would want that. I'm always stunned by how recent certain changes were, like in the 70's when they made it legal for women to get their own credit cards. He doesn't say "happy families." He says "families" like they are just a statistic.

[@raphaelandrews3617]

he is a liar he married to a white woman.

[@cheesehead4670]

I think the entire GOP wants that.

[@tedpeacock3945]

Thank God you now have the freedom to leave your family

[@ThomasNiemann-qe5fo]

Yes that IS what he wants. That is what the entire GOP wants.

[@dionnegreenwood957]

During Jim Crow, a lot of our black fathers got lynched

[@dmann1115]

YUP

[@DiannaHoskinsr]

True that😢

[@Chapaveli5959]

But the family was together. Compared to today, the father didnt abandon their kids and family!

[@markfcoble]

Perpetual victim class forever!

[@silloweet]

Yeah, so black families knew the value of black fathers

[@jewel58s]

Thank you Abby for holding him accountable with facts when he strayed off to Republican rhetoric and misinformation. I wish we could do this with Trump

[@chriswhite3198]

the black family has always been strong and always will be, no one should ever suggest that the Jim Crow era was a positive for black people!

[@VF5]

Studies and statistics have shown differently though. And he never said Jim Crow was good for blacks/minorities. Stop being so triggered

[@ceeIoc]

Some aspects were

[@incufan120]

The fact that he needs to defend his statements says everything. He thinks h's one of them. I don't have a problem with black conservatives as long as they're using their platforms to help black communities. but just tearing down and rejecting racism is where i draw the line. Blacks have struggled so much and for him to just re-write history is disgusting.

[@moordarkness2131]

One of who? You're ignorant of history and u must come from a poor family

[@dmann1115]

Seems to me that black conservatives are not interested in helping their communities, kind of by definition. I may be wrong. But I'm 65 and I have yet to hear of black Republicans doing anything to help black communities. Redlining was not their concern, for instance.

[@76133rconner]

White wife and everything

[@moordarkness2131]

@@76133rconner so! I thought y'all progressives believe in "love is love"

[@shanegreen1477]

​@@moordarkness2131assuming people are progressive is probably ur first problem. Could be a moderate, could be a liberal, a conservative, libertarian, green party etc....

[@FredomUsa18]

Omgosh is this guy for real? Maybe the black family stayed together because black families had little else but each other. Voting was not all that easy, back in the day

[@Lerian_V]

That's the point he was making. More than 60% of families were together even during Jim Crow. Now it's less than 25%, thanks to Democrats' welfarism which subsidized single motherhood.

[@respectbigman3133]

Wait did he mention he wanted to be a Criminal? This guy lying again. He really think that he as a legitimate shop to be Trump VP? That guy stuck on stupid .

[@anthonygriffin1958]

@pam18ram, African-Americans weren't giving the right to vote until 1965. However, it's Florida State Representative Byron Donalds, party affiliate that has stripped "The Voting Rights Act" of "Chapter 5" by way of the Supreme Court (mostly conservative judges) allowing gerrymandering, voter suppression, & allowing conservatives judges to purge votes who were chose by the conservative in the White House back in 2013. It's those little things he's not telling people during the interview on Ms. Abby Phillip show. 📺

[@realblackman45]

Blacks weren't destitute in the Civil Rights era lol

[@sean-anthonyroberts9806]

Jim Crow didn’t involve black folks voting. Let alone conservative. Byron is FOS

[@KillBill73]

Trump will NEVER ADD A BLACK MAN PERIOD

[@kennethpadgettflightparame3548]

Finally, Abby you did not let these fools monopolize the conversation. Thank you.

[@skeedamacknn]

We are going to have the N words voting democrat for 200 years…… that’s yours and Abby’s party

[@eby2257]

Racist.

[@Army_Brat1980]

​@Cp_k37 they aren't. trump will drop out of the race. I can't wait!

[@leahethcox9774]

Will not allow him to even talk.

[@grosskopf2779]

@Cp_k37 Yeah he didn't falsify documents and Porky Pig will be his VP

[@nonayobiz8511]

My married black grandma chose to move into the projects/welfare system with her 5 kids in order to leave my physically abusive grandfather......marriage is not always a good thing.

[@TheAegis1000]

Very true ...

[@MamaDRogers]

Come through with this truth!!! We stayed in marriages back then because women had ZERO rights, but severely abused!!!

[@gifi11]

Are you suggesting being a single mother is statically better? We can't use one offs as the examples

[@MrDjbuckethead]

I'm tired of this repeated lie being circulated by "people". Every grandmother that ever was a grandmother and became single is now running for their lives.

[@mizzsassy-ow7uf]

​@@MrDjbuckethead men had all the power especially in that time and OFTEN ABUSED IT

[@jeffreycooper5187]

Abby gave this “BOY” a history lesson

[@gbudb9303]

OMG your the only one in the room who would think poor poor Abby could give anyone a history lesson...

[@ThomasNiemann-qe5fo]

She did. Love how she handled him.

[@FedericoGPena]

Not sure we watched the same video....All she did is interrupt and gas-light. Had she let him speak and expand SHE would have received a lesson. That's for sure. Good luck with Biden. Hopefully you'll see the light, but I'm afraid it might be too late for this country by then....

[@Bea-Dubya]

@@FedericoGPena He is an immigrant. He nor his family lived/fought/survived Jim Crow or being enslaved in this country. He has no lineage in this soil. He is not like us.

[@mizzsassy-ow7uf]

She should have asked him how he is helping to build the black family with his white wife !

[@guytelfort3832]

You can just tell when a black Republican have a white wife but talking about the black family

[@dtrn254]

Abby is brilliant... Fact based and straight forward. She clarifies why drawing comparisons between Jim Crow and Black people and their families was absurd.

[@CTRAMSEUR]

NO WAY WILL TRUMP PICK A BLACK MAN FOR HIS VP PICK ! PERIOD!!

[@Kiki-en9vm]

Even if , is a show off, it means nothi g to him, cos he will claim all the power for himsrlf ,while cursing the black person at his back.., is all about himself, no one else, not even his wife or kids.

[@Pdf258]

He’s trying ever so hard!

[@cedg5634]

Why wouldn't he? I mean Trumps been rocking with blacks for decades( was even considered for an naacp award at one time). I'd never even heard about the dude being a racist until he ran for president for some strange reason.

[@tyrousleduff4030]

TRUMP WILL DO anything to win..snakes don't care who they bite ijs

[@chenzen1578]

@@cedg5634 I often asked myself if Ttump is truly racist or runs with whatever serves him.

[@PaulaTurkson]

Well, let Byron and his family go back to the Jim Crow system and see how it works out for

[@pauletteboyd5141]

He'd be killed/arrested for having a White wife 😂

[@akellypaschal5905]

It wouldn't have, his wife is white. I'll leave this right here.

[@akellypaschal5905]

He is an idiot.

[@Axelcat11]

@@akellypaschal5905 That is not a surprise. When you are a uncle you need the right drip

[@2PreserveAmerica]

If you heard what he said and that is how you interpreted that.. then you have low communicative interpretation skills. Donalds only used Jim Crow as time placement in what he was talking about regarding his personal family.. the Democrats and media like they always do is lie about what a Republican actually says. It is a fact though that Black Families remained a nuclear family vs after LBJ's policies that is all he said.

[@missy_Sass]

He even said from personal experience his own father WASNT in the home so that’s why he’s PUSHING for black families to STAY together no matter what it is. The benefit of black fathers being in the home and with generational wealth!!!!! 💯💯💯 2:32

[@barbarajones311]

👏👏👏Abby, Thank you for setting the record straight👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@obiorajideofor8256]

She didn't set anything straight. She just helped him make his points clearer

[@phyllissnyder2563]

Abby is excellent! Nailed his behind and challenge his garbage spin!

[@obiorajideofor8256]

@@phyllissnyder2563 If anything Abby, Jefferies and the Biden campaign are all trying to put the spin. I don't think anyone who watched his full speech disputes that. The spin is really just fear mongering and gaslighting at this point

[@gilesluver]

Marriage rates doesn't mean staying together. Doesn't mean the family situation was better.

[@yvonneplant9434]

People on the right( him for instance) don't understand nuance or exceptions.

[@yvonneplant9434]

​@Cp_k37Copy/ paste troll. 😅

[@WesleyWilkins-qf2ky]

Right. A lot of folks get married just for the pageantry and the reception

[@alexharper7645]

30 percent of children in parent homes live in poverty, while less than 10 percent of children living in two parent homes live in poverty. Children who live in single parent homes are much more likely to live in poverty. Your comment factually makes no sense.

[@alexharper7645]

@@yvonneplant9434People on the left like to disregard facts and pretend like they don’t matter.

[@davidkeogh1570]

How could any black person agree with jim crow is beyond my understanding.

[@ahwebster]

No real black person would.

[@nickp7069]

How any rational and sane person could look at this talk Donalds did and have that as the take away…

[@De59161]

That's what you got from this? 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@nickp7069]

@@De59161 You asking me that?

[@De59161]

@@nickp7069 no

[@jettucker]

Why does ever one allow byron Donalds to talk over them?

[@cherylboucher4491]

What he did was throw out a dog whistle to make the racists think they're not racist.

[@e0n555]

THIS! We all can see and hear he said “Jim Crow” 4x unnecessarily because *he is auditioning and softshoe-ing to a rac!st cvlt leader and a rac!st party that is trying more than ever now to suppress the Black vote.* Gerrymandering districts, voter id laws, closing down polling sites. WAKE UP people. 💙🇺🇸💙

[@dglorious1269]

All the trumplicans do that mess. The GOPers have been doing that for decades. 🙄 They blame everything on the "dems/libs", and act as though they're the saviours that all Blk people should run to, so they can be saved, when they're 10 x worse! 😒

[@gifi11]

How lol? He stated actual facts

[@alntr2872]

YEP

[@e0n555]

@@gifi11 Trying to “re-frame” Jim Crow era with selective “facts” without larger context. Stretch your brain kiddo.

[@gigif8566]

Abbey Phillips would be a great debate moderator, she calls out the BS.

[@skidmoda]

Try another news source or at least an analysis of this conversation from another party.

[@ThomasNiemann-qe5fo]

Sure would. I like her style for sure.

[@ThomasNiemann-qe5fo]

@@skidmoda Like Fox news??? They lie and can get away with it, with their viewers. Dems are too smart for that.

[@2realformost]

The black family was torn apart in the1960’s when it was difficult for a black man to find a decent paying job so he could support his family. This led to black single women having to go on welfare. Government laws at the time did not allow a father in the house or a black mother would lose her benefits. This led to the separation of the black family

[@mslizzardroscoe9051]

Ok so you said the black family was torn apart..when black men couldn’t find decent paying jobs. And then you said this led to black single women going on welfare. So with that being said..are you saying that the black woman put him outdoors because he wasn’t earning enough and then she became single? Or did she become single after she sought the help of government assistance and had to throw him out? The black woman had no problem struggling with her man! Because it was better to stay with your children’s father and have the leadership of a man even if he was a bit strapped for cash. So with that being said, what led to black women being single is the lie that the government told them. You can have this, that and the third with no requirement to have to get a job… BUT the only thing that you can’t have is a man. And thus led to the over arching question….Why stay with a man when you can have the same thing without one and they fell for it. Replacing one struggle for another struggle. And where on earth does that make any sense? It was all by design! They could no longer enslave us so they learned how to do so in a covert manner that’s all. Because what was stopping them from only allowing you to stay on it a short period of time before they kicked you off of it? Instead they allowed you to receive it forever, crippling you and keeping you alienating from your black counterpart aka a man?

[@goodymob9638]

​​@@mslizzardroscoe9051You didn't comprehend a damn word she said. When the man couldn't get a decent job, the mother had to go assistance to feed the family. When a woman was on assistance, another adult could not be in the home......you are very ignorant and condescending.

[@goodymob9638]

​@@mslizzardroscoe9051and there are more white people on public assistance than any other races in this country 🤡

[@mslizzardroscoe9051]

@@goodymob9638 Duh..I understood exactly what she said 🤡 And i’m saying this…The black man not being able to find a decent job was not the issue! Black women knew their men wasn’t top earners or highly educated. What happened was the government convinced her that she could get all these things for free but only if you’re single. You can’t be married….Which was some B.S. .So please Mr Goody Mob…go check yo self before you wreck yo self! 😂😂😂

[@mimi-ur8pc]

It was by design.

[@lavernerichardson3790]

Well sir you say your a great communicator, but yet you're not aware, that black people couldn't vote back then. "Voted more conservatively" SMH

[@brentknight9318]

Closest to a real political discourse I’ve seen on CNN in a while. Thank you for the history lessons.

[@brendayoung6738]

My brother, you need to have a sit down with Michael Cohen before you think you can get in the ring with Donald Trump

[@Pdf258]

@Cp_k37go away troll.

[@Kiki-en9vm]

Exactly, he is selling his soul here for nothing,is humiliating, it seem he doesn't know or had read American history.

[@Kiki-en9vm]

Which stupid panic mode,the entire nation knows who is panicking since convicted,with his followers.

[@Maria-ue2qd]

WITH LIAR&THIEF M Cohen?😅

[@yrudonking]

@Cp_k37 at some point you need to realize you have been lied to by fox news since you know they admitted to lying for entertainment.

[@matriarchkemp5627]

Abby Phillips rocks!

[@mslizzardroscoe9051]

For what?…Being an airhead?

[@kashfortheking]

There are times when people speak and end up putting their foot in their mouth. For Byron Donalds, this was one of those times.

[@roykinseysr4163]

Prices are up because rich people are price gouging

[@gbudb9303]

And don't forget the lefts ultra chilling effects over FFuels & energy markets, proposed EV mandates, overspending etc etc...These did a number on us over the past 3.5 yrs...

[@samray5516]

After Jim Crow time, racism was still practiced through the over incarceration of black people, especially black men. This has had a huge impact on the black 'family' unit.

[@hfaceyjr]

exactly!

[@lessconfused5179]

Race is still being practiced TODAY!

[@mslizzardroscoe9051]

Not only that, but the degradation he felt when his black woman tossed him aside for her government drove him to feel down on himself, thus causing him to turn to drugs and alcohol and other things to ease the pain of that. So yea…

[@TheZerox500]

Policies of which were created by Democrats like Joe Biden, like the drug and crime bills. Who, by the way, is the current president of the United States. Not to mention the undeniable fact that dis-proportionally, more black people are committing violent crimes, usually against other black people.

[@rhondaodums8629]

His talking point is only for his daddy, Donald Trump. He will not be VP!

[@rksamuels]

It is evident he has no historical awareness of what Jim Crow is, and what it meant for the Black family. Yikes.

[@IPUTmyBALLSonYOURdrumset]

Said a fool. Statistically they had more family units, were Christian and owned their own things. Was it ideal? No. Did they actually prosper? Yes.

[@xq8152]

He married a white woman. Under Jim Crow that was illegal and he probably would have been put in jail for even talking to her.

[@reason6835]

What? How did you get that from what he said?

[@aaronwilson8403]

Lol you need to re-watch what he said in the video played, before the so called journalist started arguing with him.

[@dm6187]

You're too ignorant and short-sighted to understand what he's saying. Let's just pretend to be pro-black but they're really not, they're only pro-black if you're a Democrat. That's why Biden said "if you don't know if you're for me or Trump, you ain't Black".

[@jaquaviouskimbrough8889]

Aint no way yall this ignorant. The only thing he’s literally saying is despite how bad things were for black people systematically back then, we stuck together and were united as family. With that being said we are as systematically free as we has ever been and there ni excuse as to why we are in the condition we are today. Yall find everything to nitpick and take zero accountability. If a black man on the left said this yall would back him 100 percent. Then yall wonder why trump won by a landslide. People are tired of these games.

[@Duragenergy]

People ain’t never go through shit Just professional victims

[@divineorder22]

Stop interviewing the wrong people, giving them airtime. Stop.

[@Cilantrchef]

No PLEASE CONTINUE. We can be like a sporting event. Let's go to the clip.

[@mzmarvel29]

I’m glad she did so he could speak truth

[@dawnellenburg]

She gave it to him tho

[@ByronWatson-tc8oe]

I agree…That’s the issue….

[@CID-j4k]

Truth hurts doesn't it, that everyone is suffering due to high prices and a bad economy. It is not like it is a secret, only Joe wants to make everyone believe it is.😜

[@Dan0948]

It appears that Donald's Byron is the epitome of the arrogance of ignorance

[@larryames8831]

Byron is a player. There is a huge market in giving MAGA what they want. I recall black men in the 60s exclaiming, "I am the only one on my job."

[@gee853]

Super arrogant and ignorant!!! I feel sorry for his black children! They will find out soon enough!!

[@erichskrika4041]

What did he say that was wrong?

[@MrMalcolm900]

I'm not a fan of Donald's but he has a point. That was pretty deceptive of Hakeem Jefferies to just insinuate that he said, "families were better off under Jim Crow." At some point you gotta acknowledge facts, and not just go along with something because your political team is saying it. You same people love to rail on Republican's just believing anything Trump spews from his mouth when in reality some of you democrat supporters are equally as bad.

[@Dan-dz1ws]

Byron donaldson is actually 100 percent correct anyone that knows the facts of history would agree and I am a black man with vast knowledge of black history do ur research

[@AllTrueMan]

Prices are up because of corporate greed

[@TreaDaTruth_X]

Nah prices are up due to inflation caused by government spending

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Wrong. It's Bidenomics writ large.

[@jakoblatimore4098]

@@TreaDaTruth_X you guys love the prices under trump but look at what he did to the national debt. So how could this claim possibly be true?

[@bryanspindle4455]

It is corporate greed. You need to educate yourself on how the economy works and what affects it. You obviously know nothing about it.

[@jakoblatimore4098]

@Cp_k37 There's no need to make fake charges. He is literally committing crimes and leaving a paper trail lol

[@koby1412]

I’m not African American, so I understand fully what this man said. I got the message, if you didn’t get the message, then it was meant for you. 🇭🇹

[@crow7167]

And as an African American… you do not realize how much of a point you just made that is NOT good for Byron. Byron who is married to a white woman is talking about black families and Jim Crow… now let’s go back to Jim Crow since he wants to talk about it, would he be married to that white woman orrrr would he have been killed for even looking at her ….I.e. Emmitt til during Jim Crow or is that some democrat made up story also? This dude is a loser. He tap dances for republicans that would make laws to discredit his OWN marriage. Think I am lying? What did Clarence Thomas say oh yeah that all things should be brought back to the table for discussion after row v wade right? So Even HIS marriage to a white women? Yeah, I think not.

[@alvinrichmond305]

Mr. Bojangles - He tap dances for massa like no other lol. The crazy part is that alot of black families/people are conservative, but will never join or vote republican because of this kind of nonsense. He could have easily made his point without invoking Jim Crow several times, but he has massa's he answers to.

[@kevin-g1w]

Democrats are your "massa."

[@alntr2872]

Yep, it appears he was given that talking point and it blew up in his face.

[@jaklinhyde]

Excellent point!! I’m a conservative minded independent blk American but man I just can’t bring myself to vote for any of todays republicans. Every time I think ok an even-keeled republican I can get behind they turn goofy 🙄 and with the loonies on the left I just don’t know what to do 😂😂

[@brianward4205]

Good points Abbie. Voting Republican does not equate to voting conservatively. Many once voted Republican because 'Lincoln won the war.' Most Republicans today are repulsed by that thought.

[@sheilawade433]

This Republican party has not ever been the party of Lincoln.

[@BizQAC]

Voting liberal is literally endangering black people because you’re flooding our areas with illegals sucking up every resource. You savior complex people can’t see past your own nose

[@taylors4243]

the gop were democrats during the civil war

[@smilesnow4593]

What? You lived during the Civil War?

[@celticmulato2609]

Viewpoint kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqnbg6algsmefbssi=fL7syEZ5rLHrPTuU

[@davidwalas9126]

He talks about black families like he knows. His family is not black

[@Steinberg707]

His children are not black??? How come? You're still adhering to the one-drop rule bro?

[@notthatguypal14]

Actually he is right. Do your own research. Black families were closer back then

[@justsaying2300]

You learn from the family you come from not the one you make. His family is black, he has two black parents and he clearly was referencing the black family he came from. Is he not black?

[@mizzaquarius5505]

Exactly!!!

[@Steinberg707]

Do you people realize how racist you are??? So you are only black if your "pure" black? You do understand that this means Obama wasn't a black president and neither is Kamala a black VP?

[@ComeOnNow100]

I'm not a Republican or a Democrat, but she needs to let him speak. It's not fair to the listeners to cut someone off because you don't want to hear their point of view. I'm trying to hear what this man has to say, the interviewer is being very rude.

[@caroleparker6084]

The WHOLE WORLD is struggling with food and gas prices… but the US is doing better than the rest of the G7. The thought of Trump being at the helm at a time like this, makes me shudder.. the US affects the rest of the world…. And I honestly think we would all be doing so much worse if Trump was in power. Unity is strength - and Trump has never and will never understand that!

[@BADDIECHICADRAGONFITNESSNTECH]

OUR ANCESTORS are rolling in their graves with the ignorant of these wannbe leaders.

[@gbudb9303]

He was just referencing a time in history by naming the occasion that time frame occurred in. Then the Demshit cords were pulled. Then all night long Demshits be like blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

[@RealTalkWithGaryM]

I love how Byron mentioned Robert Byrd. But never mention Strom Thurman. What a clown

[@bonscotty67]

Why do you hate the truth?

[@mark-ish]

​@@bonscotty67the irony of maga and your comment. 😂

[@satisfied656]

@@bonscotty67 You´re either gullible or a Troll....go away!

[@oldmanghost219]

@bonscotty67 Typical gaslighting by the GOP. I don't hate the truth but i bet you do...Byrd later in life condemned the KKK chapter that he started.

[@technokicksyourass]

Democrats advocated for slavery to the point of civil war. Then FDR invented redlining. The Republicans freed the slaves, and they passed the civil rights act DESPITE the Democrats. The only reason people vote for Democrats is because of the welfare money, face it.

[@jC-xz7jn]

Selective hearing and emotional responses problem in our community now…

[@ronaldhull8057]

One thing for sure, he won't talk to Roland Martin who extended an invitation to discuss the facts. I wonder why?

[@randibgood]

Because he don't want his ass handed to him!!! Roland would rip him a new one!

[@goosestep8665]

Roland Martin‘s job is to keep ignorant blacks on the Democratic plantation. He talks very fast and utters just as many lies.

[@moordarkness2131]

No need to, he's another over talking feminine man on the democratic plantation

[@Mybackupphone-q6n]

Roland Martin is a Nobody 😂

[@sid6972]

Because Roland Martin is Dumb and did not do his homework on Tiffany Henyard and her lies. He looked like a total dope believing her when the facts were already out there. Sloppy journalists!

[@taylors4243]

dear republicans: you are not lincoln republicans, stop saying it. you lost, get over it.

[@FranschK]

Democrats do jim crow

[@CatLoverx900]

Who switched with this “southern strategy”, I need names? I’m calling BS.

[@samuelrosslee408]

In fact, they ARE Lincoln Republicans. They are not similar to the fantasy Lincoln most people know about. But they are very similar to the real Lincoln that few either talk about or know about. Lincoln was no hero for Black people. He proposed legislation to send us “back to Africa.” He wrote that we are “inferior” to the white man. He said if he could save the Union “without freeing one slave,” he would do it. Lincoln only fought for the end of slavery because he needed Black men to win the Civil War. In other words, like virtually all contemporary white politicians, he used us to advance his political agenda, which happened to be a war between the states and the possible dissolution of the Union, which he was losing before emancipation. Lincoln was a horrible racist, just like Republicans are today

[@AlphaWeirdfootage]

I guess since Joe Manchin has left the Democrat party and is Independent, his voters voting Republican in the future will mean the Democrats and Republicans have switched. That is how dumb the "Party Switch" narrative is.

[@thereal4532]

Thank you, Abby, for holding him accountable. He can make his points without lying!!!

[@teegeedoubleu]

Whether you like him or not, take out his Jim Crow era mention, he is right, black families were of more abundance than today. He should not have mentioned Jim Crow. Maybe something along the line of, before a certain year, blacks were more in tune to marriage and raising children as a union.

[@matrixmedia381]

All of these Reconstruction era black senators and representatives were members of the Republican Party. The Republicans represented the party of Abraham Lincoln and of emancipation. The Democrats represented the party of planters, slavery and secession. Founded in 1865, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for Black Americans. Its members waged an underground campaign of intimidation and violence directed at white and Black Republican leaders. Though Congress passed legislation designed to curb Klan terrorism, the organization saw its primary goal-the reestablishment of white supremacy-fulfilled through Democratic victories in state legislatures across the South in the 1870s. White Democrats had regained political power in every Southern state. These Southern, white, "Redeemer" governments legislated Jim Crow laws, officially segregating the country's population. Jim Crow laws were a manifestation of authoritarian rule specifically directed at one racial group.

[@leonardharris3192]

Holding him accountable to what????? I am not understanding what you are saying....

[@thereal4532]

@@leonardharris3192 Ok... some of the lies he was saying by even referencing "Jim Crow". smh

[@thereal4532]

It has nothing to do with my opinion about him (facts don't lie). He could've done better by using his words wisely. FACTS: It was a different era then, and all ethnicities marriage rates were better then.

[@jamielancaster01]

WOW talking crap about Lyndon Johnson who was responsible for the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Him talking as if it was a bad thing. Saying that Black people voted more conservatively during Jim Crow. Black people weren’t allowed to vote during Jim Crow. He should be ashamed of himself.

[@jenninebruno9431]

How she kept her cool is beyond me. He is a joke!

[@allentubman8052]

Oh she's absolutely brilliant and going places. I'm not surprised.

[@jaggedlotus3567]

She is very ignorant. I can definitely understand how he could be misunderstood. But she is trying to bait him. And she is desperately trying to disrespect him. Recommend looking at the statistics of the many black families in the US around that time as well as asking families from various parts of the country and their marriage mindset. You would see that the common belief was family unit. I.e. malcom x and Betty Shabazz. Marriage was more common then divorce or separation

[@allblack8148]

Are you joking?!

[@8WHITROOSTER8]

You're a joke. He's honorable and smart.

[@onebigd313]

​@@jaggedlotus3567🫤 in what way is she ignorant in this situation? And what was she trying to bait him into? All I heard her ask for was clarification.

[@chriswilliams7534]

Here's what he should've said: "I pointed to the Jim Crow era to highlight that, in spite of oppression, our ancestors thrived with nuclear families and conservative values. It had nothing to do with the atrocities of that time period." See, and I'm not even a Republican. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@marilynh.]

No black families thrived in the Jim Crow Era. Hell, they were still lynching us!

[@easybandzofficial6456]

True I suspect her line of questioning and constant interruptions let that slip his mind or he felt that sentiment was implied in his explanation.. either way he clearly destroyed her and had her acting emotionally and irrationally.

[@LyonsM]

Except you can’t separate the “atrocities” of Jim Crow. Nothing about that time was acceptable.

[@NopeUghUghAbsolutelyNot]

But that is false and it isn't just black families that this myth is told. Where are you going when you have no bank account and no money? And let's not forget the nonexistent divorce laws

[@aviswatts2543]

​@@easybandzofficial6456I don't feel he destroyed her. He should not use Jim Crow. He could have given the years.

[@bridgetagbee-bamfo4351]

Why on earth could they not asked him about the economic devastation situation that Donald Trump left behind as a result of the way he handled the Pandemic 😷? For God sake have you all forgotten already?

[@Cynna1065]

I usually like Abby. However, she didn't do well here. She never asked for evidence to support any of his statements. How did current policies cause inflation, for example? Which policy of this administration directly led to broken families? In addition, if black families are currently rebounding, why isn't Biden being given the credit for it happening on his watch? He's credited for everything negative that happens. Why not the positive?

[@FranschK]

Which country did better on economy than U.S. during pandemic?

[@jcsmith2231]

what pandemic? Jan 6th was just a bunch of peaceful protesters and tourists. The ignorance is not an accident

[@ThisHereCommenter]

He would have just lied about it. She still should have asked, but it wouldn’t have amounted to anything.

[@clayton7220]

What ? Trump didn't start COVID china did and economic problems began becuz of jobs shut down and then bidens war on energy stop drilling and limit supply to increase cost

[@Wjill2]

Look at all these bots!! Byron Donald is the BEST representative for the black community and they don’t even know it😂 Byron Donald is smart, articulate and he comes with facts! Use your brains people😅

[@elizabethkemper7253]

Byron Donalds, back in the Jim Crow era, my 12 year old granddaughter could have called you Boy right in front of your kids, and there was nothing you could have done about that. You wouldn't have had the job you enjoy. I am deeply offended that you would suggest that the Jim Crow era was good for anybody. It was a terrifying time for black families and it was a soul destroying time for white people who engaged in racist behavior and for those that watched and did nothing. Everyone was harmed by Jim Crow.

[@arlenelovell3187]

Amen to your comment!!!!!!

[@TheZerox500]

He never said that Jim Crow was good for black people. He said that black families were more together during the years that Jim Crow was in place. That's not the same thing. It's sad that you are getting triggered over nothing.

[@PabloTheThinker]

This interviewer is terrible. She keeps interrupting him.

[@sandywaters1153]

@@TheZerox500 So why did he even bring up the subject of Jim Crow era?

[@Almineus]

​@TheZerox500 Byron is conflating a time of segregation and oppression with the positive well-being of the black family unit. This idea that conservative views support a prosperous black America is a false narrative. What he does not address with facts is how the civil rights movement and policies and laws implemented in the Johnson Era have any direct causal effect to the disintegration of his version of the black family unit. I am not saying that the black community and the cohesiveness of the black family doesnt have its uphill battle. I am black myself, so I know. But blaming civil rights and inclusive policy does more harm to Black America and doesn't solve the ongoing embedded, systemic racism that is the actual cause of the difficulty of black family cohesiveness.

[@keepthehustle9050]

This black man would be the butler...😮😮

[@truth2power463]

You give him ENTIRELY too much credit. This black man would be a slave tracker! He over here, massa, over here!

[@keepthehustle9050]

@@truth2power463 😄 🤣 true

[@elperrocovero]

And she would be the in house made

[@MikeHunt-no2kt]

You CNN watching white lefties always show your true racist colors.

[@complexity5545]

You commenters disappoint me (as a black man).

[@sparkleplenty5829]

Great job, Abby, on controlling this interview. I have watched several interviews of Byron Donalds and you win the prize! Thank you!

[@jamesstegar8642]

so u say controlling an interview is constantly cutting an individual off when they speak facts. she looked foolish everytime he brought up facts. and she keeps lying saying he's saying things he didn't say.

[@waxpax3204]

She's not interviewer she's activist

[@ChrisGoodwin-z7f]

They need to stop giving these people air time. It's sad at this point

[@RaiderRSupastar]

Send those Fools to Fox News and NewsMax

[@patj4952]

AGREE

[@AGMalone1]

There's something seriously wrong with that man

[@jaggedlotus3567]

She is very ignorant. I can definitely understand how he could be misunderstood. But she is trying to bait him. And she is desperately trying to disrespect him. Recommend looking at the statistics of the many black families in the US around that time as well as asking families from various parts of the country and their marriage mindset. You would see that the common belief was family unit. I.e. malcom x and Betty Shabazz. Marriage was more common then divorce or separation

[@benban8055]

@AGMalone1 You are so wrong, it's verging on ridiculous. But what's displayed here is the game play of Democrats. All he said is pointing out the fact that there was a time in the past that black families thrived. A time when fathers were at home almost in all black families. Then in order to specify what period could be taken as an example, he pointed to when Jim crow policies were ongoing. He was not crediting jim crow, neither was he saying it benefited anyone among African Americans. He only mentioned jim crow to specify a time frame. The unfortunate thing is that this woman understands exactly what he said, but feigns ignorance in order to pull this useless stunt.

[@michellehavre6821]

No... it is the blacks who voted for him who are seriously wrong

[@Daniel-hy8ml]

​@@jaggedlotus3567 If you call her very ignorant what about your mama?

[@johnalexander4940]

Your right that blacks like all Races on the spectrum practiced marriage as a tradition. BUT and I say respectfully. They did not vote conservatively at all because even with the 1889 15th Ammendment guarantee to vote whites did everything they had in their power to deny them the vote.🗳 The 13th Ammendment loophole to slavery said only convicted felons couldn't vote.( overnight we all became convicts and couldn t vote.🗳 The Klan burned 🔥 down voting house all over the South. Black percentages dropped to 2 and 3 percent. Couldn't vote 🗳 Illiterate Blacks were given literacy tests on the constitution ( how could illiterate black people who it was illegal to educate pass these tests? They couldn't. Illiterate whites could because their grandfather's had voted in past elections. We couldn't qualify for the vote 🗳 It wasn't til the 1965 voting rights act signed by Kennedy enforced the 15th Ammendment almost 100 yrs later. So my question is how could marginalized married black folks support their families, build generational wealth, and protect their political interests with all those stumbling blocks crucified them every step of the way. That's the real issue here not the married black families during Jim Crow. It's the results we still suffer from today hampering any efforts made to be treated equally. Peace ✌️

[@Anthonyjt12]

Simplistic rationalizations of complex situations ARE ALWAYS DANGEROUS! THIS BROTHER NEEDS TO TIGHTEN UP

[@jrmichel1975]

Awful host. Filibusters constantly. CNN viewers have low standards.

[@mikeg2600]

You want to talk black family values, yet in the whole of America, he could not find himself a black wife.

[@neesha-annnichele5240]

Say that again for the folks in the back of the room. All this talk about black families...he's a joke

[@azmenjohnson7669]

🤦🏾‍♀️

[@TylerJ__]

He doesn't have to marry a Black Woman 😂

[@tracevicente]

Abby you are a great journalist and hold this space with class, FACTS, and determination. Thank you for all you do.

[@superbwater78]

She is amazing.

[@julieb3808]

This is 2024 not 1964 what about the voting rights act that you voted against.. ???

[@alexharper7645]

It’s crazy how a lot of people on here misinterpret his point. His point isn’t to go back to how Jim Crow was his point is he wants black families to come together like they did during Jim Crow. Tell me how a smaller percent of blk Americans own homes now compared to 1960 or why single parent homes went from 10-20 percent to almost 70 percent.

[@vwilliams8275]

@Cp_k37 What type of person wants a convicted felon as President? Please explain that to me

[@chenzen1578]

@@alexharper7645 Put his comments together with what the rest of this freakshow is saying anf you get the picture. You might wanna ask yourself what time they speak of when they say "Make AMerica great again". Because many MAGATs say: "Before civil rights"

[@y_chelle]

​@alexharper7645 So the democratic policies are how we get there. NOT the republican policies.

[@alexharper7645]

@@y_chelle Can you name one? Who wrote the crime bills? Who passed welfare programs? Who have black Americans voted for to run their communities?

[@monicamartin6069]

Seriously?!!! He's one of the best communicators in the Republican party. No wonder they ramble so incoherently. They spout off all the time and went caught & called out, they bleat that others are twisting their words. In Jim Crow era blacks could not vote, were intimidated with violence and lynched at will, denied educational opportunities, segretated lesser schools, inferior healthcare, couldn't marry outside of their race. Prices are up everywhere in the world. I live in the Caribbean and prices have soared, we have been impacted by and haven't fully recovered from Covid and the Ukraine/Russia conflict that affected shipping & freight costs.

[@juleswinnfield616]

You can say families in general stayed to together leading up to women's rights, but if you're going to do that, explain that women didn't have as many options because they didn't have the same access to education and jobs that would create an environment were they could leave their husbands, so a lot of families stayed together in spite of abuse, adultery and alcoholism, because they simply couldn't walk away like they can today.

[@cran036161]

Well said!

[@trevornoel9]

Go check what women were doing in the 20s. 1920 over 100 years ago. Many didnt want the right to vote many wanted to be house wives. There are women today namely yt women make it a mission to be married before leaving college. They show off their rings at graduation. The wealth is in the family unit even today.