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Byron Donalds
April 15, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
GOP Rep. Desperately Begs New York to Acquit Trump in Hush Money Case
Representative Byron Donalds pleaded with potential jurors in Trump’s hush-money trial to vote “not guilty.”
March 29, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republican Lawmaker Gives Unhinged Answer on Free and Fair Elections
Representative Byron Donalds was asked about ensuring “free and fair elections”—and it went downhill from there.
March 20, 2024
Tori Otten
Even Fox News Is Tired of Republicans’ Bogus Biden Impeachment
Fox News and other right-wing networks are finally having to acknowledge that the GOP’s yearslong impeachment push was a sham.
March 11, 2024
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Rekindled the January 6 Crisis
The high court’s disqualification ruling has left the guardrails of democracy in worse condition than they were in before.
February 26, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republicans Are Lying About Supporting IVF
After a draconian Alabama ruling banning the procedure, Republicans claim they’ll protect it—but many have sponsored recent efforts that mirror the court decision.
October 27, 2023
Grace Segers
The House Has a Speaker. On to Averting the Next Shutdown
The next task for a divided Congress is to find a way to put the “fun” back in “government funding.”
June 13, 2023
Tori Otten
Republican Congressman Offers Stupidest Defense of Trump Yet
Byron Donalds is trying to justify Trump’s hoarding of national security documents in the bathroom.
March 28, 2023
Prem Thakker
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds Tells People to Stop Being Emotional After Nashville Mass Shooting
The Florida representative apparently does not think the aftermath of a mass shooting is the proper time to talk about gun control.
March 27, 2023
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Laura Jedeed
The Education of Byron Donalds, the Right-Wing Fringe’s Newest Star
Why the two-term congressman, who rose to prominence amid the House speakership fight, is the future of Florida Republicans
February 28, 2023
Pablo Manríquez
Meet the Brave House Republicans Defending Junk Fees
Joe Biden’s callout of junk-fee marketers is enormously popular—except among the House GOPers who insist that junk fees are imaginary.
January 4, 2023
Prem Thakker
Who Is Byron Donalds? More on the Republican Running Against McCarthy for House Speaker
Twenty Republicans have rallied behind Donalds, to block Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House speaker.
July 29, 2021
Grace Segers
Masks Are Mandatory Again on Capitol Hill. It’s Not Going Well.
The reimplementation of Covid restrictions in the House chamber has outraged many Republicans—and they’re not shy about letting you know.
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