Trump surrogate and vice presidential hopeful Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., is trying to walk back his claim that Black Americans had it better when segregation was still being imposed, falsely claiming his words are being twisted.
In an interview with MSNBC host Joy Reid, Donalds, who is Black, denied making the remarks in question. “I never said that it was better for Black people in Jim Crow,” he insisted. ″[They’re] saying I was being nostalgic or saying that Jim Crow was good for Black people, that’s all political spin, it’s a lie, it’s gaslighting and that’s truly unfortunate."
