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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

MAGA congressman’s ex-wife says he spoke with a ‘fake Caribbean’ in college in order to stand out

Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds used to speak with a strong Jamaican accent that he has long since dropped, his ex-wife has alleged.

Donalds, 47 – a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump who is running to be the Sunshine State’s next governor in place of the term-limited incumbent Ron DeSantis – was born in Brooklyn, New York, but is of Jamaican and Panamanian heritage.

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