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Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) came on MSNBC with Joy Reid to defend his recently revealed comments at a Black Americans for Trump gathering that “during Jim Crow, the Black family was together” and former President Lyndon Johnson and welfare programs destroyed those family values. It didn’t go well for him. “The stuff that comes up about Jim Crow, and twisting my words saying I was being nostalgic or Jim Crow was good for Black people, that’s all political spin. It’s a lie,” said Donalds, a close ally of former President Donald Trump and a shortlister for his vice presidential running mate. “It’s …

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