Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) chided Michael Cohen for referring to supporters of former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy, calling his claims “devoid of facts.”
Cohen, a former lawyer for Trump, wrote an opinion piece on a recently published book titled White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy, which claims that Trump supports face various stereotypes, such as being a rural resident who is racist, someone who believes in conspiracy theories, and someone who is willing violence to achieve their goals. In Cohen’s commentary, he wrote that the two authors of the book, University of Maryland professor Tom Schaller and former Washington Post columnist Paul Waldman, “persuasively argue that most of the negative stereotypes liberals hold about rural Americans are actually true.”
“I find it to just be insane,” Donalds said on Fox News Sunday in reaction to Cohen’s claims. “I find it to be gaslighting black people and Hispanic people in our country. I find to be devoid of facts. Michael Cohen has obviously has never been to a Trump rally and actually talked to Trump voters. That is a lie. It is disgusting that we’re even having this conversation.”
Donalds then stated that those who are MAGA Republicans, an acronym standing for “Make America Great Again,” want the leaders of the United States to “put America first, not last.” Among these desires is wanting a secure border, lower inflation, and being “respected across the globe.”
The Florida lawmaker then offered Cohen a chance to attend a Trump rally to see for himself what Trump supporters are really like.
“I’ll walk side by side with him, and he can see what’s really going on, instead of putting up with this foolishness,” Donalds said.
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Donalds has been a vocal supporter of the former president, also stating on Sunday that Trump’s opponent in the Republican presidential primary, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, has “no path to victory” ahead of Super Tuesday. The Florida lawmaker is also rumored to be a possible candidate for Trump’s vice presidential nominee, a position he said he would be open to.
President Joe Biden is seeking reelection this November, setting the stage for a rematch between him and Trump. Several polls have indicated that Trump would win such a rematch, with one poll showing Trump beating Biden in seven swing states.
