Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) said he thinks former president and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump will experience an increase in support due to his trial in New York, predicting that this trial will “backfire” on the Democrats.
The Florida congressman and Trump surrogate pointed to how Trump experienced a new wave of support after he was indicted multiple times last year, which were issued to the ex-president for his handling of classified documents and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, among other topics. Donalds predicted that many voters would react to this trial by asking why Trump is being targeted when “the world is on fire.”
“Joe Biden is the one who is the master of disaster,” Donalds said on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle. “Joe Biden is the one who has led America to its weakest point in more than 40 years. And for you guys to want to focus on Donald Trump as if he’s the problem, that is ridiculous because when he was president, America was significantly better off. It’s going to backfire this November.”
Donalds added that other countries in the world are doing “whatever they want” while ignoring Biden’s “one word,” likely a reference to the president giving Iran a simple “don’t” warning on attacking Israel on Friday. Over the weekend, Iran’s forces launched over 200 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles at Israel, though nearly all of them were intercepted.
Donalds then stressed the need for Trump to become president again, as the United States needs the leadership that Biden has failed to provide as the commander in chief.
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Trump is the presumptive presidential nominee for the Republican Party ahead of the 2024 election. His trial in New York relates to 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide an alleged hush money payment to pornography film actress Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Donalds’s vocal support for the former president comes amid speculation that Trump could select him as his vice presidential nominee. Other people speculated to be Trump’s future vice president include Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and former 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson.