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Byron Donalds: “Donald Trump won a political mandate. He swept the…”

Featuring: Byron Donalds, Republican | U.S. House, Florida, District 19

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Byron Donalds on 2026 Florida Governor's Race, fixing Florida's affordability crisis with Trump

Published | Video Starts at 13:12

We have to understand that when Joe Biden was president of the United States, they were not following federal immigration law. They were ignoring that law. They were subverting the law. They were not enforcing it. Donald Trump won a political mandate. He swept the battleground states. He won the popular vote on the mandate of securing this nation and deporting criminal illegal aliens. So if you're a mayor in Minneapolis, you don't have the legal authority to stop ICE from actually following federal law. You don't have that ability. (13:12–13:23)

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Asserts that Trump won a mandate to secure the nation and deport criminal illegal aliens.

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