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Byron Donalds: “I think a lot of the people who are now, I guess, in the…”

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

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Rep. Byron Donalds Shares Triumphant Journey of Rising Against the Odds

Published | Video Starts at 13:14

I mean, it seems to me like the Tea Party was the prequel or maybe the whatever, part one, and now we're in MAGA Part two. I don't know what's coming next, but do you see it that way? Yeah, I think a lot of the people who are now, I guess, in the MAGA movement, they were in the Tea Party movement more than a decade ago. almost 15 years ago now. And I think it's the same group of people. You have conservatives, you have people who, whether it's fiscal conservatism, social conservatism, people who just are frustrated when the country's not working correctly, but they want concrete solutions. (13:14–13:22)

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Asserts that many current MAGA movement members were part of the Tea Party movement over a decade ago.

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