Byron Donalds: “In my district, in my area, southwest Florida, really was…”

“I knew about like political philosophy and economics and I try to figure out electoral politics on the fly. And yeah, I lost that race, but really I failed forward because In my district, in my area, southwest Florida, really was able to develop a grassroots following through that campaign. And I think that's the thing that propelled me to the state legislature and eventually to Congress.” (05:20–05:33)

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