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Byron Donalds: “The government used to be in the food distribution business.”

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

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Byron Donalds Addresses Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida

Published | Video Starts at 01:40

They are bringing in some guy named Mamdani. I mean, you can boo the man because the ideas are crazy. This guy wants to bring back government supermarkets. I say bring back because The government used to be in the food distribution business. For anybody who's old enough, they will tell you that if you were poor like I was in New York City, like I was, you would stand in lines to get cheese, peanut butter, and a bunch of other things. (01:40–01:44)

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Asserts that the government previously managed food distribution.

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