Kristen Welker Battles Byron Donalds Over Trump's 'Plain Racist' Speech

NBC host Kristen Welker and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) disagreed over a speech Donald Trump gave to a group of Black conservatives.

In a speech Friday to the Black Conservative Federation's annual gala, Trump argued that African-Americans like him because of his legal problems.

Welker confronted Donalds about the speech on Sunday after Biden campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond, a former congressman, called it "plain racist."

"How do you respond to that charge that it's just plain racist?" Welker asked.

"What I would say is that Cedric is trying to play politics and use racial politics even now as we get into the general election," Donalds replied. "Number two, like I said at the top, the number one reason why minority voters in our country want to support Donald Trump is because he did the job of president. He did a great job as president."

"What Americans don't want to see, especially Black Americans and anybody else, they don't want to see a politicized justice department," he continued. "They don't want to see a two-tier system of justice. They want justice to be followed. They want lady justice to be blind."

Welker corrected the lawmaker.

"Again, there's no evidence that the indictments against him are politicized," she pointed out. "But sticking to this question, were you offended at all by his comments, Congressman?"

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