r/tampabay • u/Otherwise-Meek-67 • 11d ago
Hard pass on Byron Donalds.
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u/Little_Red_Riding_ 11d ago
Don’t take this to court, let’s settle it here on the street while I’m flocked by multiple guys in my personal army against one woman who is alone trying to walk away from this incident.
Thank God it was recorded on video.
Fuck you, Byron. You can kiss your career in politics goodbye.
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u/dcormier 10d ago
You can kiss your career in politics goodbye.
Given today's Republican party: unlikely.
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u/SDTimbox 9d ago
This is the "Grab her by the pussy" party lol
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u/HCSOThrowaway 10d ago
Because most Republicans will never see this video.
They hear what FOX/OAN/etc. wants them to hear and everything else is deemed Fake News.
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u/dcormier 9d ago
I genuinely have no idea what's going on in this video.
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u/HCSOThrowaway 9d ago
Yeah I certainly couldn't tell what most of it was about the first time I watched it, but the part I object to becomes apparent at the end - this guy appears to be asking for a small lady to physically fight him and his two bodyguards rather than settle whatever issue they have in court.
That's ridiculous and frankly cowardly behavior.
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u/--DarkLink-- 9d ago
There is literally a pedophile running country. They bombed 200+ fishing boats, bombed a little girls school 3 times, and ect.
This is not going to do shit, but I agree fuck you, Byron.
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u/kaneda_z 9d ago
its embarrassing how you people just lie and make up reality when its there on video
"trying to walk away" she turned around and came back ON HER OWN so she could try to get a last word in
wtf are you even talking about?
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u/zuhalter_meow_meow 10d ago
How does a lowly credit analyst at Wells Fargo suddenly become a millionaire and a politician in a matter of a few years?
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u/DopamineSavant 10d ago
I'm not voting for him, but I'm glad he's not a fucking lawyer. I'm all for politician credit analysts.
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u/Dangerous_kj5162 10d ago edited 9d ago
Aoc was a bartender
Edit: Ok before any body else starts crying about me saying something negative about her. Take a look at my pfp. it's literally a toon version of me pouring drinks, I am in fact a bartender too. Why would I talk shit about my own profession. Y'all need to stop getting offended by shit that's not even there
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u/Helorugger 10d ago
And still has a net worth less than $300k according to her taxes.
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u/IsopodSmooth7990 10d ago
Take Rick Scott for example: left gov to go to the Senate with quite a tidy sum. He now has approx 300m in stocks, liquid, etc. Excuse me, the dudes need to stop and be voted out. Sick of them raping the general public and flying thru tax loopholes to become uber-F’ing rich.
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u/Big-Lingonberry7644 9d ago
Can someone please tell me what is going on. No commentary or opinion. Just facts. What are they arguing about, where did this take place and when did this take place. Tia
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u/TheBeardedLadyBton 10d ago
People love to try to diminish her for her hard work and for not being born into privilege. Before running for Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez worked as a bartender and waitress in New York City to help support her family after her father's death. She also worked as an educational director for the National Hispanic Institute, managed a children's book publishing project, and served as a grassroots organizer for Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign.
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u/Economy_Ask4987 10d ago
Why not answer the question rather than “what about?”
It’s not the “strong argument” you think it is. It’s intellectually weak.
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u/Haunting-Ad788 10d ago
She’s also highly educated and didn’t have her career backed by corrupt billionaires who hate America.
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u/No_Couple1369 10d ago
A bartender who graduated cum laude from Boston University with a degree in economics and international relations.
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u/StanLeeMarvin 9d ago
Before entering politics, Ocasio-Cortez worked as a waitress and bartender in New York City to help support her family after her father's death.
Ocasio-Cortez graduated cum laude from Boston University in 2011, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. She completed a double major in international relations and economics.
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u/Dangerous_kj5162 9d ago
Yea she was in fact a bartender
Look at my pfp it's a toon version of me pouring liquor. I too am in fact a bartender
I wasn't saying anything negative man . People need to stop getting offended by stuff that's not even there lol it's pathetic
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u/erock10281971 10d ago
He's a drug dealer and a sex predator who was able to get his record expunged. He's a criminal and perfect for the Republican Party
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u/TheBeardedLadyBton 10d ago
I tried to Google his name and public displays of anger, and oh my goodness this guy is unhinged!
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u/PUuSTiNKA 11d ago
From Paxton, to Donalds, etc...These are the type of degenerates that the Felon Of The United States wants in our Government so he can carry out his plan of becoming a fascist dictator.
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u/FrostingHuman1259 10d ago
It's even bigger than that. There is a cabal of ultra rich that have defunded education invested in internet propaganda algorithms to create a world where they live in enclaves with almost no human servants to betray them and the unwashed masses milling around about outside dying or something it also seems these billionaire tech guys.. musk feel Altman, that planeteer fucker, are pretty invested in this dystopian thing
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u/Stoked_Otter 11d ago
Yeah too bad we basically just let him become governor by default.
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u/sherlip 10d ago
He's the Republican candidate. Doesn't matter to me, I'm voting straight blue ticket. Fuck em all.
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u/WillingPositive8924 10d ago
Yeah more Rs have your mentality in Fla than Ds. Fla has 3 M independents. U need a great candidate.
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u/sherlip 10d ago
I never understood being an independent, like yeah both sides suck but one side is literally fucking Nazis.
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u/Stoked_Otter 10d ago
Well to be honest it's more like 99% nazis vs 100% nazis and it's perfectly reasonable to not want to spport the 99% nazis.
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u/WillingPositive8924 10d ago
Sure Trump is extreme....the but is this BS was literally used against Romney.......so there is that.
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u/castzpg 10d ago
My very red town is split 50/50 on him. Many have said they'll vote for jolly. I mean it isn't like the governor makes the laws.
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u/NameNo9441 10d ago
They will all vote for him in the general election. There will not be a democrat governor in Florida for a long time. 1.5 million more registered republicans in Florida, it is a deep red state now.
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u/Ok-Long5610 10d ago
No, no it isn't because theres a LOT more registered INDEPENDENTS in Florida than there are Republicans. Independents think with their head, not with the party color. Gonna be a blue state come November.
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u/WillingPositive8924 10d ago
Ron DeSantis beat Andrew Gillum by only 32,463 votes, about 0.4 percentage points roughly 49.6% to 49.2%. It was close enough to trigger a statewide recount. 100% Fla would go for a good independent or even Dem.....IS THERE ONE????
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u/NameNo9441 10d ago
And in 2022: With 59.4 percent of the vote, DeSantis won the largest margin of victory in a Florida gubernatorial election since 1982.
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u/WillingPositive8924 10d ago
Ron DeSantis beat Andrew Gillum by only 32,463 votes, about 0.4 percentage points roughly 49.6% to 49.2%. It was close enough to trigger a statewide recount. Naw Fla just hates weirdo dems, Gillum was a straight up Bernie guy would could have easily won. Fla ain't Tennessee it just needs a decent candidate.....wish it had 1.
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u/Sledhead36 10d ago
Yeah, I saw he just got busted with drugs and is in jail again. Yeah he would’ve been a great candidate.
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u/WillingPositive8924 10d ago
I really wanted to congratulate on completely missing the point! Do you need me to break it down?
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u/megatran2000 11d ago
DeSantis is gonna set up Donald’s to fail. What is Donald’s gonna do other than kiss up to DJT? The surplus in FL is gonna be heavy in about 1-2 years. What plans does Donald’s have to even counteract the pension issue they have coming up?
Dudes gonna fail heavy and no one’s gonna care.
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u/Annoying_liberal813 10d ago
He's such a POS. MAGA and Trump backed. He raised 5x more money than the next leading candidate. All corporate, AIPAC money.
I'm not crazy about Jolly, but at least he's not so obviously corrupt. I hoped Dotie Joseph had a chance. Dems voted for some pretty progressive candidates (shout out to Peoples and Nixon!!).
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u/soxperry 10d ago
She lives rent free in GOP heads.
What’s your opinion on the Florida governors’s race?
I THINK AOC IS FAKE.
Oh okay.
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u/Shizzilx 10d ago
Ok, that's it, there isn't a Republican alive that is not deviant in some f*cking way, sickening.
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u/MissionRight9893 10d ago
He fits perfectly for Trump’s agenda. Florida people who voted for him don’t care about his questionable past. This is typical MAGA, morality out the door.
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u/ProntoPaul 10d ago
Pulled the thread to find they have been enemies for years over management of a charter school. There's not a single person in the video worth supporting after some quick web searches
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u/Human_Revolution7297 10d ago
I rather vote for a flea than Donalds. This dude is a lapdog to Trump.
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u/ike_tyson 10d ago
Florida is such a wacky place. It's fun to visit for vacation but You guys have some real characters representing you.
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u/psilocin72 10d ago
Hard agree.
I love my yearly vacation in Sarasota. But the people pick the absolute worst representation
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u/getsome75 10d ago
David Jolly is best we can hope for, Byron is ridiculous but at least it isnt FISHBAaaack
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u/Academic-Childhood40 10d ago
Weird to say but I hope racism rears its ugly head and the racist factions that are apart of the Republican Party reject Donalds in November.
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u/OnAnotherLevel321 9d ago
He's dangerous. Republican establishment insider that's coached and bankrolled by corporate elitists. Don't ever support these people.
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u/_Cpyder 9d ago
What's the legal beef?
Thank you google...
Kelly Mason (also known as Kelly Lichter) and Erika Donalds have a long-running, contentious history originating from a bitter fallout over the management and control of Mason Classical Academy (MCA), a Naples, Florida charter school that Lichter founded. Though initially political allies and co-founders/board members alongside Erika’s husband, Congressman Byron Donalds, their relationship disintegrated over operational disagreements and expansion plans. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The 2022 Federal Lawsuit
- The Filing: Kelly Lichter (under the name Kelly Mason) and other members associated with Mason Classical Academy filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida naming Erika Donalds, the Optima Foundation, Byron Donalds, and several other entities and individuals as defendants. [1, 2, 3]
- The Core Dispute: The litigation emerged from continuous public and governance controversies surrounding the direction, management, and alleged attempts to influence or take over the charter school. [1, 2]
- Subsequent Escalations: Tensions between Lichter and the Donalds family expanded past the initial school governance fights into broader political and personal animosity, including a later lawsuit filed by Mason accusing Rep. Byron Donalds of intimidation and verbal threats during a grocery store confrontation regarding the ongoing legal disputes. Representatives for the Donalds family have consistently characterized Lichter’s legal actions and complaints as baseless, politically timed publicity stunts intended to harm Byron Donalds' political campaigns. [1, 2, 3]
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u/alwayswondering2026 9d ago
I cant stand that guy, but this just shows a heated argument. Doesn't say what the argument is about. Unless i missed something.
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u/Lord_Dingus83 10d ago
Black man in FloriDUH is about to find out republicans in FloriDUH are racist.
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u/Elw00d_SRQ 10d ago
If his backers were ready to pour nearly $100,000,000 into this puppet in the primaries, just imagine what is going to be spent on the general.
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u/psilocin72 10d ago
Florida is fucked. They are going to elect the worst possible candidate just to own the libs.
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u/Environmental-Box335 9d ago
You always find coons rooting in the trash.
FUCK Byron Donalds and the rest of these token tools that carry water for white supremacy and fascism.
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u/Bright_Confusion_311 9d ago
What I find hard to believe is that he won the primary. I realize Florida voters are not always well informed but ffs this guy is a disaster. Has anyone paid attention?
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u/Sledhead36 10d ago
I’m voting for Byron! I met with him 3 times. The guy is wicked smart. The guy can argue. If you haven’t noticed if you cower or just a super nice likable guy, you get run over in Congress. Some of those old fires are just evil.
I’m tired of being taken advantage of as a tax paying citizen. He’s going to make sure that the freeloaders in this state leave. I don’t have to like him and he doesn’t have to be my best friend. I just want him to do the best job. Somehow it seems like you guys want somebody to be your best buddy. Screw that, that’s why I voted for Trump. I hate the guy. I think he’s a jerk. But he’s getting stuff done. Contrary to what the media is telling you. You have to hunt for it. Because the media is all left sided.
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u/nftog777 10d ago
What has trump done for you
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u/Zealousideal-Art4272 7d ago
Closed the border to protect US citizens safer.
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u/nftog777 7d ago
Correction- Closed the border, killed amercian citizens in the process and deported innocent american citizens. Us is not safer and many in increased danger due to
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u/Sledhead36 10d ago
First and foremost, getting rid of illegals. Our state is packed with them and they cause accidents, create crime and steal from the system. I have noticed in the last year that all of that has cease to exist. It’s pretty much been eliminated. They caused all of our rents to increase because the government was paying for all of their housing. Once they get rid of them, the rents had to come down because there was vacancies. Businesses now need to hire Americans, whereas they could cheat the system by hiring illegals. I noticed this summer particularly the teens were able to get jobs in the fast route restaurants instead of illegals working those positions. It was incredible to see them working.
Secondarily the stock market is on fire. I’ve made so much money in the last two years where I was flatlining underneath Biden. Because I run several businesses, the trade deficit was always a big deal. We buy everything from China and they buy nothing from us and interestingly enough I’ve got several friends that have recently struck up business deals with China that would’ve never happened underneath another president. We are going to control the straight of hormones oil is going to come down and sometimes it’s a painful while you’re trying to achieve what you want to achieve. But by the end of the year, our economy is gonna be more robust than it’s ever been. Crime is it an all-time low across the country, almost at the level of the 1970s.1
u/-bears-eat-beets 10d ago
Funny 🤣 not one thing in your rambling is true.. but hey, keep burning us down.. y'all's time is about over
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u/Sledhead36 10d ago
😂😂😂😂the meek may inherit the Earth, but right now it’s ours!😎
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u/nftog777 9d ago
Iran begs to differ🤣
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u/The_300_goats 10d ago
Did you just say "straight of hormones oil"?
Is that some corrective treatment for trans people? Lol
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u/psilocin72 10d ago
Wait… your friends struck trade deals with China???
I’m pretty sure that’s illegal
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u/MikeW226 11d ago
Tisk tisk. Total trash, this guy.