Donalds not taking the bait…
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) avoided a trap set by NBC News host Kristen Welker on Monday, declining to play into her framing of comments made by President Donald Trump during Sunday’s Meet the Press interview.
Welker asked Donalds to respond to Trump’s comments about whether illegal immigrants in the U.S. should automatically be entitled to due process.
Donalds reframed the discussion, pointing out that the question was structured to pressure him into going after Trump.
Welker read the text of the Fifth Amendment and then pressed Donalds for a response: “The Constitution says any person, not citizen and therein lies the debate and the root of my question. I mean, does ‘any person’ just apply to citizens in your mind or does it apply to citizens and non-citizens? Secretary of State Marco Rubio says it applies to citizens and non-citizens.”
“Let’s be very clear,” Donalds began, taking a jab at former President Joe Biden and his administration’s open borders policies. “First and foremost, when the framers wrote our Constitution, they never envisioned that there would be an executive that would allow millions of people to come into the country illegally.”
“Number two, more importantly, you have a situation right now — is it okay for any administration to not follow the law, abuse border security laws, let millions of people in, and then hide behind a court system to say, ‘Well, now they’re here, so now we have to go through a lengthy process’?” he asked.
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🚨NEW: Byron Donalds TURNS TABLES on Kristen Welker after she presses him on "due process" for illegal immigrants🚨
DONALDS: "When the framers wrote our Constitution, they never envisioned that there would be an executive that would allow millions of people to come into the… pic.twitter.com/OIUn4VqKto
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) May 5, 2025