The Byron Donalds, Cori Bush battle heats up

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla. on Thursday ripped Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., for her “blatantly outrageous” attacks after she called him a “prop” in the House speaker race and accused him of supporting a policy agenda that upholds and perpetuates “white supremacy.”

Donalds emerged as a protest candidate for the House speaker role as some Republicans continue to oppose Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid for the post.

“FWIW, @ByronDonalds is not a historic candidate for speaker,” Bush, considered a member of the far-left “Squad” in Congress, tweeted Wednesday. “He is a prop. Despite being Black, he supports a policy agenda intent on upholding and perpetuating white supremacy. His name being in the mix is not progress — it’s pathetic.”