Byron Donalds

And the last piece of that is, and as Donald Trump is successful with his economic agenda, you're going to see more onshoring and nearshoring of manufacturing. When I say nearshoring, you're talking about Central America, you're talking about South America. And so Miami becomes a natural hub for all of those things. I'll say the last piece of that is intentionality.

I think if you have an intentional focus to make it the financial hub of the world, now you start looking at Chicago and New York and you're saying, why would you live under that tax regime, that regulatory regime, states that are not safe?

I think if you have an intentional focus to make it the financial hub of the world, now you start looking at Chicago and New York and you're saying, why would you live under that tax regime, that regulatory regime, states that are not safe?

When you can be in Florida, where we're going to keep you safe, we're going to make sure that you're a super friendly business climate where you can grow your enterprises. And then you match that with a world-class university system, which Florida already has. Now you have the blueprints for your future workforce.

When you can be in Florida, where we're going to keep you safe, we're going to make sure that you're a super friendly business climate where you can grow your enterprises. And then you match that with a world-class university system, which Florida already has. Now you have the blueprints for your future workforce.

If you're a business owner or you're somebody in high finance, I think it's really a sweet spot for everything. To your question about what New York used to be, I would liken it a lot more to what California used to be. California used to be the golden state. It used to be the benchmark of the country. No longer. Florida is the benchmark.

If you're a business owner or you're somebody in high finance, I think it's really a sweet spot for everything. To your question about what New York used to be, I would liken it a lot more to what California used to be. California used to be the golden state. It used to be the benchmark of the country. No longer. Florida is the benchmark.

And if we focus our energies on bringing finance and the tech space to Florida, we will only continue to grow while maintaining the conservative principles that got us there.

And if we focus our energies on bringing finance and the tech space to Florida, we will only continue to grow while maintaining the conservative principles that got us there.

Well, it was in Selma, Alabama. It was the 60th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. For people who don't know a lot of civil rights history, there was a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge 60 years ago that was led by former Congressman John Lewis when he was a civil rights activist. I think he was 25 years old when he organized that march.

Well, it was in Selma, Alabama. It was the 60th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. For people who don't know a lot of civil rights history, there was a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge 60 years ago that was led by former Congressman John Lewis when he was a civil rights activist. I think he was 25 years old when he organized that march.

And when they were crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, to go to Montgomery, Alabama, which is the capital, they were met by state troopers. And essentially, they were beat up by state troopers. And that's why it's called Bloody Sunday, because they bled on the bridge.

And when they were crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, to go to Montgomery, Alabama, which is the capital, they were met by state troopers. And essentially, they were beat up by state troopers. And that's why it's called Bloody Sunday, because they bled on the bridge.

And so I went there really to pay homage to the activists that were fighting for the right to vote for Black Americans in Alabama, and frankly, all through the segregated South. Being there, I felt, was important because a lot of times what's happening today is the assumption is that civil rights history does not include Republicans. That could be the furthest thing from the truth.

And so I went there really to pay homage to the activists that were fighting for the right to vote for Black Americans in Alabama, and frankly, all through the segregated South. Being there, I felt, was important because a lot of times what's happening today is the assumption is that civil rights history does not include Republicans. That could be the furthest thing from the truth.

The federal judge in Montgomery, Alabama, Judge Johnson, he was the judge who was a Republican appointed by Republicans that actually started to undo the state laws around banning black people from being able to sit anywhere on the bus, banning white-only countertops, banning white-only water fountains.

The federal judge in Montgomery, Alabama, Judge Johnson, he was the judge who was a Republican appointed by Republicans that actually started to undo the state laws around banning black people from being able to sit anywhere on the bus, banning white-only countertops, banning white-only water fountains.

So I felt it is important that not just myself, but any Republican, it's important to be a part of these trips because the history of civil rights in America is a history of where Republicans were the ones who were fighting for civil rights in each one of the Civil Rights Acts that were passed, in the Voting Rights Act that was passed, predominantly Republicans were behind those bills.

So I felt it is important that not just myself, but any Republican, it's important to be a part of these trips because the history of civil rights in America is a history of where Republicans were the ones who were fighting for civil rights in each one of the Civil Rights Acts that were passed, in the Voting Rights Act that was passed, predominantly Republicans were behind those bills.

And then also activists on the ground, many Republicans were on the ground fighting for civil rights. So it was really an honor to be there and commemorate something that is a part of American history.