The wife of close Donald Trump ally Byron Donalds posted on social media to honor her husband, but the dates she used raised red flags with observers, and former cable TV host Mehdi Hasan declared that Donalds “was married to his first wife at the time, just married in fact.”
Erika Donalds took to social media to celebrate Valentine’s Day, posting a photo of them together in the morning and writing, “Remembering the spot where Byron asked for my number in the Oglesby Student Union at Florida State in the fall of 1999.”
She further added, “Our first ‘date’ came a few months later – on Valentine’s Day 2000. Thanks, babe, for making all 27 of our Valentine’s Days together so special.”
Hasan, however, posted a screenshot from Wikipedia revealing that Donalds married his first wife in 1999 and didn’t get divorced from her until 2002. He married Erika Donalds the following year, according to public records.
“Insane that she just tweeted out these dates given it is a matter of public record that he was married to his first wife at the time, just married in fact,” Hasan wrote.
PR pro Nate March also chimed in, writing, “Something about this timeline isn’t quite timing right to me.”
Ex-Obama delegate Cory Provost added, “It doesn’t surprise me that a leading candidate for the Republican party cheated on his wife…seems to be the qualification.”
He then added, “We aren’t even going to discuss the fraud, or should we…” before trailing off.
Even self-identified MAGA supporters joined in the comments to ask questions, with one Trump-supporting user writing, “Wasn’t he married at that time??”
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