Byron Donalds caught scrubbing Trump's name from his MAGA campaign website
Donalds' campaign website removed prominent references to Trump's endorsement and shifted its lead policy priority to affordability.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYRaw Story is an established digital news outlet with a named author, and this report identifies the Miami Herald and Visualping as sources for key claims. The article's reliance on another outlet for much of the reporting and the absence of a campaign response limit confidence in its original reporting depth.
- Source type — Established national digital news outlet, though not a newspaper of record or major wire service.
- Transparency — The story identifies the Miami Herald and Visualping as sources for its reporting.
- Author attribution — A named author is credited.
- Editorial standards — The article presents specific claims but offers limited original sourcing and no campaign response.
The article describes specific website changes and attributes reporting to the Miami Herald and Visualping. It notes that Donalds' campaign did not respond, but supplies little independent context or explanation of the campaign's motives.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The story gives concrete details about the website changes and attributes some findings to sources, but the campaign did not respond and no alternative explanation for the edits is presented.
- Counterarguments presented — The campaign's lack of response is noted, but no explanation from Donalds or his campaign is available.
- Source diversity — The article references the Miami Herald and Visualping but does not present a range of independent perspectives.
- Loaded language — The headline's “caught scrubbing” is more suggestive than neutral.
- Opinion vs reporting — The body largely reports specific changes rather than making an explicit argument.
The headline's “caught scrubbing” framing and description of Trump as increasingly unpopular cast the changes in a critical light. The body mostly reports observable website changes and attributes its claims.
- Headline — “Caught scrubbing” implies concealment or political maneuvering.
- Language tone — The article describes Trump as increasingly unpopular, framing the change as a response to his standing.
- Framing — The story presents the edits as distancing from Trump, while offering little discussion of other possible explanations.
- Source selection — Key claims are attributed to the Miami Herald and a website-tracking service; the campaign did not comment.
Byron Donalds has removed prominent references to Donald Trump from his Florida gubernatorial campaign website, including an endorsement banner and a Trump-focused policy priority. The changes shift the page's emphasis toward affordability, while Donalds' campaign did not immediately comment.
Donalds' campaign website no longer features several prominent references to Trump's endorsement, including a homepage button, headline, banner and endorsement quote. The Miami Herald reported the changes, and Visualping said at least eight Trump references had been removed from the homepage. The site also replaced “Enact the Trump Agenda” as the lead policy priority with affordability.
Community verdict
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SWIPE →Florida gubernatorial candidate and U.S. representative whose campaign website was revised
Senator named among figures endorsing Donalds and praised by Donalds in a speech
House Speaker listed among figures endorsing Donalds
President whose endorsement references were removed or deemphasized on Donalds' campaign website
Florida representative whose campaign ad criticized the administration's immigration policies
Senator listed among figures endorsing Donalds
Part of a bigger story
20 OUTLETSDonalds’s Florida gubernatorial campaign website reduced prominent references to Trump and gave affordability or other policy priorities more prominence. Left-leaning outlets frame the edits as distancing from Trump, often linking them to his standing or election prospects. Center outlets chiefly describe the redesign and its stated issue focus, while some discuss whether it signals political repositioning.
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