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Donalds removes several Trump mentions from campaign website

The article describes how Donalds’s campaign reduced prominent Trump branding while retaining his endorsement and quotes a White House defense of his party role.

Donalds removes several Trump mentions from campaign website
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Rep. Byron Donalds’ campaign website now gives less prominence to President Trump’s endorsement and lists affordability first, while retaining the endorsement. The change comes as some Republicans distance themselves from Trump amid a reported 35 percent approval rating.

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose endorsement remains on Donalds’s website and whose approval rating forms part of the article’s context

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Byron Donalds
R · FL-19

Florida gubernatorial candidate whose campaign website was updated

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Mike Johnson
R · LA-4

Speaker listed among Donalds’s endorsers

Republican Senate nominee in Michigan who called for the Iran conflict to end

Ashley Hinson
R · IA-2

Iowa Republican Senate candidate who criticized the Iran war’s effect on energy prices

Ted Cruz
R · TX · SEN

Senator listed among Donalds’s endorsers

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Byron Donalds Changes Trump References on Campaign Website

Byron Donalds’s campaign website reduced or removed references to President Donald Trump, and Trump publicly disputed coverage of the change. Left-leaning outlets treat the edits as evidence of weakening Trump influence and Republicans’ efforts to distance themselves. Center outlets place the changes in a wider political contest, pairing the website edits with polling, denials, and Trump’s efforts to support Donalds and discourage Republican distancing. Right-leaning outlets cast the dispute as a media-created narrative, stressing Trump’s support for Donalds and the campaign’s explanation.

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