Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) was mocked on social media on Sunday night after referring to President-elect Donald Trump as “daddy.”
Speaking on Fox News, Donalds ticked off a list of what he expects Trump to accomplish and predicted how Americans will react:
“When Americans see deportations or repatriations happen, they’re gonna be like, ‘thank you.’ When they see the border closed, they’re gonna say, ‘this is what I voted for.’ When they see peace starting to break out again around the world, they’re gonna be like, ‘this is the stability that we were asking for.’”
Then he dropped an unexpected family reference.
“Daddy’s back,” he said. “And that’s what you’re gonna see.”
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) also called Trump “daddy” in a post on X on Sunday, while right-wing internet personality Charlie Kirk called him “dad” in a post last week.
The line echoed one used by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who in October compared Trump coming back to the White House to an angry father returning home.
“And when Dad gets home, you know what he says? You’ve been a bad girl,” Carlson said. “You’ve been a bad little girl and you’re getting a vigorous spanking right now.”
Donalds’ critics on social media blasted him for using the “weird” and “creepy” nickname for the president-elect:
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