‘Idiots Sold Your Souls’: Black GOP Tim Scott, Byron Donalds and Ben Carson Take Heat After Being Left Out in the Cold of Donald’s Trump’s New Cabinet

Black Republicans who fiercely supported Donald Trump’s reelection now find themselves sidelined as his new administration takes shape, with his cabinet dominated by a sea of white appointees, not one of them Black. Notably, some of Trump’s most vocal Black campaign advocates, including South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, former HUD Secretary Ben Carson, and ex-NFL star Herschel Walker, have been glaringly excluded from Trump’s circle of trust in the lead-up to his second term. None of them have publicly addressed their exclusion from the cabinet, despite helping Trump win over Black voters who backed his economic platform in 2024. Left to right: Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Dr. Ben Carson and U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) (Photos: Getty Images) So far, the only person of color among Trump’s 24 cabinet nominees is Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, a 39-year-old entrepreneur and son of Indian immigrants, who is being considered alongside billionaire Elon Musk as co-commissioners for Trump’s newly established Department of Government Efficiency. Trump’s other handpicked nominees are all white. The fact has not gone unnoticed on social media, where sharp-tongued critics have ridiculed Black lawmakers for their undying loyalty to Trump while highlighting their exclusion from the cabinet...