GOP lawmaker shamed by ‘creepy’ nickname for Trump

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) was mocked on social media Sunday night after referring to the president-elect Donald Trump as “father”.

Talking further Fox NewsDonald’s ticked off a list of what he expects Trump to accomplish and predicted how Americans will react.

“When Americans see deportations or repatriations happening, they’re going to be like ‘thank you,'” he said. “When they see the border closed, they’re going to say, ‘This is what I voted for.’ When they see peace starting to break out again around the world, they’re going to be like, ‘This is the stability we asked for.’ .”

Then he dropped an unexpected family reference.

“Father is back,” he said. “And that’s what you want to see.”

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) too called Trump “Dad” in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, while right-wing internet personality Charlie Kirk called him”sheep” in a post last week.

The line resonated with someone who Fox News host Tucker Carlsonwho in October compared Trump returning to the White House to an angry father returning home.

“And when dad comes 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 good beating right now'”

Donald’s critics on social media blamed him for using the “strange” and “creepy” nickname for the president-elect: