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Public disputes concerning public expenditure, fiscal commitments, payments, budgets, and the use of taxpayer funds.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
2 statements on this page. Dates: August 4, 2026 to September 17, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: August 4, 2026 to September 17, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: August 4, 2026 to September 17, 2026
Role at the time: U.S. representative and Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee, speaking in Orlando as identified by the article.
Statement summary
Donalds argued that rejecting Amendment 3 could prompt property owners to leave Florida and leave local governments with deeper budget cuts than a property-tax reduction would cause.
“If people leave and they’re not paying property taxes at all, that’s another.”
Florida Politics reports direct comments by Byron Donalds in Orlando about Amendment 3. It attributes to him a prediction that rejecting the measure could lead property owners to leave Florida and leave local governments with deeper budget cuts. The article does not establish whether that prediction will occur.
The case asks whether Donalds's tax-relief approach can protect local services. His statement directly defends the amendment by presenting its defeat as the more damaging alternative for local budgets.
Role at the time: U.S. representative and Florida gubernatorial candidate
Response to this claim
The state could accommodate a replacement funding formula for fiscally constrained counties under the 2026 homestead property-tax amendment.
“what we want to do is set up a funding formula for these counties if this passes”
Donalds defends homestead property-tax relief, proposes a funding formula for fiscally constrained counties if the ballot amendment passes, and describes a longer-term goal of eliminating homestead property taxes. His $350–400m figure concerns those counties, not all statewide losses.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Defends the tax-relief approach and proposes a partial offset for one category of counties; the quoted estimate is not a statewide fiscal replacement plan.
