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Byron Donalds Knew: J6 Men Left Behind | Chris Worrell
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Today at 1 PM ET on Steel News Live, Ann Vandersteel is joined by Chris Worrell, a Florida J6 defendant, cancer survivor, and Collier County resident whose life was upended after January 6.
Chris says he went to Byron Donalds seeking leadership, accountability, and public action. Instead, he says he found silence, delay, and political calculation.
Donalds’ own office knew about Chris Worrell’s case. Congressional casework identified Chris as a J6 defendant who had been denied medication, placed under house arrest, and who “never entered the Capitol.” Donalds’ Deputy District Director, Mercedes Price Harry, worked the case, communicated about DOJ letters, BOP medical issues, and urgent concerns involving Chris’s cancer and detention conditions.
Chris says he campaigned hard for Byron Donalds. He was a fellow Floridian. He was a constituent. He believed Byron would fight for him.
But Chris says Byron Donalds did not put him first.
Today’s episode asks the hard question Florida voters deserve answered:
If Byron Donalds would not publicly fight for Chris Worrell — his own constituent, a Floridian, a supporter, a J6 defendant with cancer — why should anyone believe he is fit to govern the State of Florida?
Chris says he went to Byron Donalds seeking leadership, accountability, and public action. Instead, he says he found silence, delay, and political calculation.
Donalds’ own office knew about Chris Worrell’s case. Congressional casework identified Chris as a J6 defendant who had been denied medication, placed under house arrest, and who “never entered the Capitol.” Donalds’ Deputy District Director, Mercedes Price Harry, worked the case, communicated about DOJ letters, BOP medical issues, and urgent concerns involving Chris’s cancer and detention conditions.
Chris says he campaigned hard for Byron Donalds. He was a fellow Floridian. He was a constituent. He believed Byron would fight for him.
But Chris says Byron Donalds did not put him first.
Today’s episode asks the hard question Florida voters deserve answered:
If Byron Donalds would not publicly fight for Chris Worrell — his own constituent, a Floridian, a supporter, a J6 defendant with cancer — why should anyone believe he is fit to govern the State of Florida?