Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) winged a speech on stage at the Turning Point USA convention on Saturday as a crowd of MAGA supporters waited over an hour late for Donald Trump.

Donalds came on stage to speak at the Turning Point ‘People’s Convention’ in Detroit an hour after Trump was scheduled to speak to the attendees and notified the crowd that his remarks were “totally unscripted.” He then proceeded to praise the former president and slam President Joe Biden throughout the unscripted rant.

“This is totally unscripted, I’m going to let you know,” Donalds told the crowd. “Came in with the president today we were just at the 180 Church in Detroit. We were talking to black voters here in the city. And the whole crowd could even barely let the president speak because all they kept chanting was ‘Trump!'”

He continued, “So, I just want you to understand this. I was not supposed to speak. This is all unscripted. We’re going to have a good time before the 47th president of the United States comes out!”

Donalds then praises various members in the crowd for their sign, including one audience who was holding a sign that read, “Joe Biden you’re fired!” The Florida lawmaker then fired up the audience by noting they are “five months away” from the “most consequential presidential election.”

“We are five months away from the most consequential presidential election in the history of this country. And what the voters of America are going to tell Joe Biden and the crazy Democrats is that you are fired because America will never surrender,” Donalds shouts before the crowd begins chanting “USA.”

After a brief pause, Donalds tells the Turning Point crowd, “I told you this is open mic. I’m just doing what I want now.”

Watch the clip above via CSPAN.

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