Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds took no prisoners when he went toe to toe with ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos.

The line of questioning from the anchor, who used to work for the administration of former President Bill Clinton, on the ABC Sunday show “This Week” got confrontational and reinforced for some why former President Donald Trump is reluctant to debate on the network.

“Why is former President Trump questioning the vice president’s racial identity?” the anchor said to Donalds to begin the interview and the representative gave a thoughtful response.

“Well, first, George, in Chicago he was responding to a question from, I believe, Rachel Scott. Like, this is really a phony controversy. I don’t really care. Most people don’t. But if we’re going to be accurate, when Kamala Harris went into the United States Senate, it was AP that said she was the first Indian American United States senator. It was actually played up a lot when she came into the Senate. Now she’s running nationally. Obviously, the campaign has shifted. They’re talking much more about – about her father’s heritage and her black identity,” the representative said.

“It doesn’t really matter. The president mentioned it. What he also talks about far more frequently is the fact that Kamala Harris is the person who created this massive inflation which is destroying black families, white families, Hispanic families. It’s her failure as border czar that has left our southern border wide open. More than 10 million illegal immigrants coming into our country. Record fentanyl coming into our country which has killed more Americans than at any other point in the history of our country with respect specifically to fentanyl,” Donalds continued.

“And the fact that she and Joe Biden have unleashed one of the worst foreign policies in the history of our country that has us on the verge of World War III. That is Kamala Harris’ record. President Trump talks about that frequently. But, yes, he did mention it in Chicago, in response to a question from Rachel Scott,” he said.

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But Stephanopoulos desperately wanted to stay on the racial topic and accused Donalds of “questioning her identity” which then began a firestorm confrontation between the two men.

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Incredible – Byron Donalds TRIGGERS George Stephanopoulos – HE LOSES IT!!

Watch as Rep. Byron Donalds makes ABC News Host George Stephanopoulos loses his mind – flips out when Donalds attempts to answer question GEORGE brought up concerning Kamala Harris’ racial identity:… pic.twitter.com/VxTKz8xOtZ

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DONALDS: Well, George, first of all, this is something that’s actually a conversation throughout social media right now. There were a lot of people who were trying to figure this out. But again, that’s a side issue, not the main issue. The main issue that’s (INAUDIBLE) – Kamala Harris is the vice president of the United States.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Sir, one second. So, you just did it – you just did it again.

DONALDS: George, (INAUDIBLE) for what (INAUDIBLE) –

STEPHANOPOULOS: Why – why do you – why do you insist on questioning her racial identity?

DONALDS: You want to talk or do you want me to talk?

STEPHANOPOULOS: I – I want you to answer my question.

DONALDS: OK, you don’t yelling at – George – George, now that you’re done yelling at me, let me answer.

He talked about it on the stage yesterday in Atlanta for, what, two minutes? He spent more than 35, 40 minutes going after her record, talking about how radical of a senator that she was. She was the most liberal senator in the United States – in the United States Senate. That is a fact. He talked about the job that she did as vice president of the United States. A job, I will add, which has been a failure for the American people. I know you guys like to glom on to this, that he talks about in jest or in a serious manner for about a minute or so. What you do not cover is the litany of failures of Kamala Harris. That’s what you’re not covering, George.

STEPHANOPOULOS: So, question – so questioning somebody’s racial identity for a couple of minutes is OK?

DONALDS: George, I’m going to tell you again, he brought it up. AP is the one that wrote the headline when she first came into the United States Senate. Didn’t talk about her being black. Talked about her being the first Indian American senator. AP brought that

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