While discussing diversity with Republican Rep. Byron Donald of Florida at the Republican National Convention, comedian Larry Wilmore likened the increase in black Republicans to “raisins” in “potato salad.”

Donald is talked Influencer Amber Rose also spoke on the first day of the election after the Republican Party formally nominated former President Donald Trump as its candidate for the 2024 presidential election. Donald and Wilmore appeared on HBO's “Real Time with Bill Maher,” where Republican lawmakers praised the GOP for becoming more diverse. (RELATED: Joy Reid bursts into laughter after MSNBC guest goes on racist rant about Clarence Thomas and black Republicans)

“The party has come a long way and we will continue to go further. Look, there was Amber Rose, I told you about her earlier. There was also Mrs. Rose, the mother of a fallen soldier. [Madeline] “Blaim from New York City, myself, Wesley Hunt, John James, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswami,” Donald told Maher. “I mean, the list goes on and on. I remember the Republican Convention eight years ago, 12 years ago, and there might have been one or two black people on stage.”

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“Our party is growing and diversifying. When you're on the convention floor, like I was for five days straight, nobody says, 'Oh, that's a black guy! Let me take a picture with him,' it's like, 'Oh, that's Byron! I love him!' White, black, Hispanic, it doesn't matter,” Donald said.

“I'll say this,” Wilmore interjected, “adding more raisins to potato salad doesn't make the potato salad any better.”

Wilmore then turned the conversation to abortion.

Wilmore famously uttered the N-word while speaking to then-President Barack Obama at the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner.

A New York Times/Siena College poll found that 26% of Black voters support former President Trump, and multiple polls have shown Biden losing support from key groups that strongly supported him in the 2020 election. 87% of black voters According to CNN exit polls, more than one million people supported him.

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