Gayla Lees

Trump supporter since the escalator ride. Love God, Family First, #EducationFreedom, #SchoolChoice, #Marketing, #DonaldsforFlorida

[Education Freedom Foundation @YourEdFreedom]

We are locked in on empowering American families by advancing education freedom. 🔒📚

[Club for Growth @club4growth]

🏆 Congratulations to @RepDonaldsPress — recognized by Club for Growth as a Defender of Economic Freedom for the 5th time!

This award is based on voting records presented in the @cfgFoundation's 2025 Congressional Scorecard and honors those whose voting records reflect a steadfast commitment to free markets, limited government, and economic growth.

Even more impressive, Rep. Donalds earned a 100% score on the 2025 Congressional Scorecard—and maintains a 100% lifetime Club for Growth score, proving his unwavering commitment to economic freedom.

🔗: https://t.co/onnOrkRYAN

[Gary Fineout @fineout]

Fla AG James Uthmeier - former chief of staff for @GovRonDeSantis who was put in that post by governor - has endorsed Byron Donalds for governor. Both Uthmeier and Donalds have been endorsed by Trump

[Erika Donalds @ErikaDonalds]

America has led the world in liberty and prosperity for 250 years.

Today, civic pride is in decline, and knowledge of our founding principles is even LOWER.

My @dcexaminer op-ed makes the case for why civics education must be restored in EVERY classroom across America.

[Erika Donalds @ErikaDonalds]

You don’t say!

Same union that called our governor “DeathSantis” & fought reopening schools in COVID?

Same one trying to keep porn in school libraries and hide kids’ gender confusion from parents?

Same one suing to block a million families from sending kids to the school of their choice?

Hope they spend A LOT of money making their endorsement known to Florida voters.

[Erika Donalds @ErikaDonalds]

Shameful that @RepBonamici introduced an impeachment resolution for @EDSecMcMahon.

Her reason? Falsely claiming it’s unconstitutional to send education back to the states.

Did Bonamici forget that education is NOT listed as a federal responsibility in the Constitution?

[Erika Donalds @ErikaDonalds]

Great day at the @FloridaGOP Sunshine Showdown! The party faithful are fired up to win in November and it’s awesome to see and feel so much love and support for @ByronDonalds campaign.
Excited to work with the grassroots to keep Florida RED up & down the ballot!

[Kat™ The Hammer ⚒️ @KatTheHammer1]

Tucker Carlson is now telling people not to vote for Republicans

@TheOfficerTatum calls them he sees them!!

[Erika Donalds @ErikaDonalds]

11 years ago today.

Our typical Wednesday night before politics - planting seeds with teenagers in The Difference Youth.

God is good. So many of these kids are now serving the Lord! Several in ministry - one is even the youth pastor of this very group!

Seed➡️Time➡️Harvest

[Anastasios Kamoutsas @StasiKamoutsas]

A teacher in Pasco County injected extremist political rhetoric into her mathematics classroom, taking advantage of her position of trust by telling students that “Trump deserves a bullet through the head.”

I have found probable cause to pursue sanctions against her teaching certificate and will take every available step to ensure she never teaches again.

Teachers are entrusted with shaping young minds and must foster civil discourse. Celebrating or encouraging violence is fundamentally inconsistent with that responsibility and will not be tolerated.

[Gayla Lees @Gayla_Events]

@ByronDonalds Yep! 👏👏

[Erika Donalds @ErikaDonalds]

🚨 Democrats held a rally to REPEAL President @realDonaldTrump’s school choice program through the “Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act.”

The Education Freedom Tax Credit is funded entirely through PRIVATE donations.

It takes $0 from public schools and costs $0 for states to opt in!

[Erika Donalds @ErikaDonalds]

Thanks for asking, Rep.

Nova Classical STEM Academy in Ft. Myers is opening this fall w/ expanded enrollment due to overwhelming demand from families.

Students there will thrive, just as they do at the classical charter school I opened right in your backyard. You should visit!

[Byron Donalds @ByronDonalds]

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from running for the State House in 2016, to Congress in 2020, and now for Governor of the Sunshine State — you have to knock doors.

Getting the chance to meet and talk with voters where they are has always been my favorite part of the campaign trail.

A GREAT afternoon in Flagler County.

[Byron Donalds @ByronDonalds]

To you, it's just a Cracker Barrel parking lot. To me, it's where I gave my life to Jesus Christ.

I was 21 years old. I was working at the Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee after some of the worst years of my life. I'd made mistakes. Real ones.

I grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, raised by a mom who worked hard and didn't accept excuses. But I made decisions that should have ended my story before it ever really started. By the grace of God, they didn't. But every day, I was carrying them.

One afternoon, a church group came into the restaurant, just back from a revival. I served them their meals like I served any other table. But something happened while I was serving them. I can't fully explain it to you. The Lord spoke to me. He said, “Stop running from Me.”

It knocked me back.

I went to find the table, and they were all gone. I could see through their windows that they were getting on their bus, and I knew deep down that if I let them drive away, I was going to keep running. So I went outside. The last woman, just as she was stepping onto the bus, turned to me and asked, “Are you okay?”

I told her, “No ma’am, I’m not okay.” I told her the Lord was telling me to stop running.

That whole bus emptied out, stood with me in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee, Florida, and prayed over me right there.

I gave my life to Christ that day. Right there.

I still get emotional about it. Because I know what I was before that moment, and I know what He's done since. He gave me a wife who shares my faith. He gave me three sons. He gave me a career, a community, a calling I never would have dared to ask for. He took a kid from Crown Heights who’d run out of chances and gave him a life that doesn't make sense apart from grace.

People ask me sometimes why I talk about it. Why I bring up the parking lot. Why I don't just keep that part private and let folks see the polished version.

I'll tell you why.

Because there's a young man out there right now — maybe in Tallahassee, maybe in Tampa, maybe in Miami, maybe in a small town in the Panhandle — who thinks his story is already over. Who thinks the mistakes he's made disqualify him from the life he could have had. Who thinks God doesn't want anything to do with somebody like him.

I'm here to tell him: that's a lie.

In life, you're not who you are at the lowest point. You're who you choose to become after.

The Lord met me in a Cracker Barrel parking lot. He'll meet you wherever you are.

You just have to stop running.

[Education Freedom Foundation @YourEdFreedom]

Starting a school takes more than a great idea. It takes a smart financial plan.

Join @erikadonalds on Monday, June 8, to learn how to secure funding, avoid costly mistakes, and build a sustainable future for your school.

Register here: https://t.co/lCZLTEUJPT

[Erika Donalds @ErikaDonalds]

1. He has one of the most conservative voting records in Florida as both a former state and current federal official, and his principles come from studying political philosophy (Federalist papers, Bastiat, Adam Smith, etc.)
2. His success in the private sector in banking, insurance, and financial services is precicely what our state needs for its next phase of conservative leadership and economic growth.
3. He has a heart for people - since I've known him he volunteers, helps people, loves kids, *listens* - always trying to dive in and help solve problems, not just take credit.

[Erika Donalds @ErikaDonalds]

"HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!"

Thank you, Mr. President! 🇺🇸

[Gayla Lees @Gayla_Events]

@ErikaDonalds @lydiakauppi Such fun!

[Byron Donalds @ByronDonalds]

God will find you exactly where you are. Despite two arrests and many mistakes before I was 20, His grace and redemption found me in the summer of 2001 while at work. I heard the Lord tell me to "stop running," and I gave my life to Christ that very day. 🙏🏾