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From a black FB friend
“Let me make this shit perfectly clear.
I know Florida has never elected a Black governor, and yes, the election of Byron Donalds would be historic. As a Black Floridian, I understand the significance of seeing someone who looks like me occupy the Governor’s Mansion. But history alone will NOT get my vote.
This isn’t about Byron Donalds being Black, and it isn’t simply because he’s a Republican. It’s no secret that I’m a moderate Democrat, and have crossed party lines before when I believed the Republican candidate was the better person to lead the great state of Florida.
But, child please! It will be a cold day in hell before I cast my vote for Byron Donalds, and here’s why.
Representation means absolutely nothing to me if the person representing us lacks the integrity, independence, courage, and conviction to stand up when it matters! Time and time again Byron has demonstrated he’s no independent critical thinker.
Black sisters and brothaz, Byron Donalds is no Barack Obama. He is no General Colin Powell. And I refuse to become so mesmerized by the possibility of Florida electing its first Black governor that I ignore the man’s record, his alliances, his rhetoric, and what I believe his leadership would mean for Florida. I am TIRED of symbolism being offered as a substitute for substance.
After years of watching DeSantis policies coming out of Tallahassee that I firmly believe have chipped away at civil rights protections, attacked diversity initiatives, and diminished how Black history is taught and discussed, I cannot vote for someone simply because his skin looks like mine. Black skin does not automatically equal Black consciousness.
And finally from everything I have seen, Byron Donalds has demonstrated far too much loyalty to Donald Trump and the MAGA political machine for me to believe he represents the kind of independent leadership Florida desperately needs.
So yes, David Jolly is a white man. I am not voting for a complexion. I am voting for leadership. I am voting for policies. I am voting for character. I am voting based on who I believe will respect the history and civil rights of ALL Floridians rather than continue tearing away at them.
My vote come November 2026, will be for David Jolly (FULL STOP)! Florida deserves better than another four years of division, political bullshit, and culture wars. I love this state far too much to vote based on skin color.
In the words of Dr. MLK, judge David Jolly “by the content of his character and not by the color of his skin”! Florida, the choice is clear, VOTE BLUE!!!
And I said, what I said!💪🏾🇺🇸🪖🏳️🌈
-MsD 👠👠”
@davidjollyfl@laurajollyfl
BREAKING: KNOCKOUT PUNCH! Sen. Jon Ossoff wipes the floor with his MAGA opponent during their debate with one of the most brutal soundbites ever.
Republican Mike Collins should have just stayed home...
"Georgia has voter ID, and that's good. Mike Collins and Donald Trump, they're still obsessed with overturning the 2020 election," Ossoff said in response to a question about voting rules. "Mike Collins still believes the 2020 election was stolen.
"Mike Collins has supported Donald Trump's effort to overturn the election, and he wants to give your tax dollars to the violent thugs and criminals who sacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6th," he continued. "Mike Collins is attacking your voting rights, but that's not a surprise when you consider who Mike Collins is..."
"This is a man who cheered on a group of young men who were mocking a black woman on a college campus with monkey sounds," said Ossoff.
And then came the haymaker, a takedown that's already spreading like wildfire on social media—
"If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club," said Ossoff. "His office has been in cahoots with some of the most notorious white supremacists in the country. He himself has amplified neo-Nazi propaganda. He's never apologized for it, and he should tonight."
Not surprisingly, Mike Collins did not apologize on stage. He's a MAGA Republican, which means, just like his cult leader Donald Trump, he's pathologically incapable of admitting when he was wrong or when he did something immoral.
And that wasn't Ossoff's only standout moment of the night. The senator is one of the best orators that the Democratic Party has seen in decades, which is why there are already calls for him to run for President one day.
"First of all, no Georgia family or small business should pay a dime more to subsidize the energy consumption of these data centers," Ossoff said. "No local community should have these data centers imposed on them. But that same budget bill we've been discussing all night, the one that slashed Medicaid, the one that doubled your health insurance premiums, it also gave $70 billion of your money to data center developers."
"Just think about this, when you are paying more for your health insurance, when a hospital in your community is closing down, Mike Collins voted to take that money out of your pocket and out of your community and give it instead to data center developers," he continued.
"And that's the problem, Mike. It's not just that you've hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office and you have promoted neo-Nazi content online," said Ossoff. "It's that you're robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors."
Collins has come under repeated fire for the neo-Nazis in his orbit. His former congressional intern posted swastikas and KKK imagery, his former chief of staff communicated with prominent white nationalists, his son-in-law shared pro-Nazi and antisemitic content, and two campaign organizers previously held leadership positions in a group founded by an ex-KKK leader.
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...
Please ❤️ and share if you'd vote for Jon Ossoff!
“Why are you speaking to me when I didn’t yield to you?”
Beautiful reply to the misogynist male notorious for interrupting women! Bravo Ms. Pressley, bravo!
@_brownie0_ You know, people are really self-centered and overall nasty!! Waiters/waitresses work their butts off at minimum wage usually, while you sit there and enjoy being served!! If you don’t tip, you are, in plain words: “Egocentric, and definitely not a Kind human being”!
NOW is the time to VOTE!! ⌚️⏳⏲️
#VoteBlue 🗳️💙🌊
#VoteOutEveryRepublican
Do not wait until Election Day when there is more potential for interference at the polls and less time to resolve any delays!
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