I am a Democrat. I believe in service, accountability, and government that works for the people it represents.
That is why I am endorsing @j_fishback in the Republican primary for Governor of Florida.
This endorsement is not about party. It is about leadership and about telling the truth Florida politicians too often avoid.
I was born on the land of Florida and raised in Deltona, Florida, in a middle class family. My roots are here. This state shaped me. The community shaped me.
I grew up riding bikes through Elkcam, Howland, and down to the local ice cream shops. Everyone knew everybody. Neighbors looked out for one another. It did not matter if you were a Democrat or a Republican. We were Floridians first.
That sense of community was never clearer than during the 2004 hurricane season. Three major hurricanes, technically four, hit Florida in a single year. We missed nearly a month of school. Power was out. Trees were down. But people came together. We helped each other because that is what Floridians do.
That Florida feels like it is slipping away.
Some of my closest friends from Deltona are no longer there. They did not leave because they wanted to. They left because it became cheaper to live in the Midwest than in the town where they were born and raised.
My family felt it too. My father, who built his life and raised his family in Deltona starting in 1996, was eventually forced to leave because things became too difficult to sustain. That should never be the outcome for people who put down roots and played by the rules.
I also come from a family of service. Two of my brothers served our nation in the United States Marine Corps, completing multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, they do not live in Florida either. Even families who sacrificed for this country are being pushed out of the state they once called home.
Everywhere I go in my hometown now, I see the impact of unchecked growth and migration from other states. Communities that once felt tight knit feel unfamiliar. People who built Florida are being replaced rather than protected.
This is not about hostility toward anyone moving here. It is about priorities.
Florida is facing a crisis that too many leaders talk around instead of confronting directly. Native Floridians are being displaced from the state they were born in. People who grew up here, worked here, and built families here can no longer afford housing, insurance, or property taxes. Not because they failed, but because policy failed them.
I identify first and foremost as a Floridian. I love America, but states matter. Communities matter. And a government that allows its own people to be priced out of their home has failed a basic duty.
Florida cannot continue to reward unchecked speculation, outside capital, and rapid population growth without protecting the people who made this state what it is. We need leadership willing to say plainly that Florida must work for Floridians first.
I support James Fishback because I believe he understands that leadership, whether in business or government, is about building systems that serve people rather than displace them. I may not agree with him on every policy point, and that is okay. Democracy is not about uniformity. It is about judgment.
My judgment is this. Florida needs builders, not performers. Leaders who focus on results, accountability, and protecting the people who call this state home.
That is why, as a Democrat and a Floridian, I am endorsing James Fishback for Governor of Florida.
Florida works best when it is led by people who put service above politics and Floridians above everything else.
@MarshaBlackburn Do your damn job.
You’re in Congress to pass legislation that better society for current Americans and the ones who haven’t been born yet.
Not to run political theater on here. Save the slogans and do the work.
@mattgaetz The public only gets to see one side of a person but to me Cory Mills helped my family personally after Hurricane Milton back in 2024. That’s who I know who Cory Mills really is.
Bampett Muhamed served as a corporal in the Virginia Line of the Continental Army and fought for American independence. His name appears in the muster rolls of the Revolutionary War. Arabic and Islamic names were already part of the American story among the men who helped create the country. Declaring them un American ignores the actual historical record.
Get a lawyer asap. If you are a US resident or citizen, Chase bank will put your SSN in a database called Checksystems and Early Warning Services which in turn blacklist you from opening any type of bank account for 5 years with any bank in the US.
Take legal action against Chase and clear your name.
Still won’t answer on my question on those who have past banking issues like overdrafts being put on a list called Checksystems which banks use to denied individuals from banking services; not for illegal activities, but for overdrafts, account abuse, etc.
Does @XMoney denied individuals who are on Checksystems or early warning services
@cenkuygur@KyleKulinski@AnaKasparian
Hey. Want a real alternative history?
August 2000. A federal judge rules Puerto Rico’s U.S. citizens can vote for president and get electoral votes.
Ballots are already being prepared for Bush and Gore. Eight electoral votes are suddenly on the table.
Clinton’s Justice Department appeals. The appeals court kills it in mid-October.
Puerto Rico’s votes disappear.
Bush wins 271–266. Those eight votes almost certainly go to Gore. Different president. Different timeline.
So technically�� you can thank Bill Clinton’s administration for President Bush. And everything that followed after that, including the road that eventually led to President Trump.
Next time someone asks “what if Gore had won in 2000,” just remind them he basically could have — if the Clinton administration hadn’t fought to keep American citizens in Puerto Rico from voting.
What’s the actual issue with Puerto Rican statehood?
Puerto Ricans are American citizens. They’ve been under the U.S. flag since 1898. They’ve fought and died in every major American war since then wearing the same uniform as every other soldier.
They serve knowing they can’t vote for the Commander in Chief while living on the island. Tens of thousands have put on that uniform. Thousands never came home.
That’s not “woke.” That’s blood. Puerto Rico already earned statehood.
I don’t understand the GOP hate for the former president when in reality President Obama was just a conservative president when it came to his foreign policies. He continue Bush’s agenda in Iraq and Afghanistan, the GOP defended him when it came to his administration drone program and the administration’s stance that the president has the power to kill an American citizen without trial in foreign soil. His administration also refused to prosecute those who “big banks” for causing the 2008 financial crisis and went along with Congress to give them everything they wanted. So I ask again, why the hate?