Putting the band back together: One’s a hardcore MAGA populist, the other is a Burkean Conservative. Uniting to Keep Florida Strong #Collins2026
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DeSantis sitting out the succession fight never made sense to me.
Not because anyone is owed anything.
Because he built the Florida model, fought the war and now the question is who gets the keys.
It’s a succession test.
Listen on Spotify
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Similarly donate even a dollar to the campaign at jayforflorida.com to show that you care more about preserving the Florida model than you do about allowing machine politics to become the norm.
One might say you can even Rage against it even. 😏
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Jay Collins is calling out Byron Donalds: any stage, any moderator, any time. Stop ducking and debate. #CollinsVsDonalds #DebateDonalds thecollinscallout.com
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Jay Collins is calling out Byron Donalds: any stage, any moderator, any time. Stop ducking and debate. #CollinsVsDonalds #DebateDonalds thecollinscallout.com
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Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins is standing against the machine that wants Florida Republicans to ratify a choice instead of make one.
The machine made "10,000 donors" part of the standard.
So give them 10,000 voters.
Go to JayForFlorida.com and donate the lowest amount allowed.
This isn't about buying influence.
It's about proving Florida Republicans want comparison, not coronation.
Jay Collins is willing to be tested.
Help him break through.
JayForFlorida.com
And follow @CollinsWarRoom and @JayCollinsFL
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The Florida model was built by fighting managed politics. It cannot be inherited through managed politics.
Jay Collins is not asking to be protected from the test. He’s asking for the test, while @ByronDonalds attempts to avoid it,
@FloridaGOP hold a real debate.
Let voters compare.
Sign the petition at thecollinscallout.com
Couldn’t agree with our Governor more.
Let’s not insult the voters’ intelligence.
Debates are not going to be the end all be all for this race.
That said, if @ByronDonalds can’t show up to one, and if he keeps hiding behind the RPOF, voters need to take notice.
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"Tattaglia is a pimp. He never could have outfought Santino. But I didn’t know until this day that it was Barzini all along."
Wonder if Evan is going to block @RonDeSantis too? 🤣
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Wonder if Evan is going to block @RonDeSantis too? 🤣
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Gov. DeSantis says @EvanPower is “insulting the intelligence” of GOP voters in Florida
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I will add that there is something charming about people who lack the nerve to debate a cartoon gator becoming instant authorities on who would dominate a gubernatorial debate stage.
Their courage, apparently, blooms only in hypothetical arenas. 😏
The confidence some have in @Paul_Renner’s debate skills is impressive, considering most acquired it without ever watching him actually debate.
They talk about him like medieval peasants talked about kings they’ve never met.
Same people themselves run from debate at every opportunity
Enthusiasm for debate seems it’s strongest when someone else has to take the stage.
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"Barzini will move against you first. He’ll set up a meeting with someone that you absolutely trust, guaranteeing your safety. And at that meeting, you’ll be assassinated. [...] Now listen — whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting — he’s the traitor. Don’t forget that."
Every machine has a Barzini meeting.
and it never arrives as “please surrender.”
It arrives as: be reasonable, accept the forum, stop asking for a debate, don’t disrupt the process.
If the process needs bodyguards, the process is the problem.
Whoever tells you to accept the non-debate as reasonable is telling you where the pressure is working.
Sign the petition and make your voice heard: thecollinscallout.com
Seriously @EvanPower. @RonDeSantis is on the side of the voters. Maybe you should be on our side as well. Otherwise it's not going to end well. @Billhelmich @FloridaGOP @ViceChairTeague
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Governor @RonDeSantis is right
Floridians don't need gatekeepers deciding what debates they're allowed to see
They need a stage, a moderator, and 90 minutes
1,700 Floridians have already signed
The octagon is open
Sign up at TheCollinsCallout.com
x.com/RonDeSantis/status/206…
The chairman of the party should not be insulting the intelligence of Republican voters. A debate was promised and these ridiculous criteria are being used to renege on that promise and to engineer a preferred outcome.
Why not just take 90 minutes, find a tv partner, and let the candidates mix it up?
The only reason why you wouldn’t is if the party hierarchy is serving outside interests instead of the best interests of the voters.
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Pound Sand, we will let the primary voting decide who the candidate is
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No Debate Donalds has to go.
Jay Collins is calling out Byron Donalds: any stage, any moderator, any time. Stop ducking and debate. #CollinsVsDonalds #DebateDonalds
thecollinscallout.com/
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The confidence some have in @Paul_Renner’s debate skills is impressive, considering most acquired it without ever watching him actually debate.
They talk about him like medieval peasants talked about kings they’ve never met.
Same people themselves run from debate at every opportunity
Enthusiasm for debate seems it’s strongest when someone else has to take the stage.
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DeSantis’s issue with the lack of debate is because of Collins, not Fishback.
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“Inevitability” feels strong until it starts needing bodyguards. 👀
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Speaking is not debating. A forum lets candidates perform. A debate tests them. Republican voters deserve a test.
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It’s why Speaker Renner and Lt. Governor Collins have been given time to present their cases directly to the voters at the event
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Showdown before the Showdown: @RonDeSantis keeps pressure on @EvanPower @FloridaGOP to 'let the candidates mix it up'
Reporting by @AGGancarski
#FlaPol
flapol.com/3SG4mjG
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We negotiated by making part a country glow in the dark
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JD Vance:
If you go back to WW2 or every major conflict in human history, they all ended with some kind of negotiation.
Community note
World War II ended with unconditional surrenders by Germany on May 8, 1945, and Japan on September 2, 1945, rather than negotiation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconditi… archives.gov/milestone-docu… nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/end…
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First it was a debate.
Then it was one candidate.
Then it became a forum.
Then another candidate was invited.
Then he was removed.
They tried to avoid a messy debate and created a messier non-debate.
That is what happens when a party "manages" a primary instead of simply testing candidates.
Republican voters deserve clarity, comparison, and candidates willing to stand there and answer.
Sign the petition: thecollinscallout.com
What it all boils down to is they want to select the nominee themselves, they don’t want us to.
Both Donalds and the RPOF have little to no respect for actual, everyday Floridians….they can deny it, but actions speak louder than words.
Never Donalds
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First it was a debate.
Then it was one candidate.
Then it became a forum.
Then another candidate was invited.
Then he was removed.
They tried to avoid a messy debate and created a messier non-debate.
That is what happens when a party "manages" a primary instead of simply testing candidates.
Republican voters deserve clarity, comparison, and candidates willing to stand there and answer.
Sign the petition: thecollinscallout.com
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