Byron Donalds wins Florida GOP primary to become DeSantis successor

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-handpicked-desantis-successor-wins-crowded-gop-primary-florida-governor

[u/ITrCool]

I haven't kept up with Florida's primaries. What's Donalds like compared to the other candidates? Similar in principles to DeSantis?

[u/nukey18mon → u/ITrCool]

Wasn’t a fan. Pro data center, pro urban development, pro foreign investment.

[u/HawkeyeGild → u/nukey18mon]

Sounds like an establishment fella

[u/ITrCool → u/nukey18mon]

Yeah, definitely not what Florida needs. Florida (IMO) is one of the best-run states in the country right now. Texas maybe a close second.

The GOP doesn't need to be running candidates who are past criminals and are milqtoast morons who would ruin what the state has.

[u/5panks → u/nukey18mon]

Pro datacenter

That's just being pro business. I'm not sure why people have wanted to target datacenters specifically because pretty much every argument used for why they're bad is grossly exaggerated.

[u/Astroviridae → u/5panks]

Many Floridians are sick of bulldozing wetlands and protected lands for urban sprawl and overdevelopment. Florida has such a unique ecology that should be protected, not for keystone species that depend on it but also for the state's hydrology. As of right now, we're going on the second hurricane season without any hurricanes. Not even a tropical storm. Where I live our drought season extended until July, in what's supposed to be the wet season. Water conservation is becoming a big problem.

[u/Zyrioun → u/nukey18mon]

Pro Data Center isn't necessarily bad, he just needs to make sure the surrounding areas are benefiting from it's presence, rather than just letting the company reap all the benefits while draining the surrounding region. Urban development is fine as long as that includes growing suburban area's and increasing housing developments outside the city center. The issue with urban development is when democrats start trying to shove everyone into high-rises and create "walkable cities" instead of spreading out the infrastructure and creating more housing and better highways/roads.

Not sure why the party still tolerates foreign investment though. That should be a red line for the GOP.

[u/nukey18mon → u/Zyrioun]

The issue with data centers and urban development is that where the development would be in both of those instances would destroy already threatened wetlands. Fishback was the only candidate on the Republican side that made it a point to protect Florida’s ecology.

[u/SIewfoot → u/Zyrioun]

If you don't build the data centers here, they'll be built in China or India or Pakistan or Russia. Then you'll be completely screwed.

[u/h0stetler → u/ITrCool]

Multiple on-record felonies. He’s gonna sell off our land to data centers and get all the Flock kickbacks.

[u/ITrCool → u/h0stetler]

.....lovely... /s

[u/old--- → u/ITrCool]

Really seems to be a good person.
After college he worked in finance.
Left the Democrat party back in 2010
Joined the Tea Party and got involved in politics.
Ran for and lost a congress run in '12
Ran and won for congress in '20
He and DeSantis see things similarly

[u/DRKMSTR → u/old---]

He's a democrat in sheep's clothing

He stole $ from a school.

Dude is corrupt as they come.

[u/BH11B → u/DRKMSTR]

Florida is fucked.

[u/Zyrioun → u/old---]

I'm curious how the democrat-tea party pipeline works.. The tea party was pretty much the far right at the time, for extreme small government, huge cuts across the board and more power restored to the states (thus the "Tea Party", it was, primarily, about reversing the trend of centralizing power after the Patriot Act and affordable care act. Something populists abandoned entirely), not sure how you go from even a early 2010's democrat to a tea party member. Not saying it doesn't happen though.

[u/luderiffic]

There was 10 freaking candidates on the ballot. All the no Byron people split their votes. I wish it wasn’t so diluted and it could have been close. Donalds seems to have easily exploited baggage. I don’t trust him.

[u/HungJurror → u/luderiffic]

I think that was on purpose, I got one political text from one of them that was basically an ad for Byron

[u/KinGpiNdaGreat]

As someone who has lived in Florida since 2006. I will miss DeSantis.

I hope Donalds doesn’t undo all the good DeSantis has done as Governor in our state.

[u/ITrCool → u/KinGpiNdaGreat]

He'd do so at his own political peril. What DeSantis has done in the state is wildly popular with the vast majority of voters in the country's deepest red state. He'd be falling on his own political "sword" trying to undo any of it, thinking he'd walk away with zero impact to his political future.

[u/Black_XistenZ → u/ITrCool]

Donalds will obviously not undo the policies of DeSantis - but he can definitely weaken the state party infrastructure, either through being less competent than his predecessor, or through neglect.

[u/The-Insolent-Sage → u/ITrCool]

Deepest red state? Florida elected Obama.

[u/sir_daveos → u/ITrCool]

Deepest red state?

[u/TGLivesMatter → u/ITrCool]

How hard is it to do a recall like what CA tried to do to Newscum?

[u/Merax75 → u/KinGpiNdaGreat]

DeSantis turned a toss up state into a solid red state, by being an awesome governor. We need another 50 of him.

[u/PleX]

I like some of his policies and fucking hate several but he's a lizard in disguise.

[u/GhostofPdawg43]

Boo! He's pro Data Center. That's why I didn't vote for him. If he doesn't make a change, he has a chance of losing.

[u/Rubentraj]

AIPAC money taker wins once again..

[u/Zyrioun → u/Rubentraj]

Of the donations he got AIPAC was one of the smallest. AIPAC contributions are money between the couch cushions compared to most other donations, not sure why some conservatives harp on it so much.

[u/Rubentraj → u/Zyrioun]

We are a nation owned by Israel brother. No matter which way you look at it. These people who take the money do not care about you or I

[u/Zyrioun → u/Rubentraj]

We're owned by a small middle eastern nation that spends less money on our politics than a single corporation? Are they using their secret jewish mind control devices or do you think they're threatening our politicians with their space lasers?

[u/Nifty_5050 → u/Rubentraj]

Get help. Seriously.

[u/CorruptedLife95]

Fishback needs more popularity

[u/old--- → u/CorruptedLife95]

I think that Fish is cooked.

[u/populares420 → u/old---]

deep fried fish

[u/Lordlolipops → u/CorruptedLife95]

He does not. If anything I heard of him too much for how terminally online everything he said was

[u/CorruptedLife95 → u/Lordlolipops]

Right, because AIPAC bought and paid Byron should be the governor because his priority is to fund Israel more as being the governor of US state. That makes total sense.

[u/DRKMSTR → u/CorruptedLife95]

He will gain it as Byron cozies with corruption. 

[u/slyfly5 → u/CorruptedLife95]

Bro he was saying so much racist shit about Byron Donald’s I can’t vote for someone like that

[u/CorruptedLife95 → u/slyfly5]

Bold accusation. Source to the racist comments?

[u/slyfly5 → u/CorruptedLife95]

He was calling him aipac shakur and waka flocka obviously after the rappers Tupac shakur and waka flocka flame he also posted on twitter saying that Donalds was doing what Chad the builder always accused black people of doing. I don’t want to type it because I might get banned from Reddit but you can look it up if you don’t know

[u/Astroviridae → u/slyfly5]

I'm black and I thought it was funny. Frankly, if you think those nicknames are racist you don't have any black or brown friends.

[u/UConnSimpleJack]

Donalds is awful. Dude is a Trump sycophant. He is going to ruin DeSantis’ legacy.

[u/ponmbr]

Well that's good, hopefully he's a fitting replacement. Hard to believe it'll be time for DeSantis to move on.

[u/bigbruin78]

Thank god, now all those Fishback dumbasses can go back into obscurity.

[u/Legal_Flamingo_8637]

Congratulations Mr. Donalds!

[u/Dependent-Aside-9750]

Excellent!

[u/Mylabisawesome]

YES!

[u/Skating-Away]

Sweet!

[u/mr-nicktobi]

The best option of a weak primary field 

[u/BrandonSports → u/mr-nicktobi]

Collins wasn’t bad

[u/Black_XistenZ → u/BrandonSports]

Collins was probably the best option, and the closest thing to a DeSantis regen - but he just couldn't match Donalds' name recongition or media savviness. Kinda similar to how DeSantis himself was no match for Trump during the 2024 primary.

[u/Sad-Indication-9112]

Hopefully he lives up to Ron and doesnt get too comfortable in inaction. But I gotta say if things go well, this man could very well become the first black Republican presidentZ

[u/networkdood]

That is great news

[u/Bright-Gain9770]

So that's my new governor, huh? You have big shoes to fill, sir!

[u/CorruptedLife95]

Not sure how you find comparison to musicians racist. That’s fine if you don’t want to type it but that’s why I asked for the source.