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Zorro

(19,037 posts) Sun Jun 28, 2026, 10:38 AM Sunday

Gubernatorial candidate James Fishback vows to 'burn down' GOP establishment

As Republican Party faithful gathered to hear from three leading GOP contenders for governor at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Davie, investor James Fishback was slamming party leaders 16 miles up the road.

Fishback, a gubernatorial candidate who has support among the right-wing fringe, held a rally in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday after he was disinvited from speaking at the Sunshine State Showdown. The Republican Party of Florida offered two reasons: that Fishback had agreed to a “rival, unsanctioned debate event” and that he has “continued his antisemitic and racist attacks on members of our party.”

Fishback offered a crowd of roughly 200 a different version of events:

“They say we are a threat, and we absolutely are,” he said. “Mark my words, I will burn down the Republican establishment.”

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2026/06/27/james-fishback-sunshine-state-showdown-byron-donalds-governors-race-debate/

Works for me, despite Fishback being a hardcore Nazi.

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Gubernatorial candidate James Fishback vows to 'burn down' GOP establishment (Original Post) Zorro Sunday OP

He wants the GOP to be even more openly fascist. yardwork Sunday #1

Good. I was looking for a split in the Republican gubernatorial race. Midnight Writer Sunday #2

I hope these divisions deepen sboatcar Sunday #3

Floridian here. Nazi v MAGAt in the R primary mcar Sunday #4

It works for me IF..... lastlib Sunday #5

One of the German politicians' greatest mistakes was thinking they could use Hitler and the Nazis as means to an end Scrivener7 Sunday #6

yardwork

(70,055 posts)

1. He wants the GOP to be even more openly fascist.

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Sun Jun 28, 2026, 10:42 AM

Sunday

Midnight Writer

(26,031 posts)

2. Good. I was looking for a split in the Republican gubernatorial race.

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Sun Jun 28, 2026, 11:00 AM

Sunday

I think the Republicans are underestimating the racism of MAGA when they put up Byron Donalds for Governor.

I was expecting a rift in the Party, or maybe a third-party challenge to split the MAGA vote in Florida.