Byron Donalds Just Dropped a Brutal Attack Ad on David Jolly
Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds released a new attack ad targeting Democrat David Jolly’s willingness to let “anybody” from the…
he made a Democrat’s own words the punchline. David Jolly is out there trying to run as the reasonable Florida Democrat, the one who will talk to anyone and keep the crazies at arm’s length. Then he says he’ll let anybody from the Democrat Party campaign with him.
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Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds released a new attack ad targeting Democrat David Jolly’s willingness to let “anybody” from the Democrat Party campaign with him. An odd move considering the Democrat is trying to win in a state defined in part by the sanity of its politics.
David Jolly says he’ll “welcome anybody from the Democratic Party” to campaign with him. Roll the tape — David Jolly and his fellow Democrats are too far-left for Florida.
Because unfortunately for Jolly, “anybody” leaves room for quite a guest list, and one Floridians' are likely to reject. It could include Democrats who want to dismantle and abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Democrats who seek to tear down capitalism, or seize the means of production, Democrats who protest in support of and provide cover to Hamas, others that declare God nonbinary or others still who support gender-transition surgeries for minors. Not exactly a desired lineup for a state like Florida.
A broad coalition or "Big Tent" something Democrats have embraced to their own disadvantage, is really only an asset if your allies aren't a liability. When running in a state already hostile to your party, “anybody” is not much of a standard.
For Jolly, that open invitation risks making every controversial ally part of his campaign, and even in friendlier states, a bigger platform for extremism is not necessarily an electoral advantage. Take Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. Hardly a moderate himself, he nevertheless had to ask progressive darling Hasan Piker to stop trying to help because that “help” was damaging his campaign. When an ally’s support becomes something you need to escape, the bigger-tent strategy may need a second look.
David Jolly said he’d welcome “anybody in today’s Democratic Party” on the campaign trail. Now Bernie Sanders is coming to Florida to help Angie Nixon — will David campaign with him?
If David Jolly is willing to campaign with just about anybody in the Democrat Party, what does that say about his own standards? What would he be willing to do as Florida’s governor, and whose principles would he be beholden to when it comes time to govern?
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he made a Democrat’s own words the punchline. David Jolly is out there trying to run as the reasonable Florida Democrat, the one who will talk to anyone and keep the crazies at arm’s length. Then he says he’ll let anybody from the Democrat Party campaign with him. Anybody. That’s not a welcome mat. That’s an invitation for the circus to move in.
Jolly probably thinks this makes him look open-minded. In Florida, it sounds like a threat. This is a state that keeps electing Republicans because voters remember what happens when the left gets the microphone. The far left doesn’t just disagree with you here. They want to dismantle the suburbs, defund the police, and turn every school board meeting into a therapy session. Donalds is wise to make Jolly own that company.
The ad is brutal because it’s simple. No lazy montage of scary headlines. Just Jolly’s own promise to embrace everyone the Democrat Party sends his way. And that includes the defund-the-police crowd, the open-borders crowd, and the anyone-but-Trump crowd who would rather lose than compromise. Letting "anybody" campaign with you isn't moderation. It’s surrender.
Donalds is betting Florida voters still have a memory. They remember what Democrats did when they had total control in Washington, and they don’t want a repeat performance in Tallahassee. Jolly is asking them to trust that he’ll be the one sane Democrat. But he just told them he’s happy to share the stage with all the others. Byron Donalds didn't need to exaggerate. He just needed to hit play.
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