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Speaking of corruption and also about how Byron Donalds doesn't even have the temperament to lead here's this. In a Naples grocery store, Donalds approached Kelly Mason over a lawsuit involving him and his wife over a Charter School they attempted to take over. Donalds confronted her in public, and when she disengaged he followed her and lurched over her screaming for her to “stop the lawsuits” and settle it “right now.” When a man can't defer a personal dispute in a supermarket how he can be trusted to govern a state?

Speaking of corruption and also about how Byron Donalds doesn't even have the temperament to lead here's this. In a Naples grocery store, Donalds approached Kelly Mason over a lawsuit involving him and his wife over a Charter School they attempted to take over. Donalds confronted her in public, and when she disengaged he followed her and lurched over her screaming for her to “stop the lawsuits” and settle it “right now.” When a man can't defer a personal dispute in a supermarket how he can be trusted to govern a state?

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253,021 views • 3 months ago

I recorded this myself and am posting because I wanted people to see what happens when Jay Collins gets asked a real governing question off the cuff. I was sitting there when he said this. This isn’t a polished ad. This isn’t a consultant-written line. This is Jay answering a serious question in real time, and the answer was more detailed than most candidates’ prepared policy pages. Not a slogan question. Not a culture-war softball. A real Florida question: Water. Growth. Agriculture. Desalination. Existing residents. The future of the state. And unlike Byron Donalds he didn’t dodge it, call it hyperbolic, or pretend it's "too detailed" an answer to give. Jay immediately went into groundwater pressure, stabilizing usage, clean potable water, desalination, food security, agriculture, beaches, and making sure growth happens on Florida’s terms. He then tied it into a major concern that is often presented as if it's only a positive: Growth That matters. Because the next governor of Florida can't simply be someone who says “growth” and waits for applause. Florida is growing. Everyone knows that. The question is whether growth serves Florida, or Florida gets handed over to growth. Jay’s answer showed the difference between a politician describing an issue and a governor-in-waiting thinking through consequences. That is why continuity matters. Ron DeSantis built a model of conservative governance rooted in execution, stewardship, and seriousness. Jay Collins is speaking that same governing language: Protect the water. Protect agriculture. Protect the beaches. Protect the people already here. Growth on Florida’s terms — not Florida on growth’s terms. I hope you hear the volume this speaks over all the noise Support Jay at if you want continuity in competent governance. Also follow Collins War Room

I recorded this myself and am posting because I wanted people to see what happens when Jay Collins gets asked a real governing question off the cuff. I was sitting there when he said this. This isn’t a polished ad. This isn’t a consultant-written line. This is Jay answering a serious question in real time, and the answer was more detailed than most candidates’ prepared policy pages. Not a slogan question. Not a culture-war softball. A real Florida question: Water. Growth. Agriculture. Desalination. Existing residents. The future of the state. And unlike Byron Donalds he didn’t dodge it, call it hyperbolic, or pretend it's "too detailed" an answer to give. Jay immediately went into groundwater pressure, stabilizing usage, clean potable water, desalination, food security, agriculture, beaches, and making sure growth happens on Florida’s terms. He then tied it into a major concern that is often presented as if it's only a positive: Growth That matters. Because the next governor of Florida can't simply be someone who says “growth” and waits for applause. Florida is growing. Everyone knows that. The question is whether growth serves Florida, or Florida gets handed over to growth. Jay’s answer showed the difference between a politician describing an issue and a governor-in-waiting thinking through consequences. That is why continuity matters. Ron DeSantis built a model of conservative governance rooted in execution, stewardship, and seriousness. Jay Collins is speaking that same governing language: Protect the water. Protect agriculture. Protect the beaches. Protect the people already here. Growth on Florida’s terms — not Florida on growth’s terms. I hope you hear the volume this speaks over all the noise Support Jay at if you want continuity in competent governance. Also follow Collins War Room

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43,867 views • 2 months ago

The James Fishback crowd wants to pretend Jay Collins committed some great moral crime by giving a 17-year-old firm, respectful tutelage on war, duty, and bringing Americans home. Meanwhile, when James Fishback (who has me blocked on twitter 🤣) was confronted about his own past, his answer was apparently to let his emotional-support staff start yelling at the crowd while he tried to escape the question. In the longer clip you can also watch Fishback lie and claim Werther Marciales 🇺🇸 called his mommy, as a way to avoid answering the question. Meanwhile Jay answered a kid on foreign policy like a serious adult. Fishback couldn’t answer an adult on his own record like a serious candidate. This the difference between a man running for governor and a meme account that accidentally filed paperwork and is cosplaying as a man.

The James Fishback crowd wants to pretend Jay Collins committed some great moral crime by giving a 17-year-old firm, respectful tutelage on war, duty, and bringing Americans home. Meanwhile, when James Fishback (who has me blocked on twitter 🤣) was confronted about his own past, his answer was apparently to let his emotional-support staff start yelling at the crowd while he tried to escape the question. In the longer clip you can also watch Fishback lie and claim Werther Marciales 🇺🇸 called his mommy, as a way to avoid answering the question. Meanwhile Jay answered a kid on foreign policy like a serious adult. Fishback couldn’t answer an adult on his own record like a serious candidate. This the difference between a man running for governor and a meme account that accidentally filed paperwork and is cosplaying as a man.

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14,590 views • 1 month ago

DeSantis didn’t choose Jay Collins as Lt. Governor because he needed a placeholder. He chose him because Jay was Day-One Ready. Strong on policy. Grounded in conservative principles. Tested under pressure. Capable of leading if the moment ever demanded it. As Ron DeSantis said, leadership has a cost. "When you lead, they smear you, attack you, and lie about you." That isn't a warning for Jay Collins. That’s the job description. Day-One Ready. Tested. Trusted. Ready to Lead. Collins for Governor 2026.

DeSantis didn’t choose Jay Collins as Lt. Governor because he needed a placeholder. He chose him because Jay was Day-One Ready. Strong on policy. Grounded in conservative principles. Tested under pressure. Capable of leading if the moment ever demanded it. As Ron DeSantis said, leadership has a cost. "When you lead, they smear you, attack you, and lie about you." That isn't a warning for Jay Collins. That’s the job description. Day-One Ready. Tested. Trusted. Ready to Lead. Collins for Governor 2026.

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14,043 views • 1 month ago

This is the difference between sounding detailed and being detailed. Byron Donalds says the data center conversation needs to be less hyperbolic and more detailed. He then offered absolutely zero details and moved on Jay Collins actually gave them. -Energy first. -No cost-shifting to ratepayers. -Water consumption. -Water safety. -Water management. -Grid pressure. -Second- and third-order consequences. -AI accountability. That's what stewardship sounds and looks like. Not “some communities need the tax base.” Not “people are being hyperbolic.” Not a sentence fragment about taxes. Florida doesn't need leaders who describe the conversation. Florida needs leaders who can govern the consequences. Byron talked about needing more details. Jay actually supplied them. Support Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins for Governor at and Follow Collins War Room

This is the difference between sounding detailed and being detailed. Byron Donalds says the data center conversation needs to be less hyperbolic and more detailed. He then offered absolutely zero details and moved on Jay Collins actually gave them. -Energy first. -No cost-shifting to ratepayers. -Water consumption. -Water safety. -Water management. -Grid pressure. -Second- and third-order consequences. -AI accountability. That's what stewardship sounds and looks like. Not “some communities need the tax base.” Not “people are being hyperbolic.” Not a sentence fragment about taxes. Florida doesn't need leaders who describe the conversation. Florida needs leaders who can govern the consequences. Byron talked about needing more details. Jay actually supplied them. Support Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins for Governor at and Follow Collins War Room

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15,631 views • 2 months ago

Here's a video where Jay Collins is saying what a lot of people are afraid to say: When young men are not taught right from wrong by serious adults, they will be taught grievance by the internet. That is where antisemitism grows. This is how you get kids like this one. Not from courage. From cowardice dressed up as “questioning everything.” That's the difference Jay Collins exposed in the more recent video and which he expands on in this one.

Here's a video where Jay Collins is saying what a lot of people are afraid to say: When young men are not taught right from wrong by serious adults, they will be taught grievance by the internet. That is where antisemitism grows. This is how you get kids like this one. Not from courage. From cowardice dressed up as “questioning everything.” That's the difference Jay Collins exposed in the more recent video and which he expands on in this one.

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12,718 views • 1 month ago

There are men who discover courage only after the cameras arrive. Jay Collins appears to suffer from the opposite problem. When Americans were trapped in Israel under Iranian missile fire, he didnt retreat into the comfortable bureaucracy of concern. He picked up the phone, asked where they were, and went into the region to help bring them home. Wendy Nissan whom I recently had the pleasure of meeting is a mother whose son was there and here she recalls how Jay called him directly: “Where are you? I’m coming to get you.” That's not the language of performance politics. That is for those of us familiar with it: duty, stated plainly. And in an age that's overrun by ornamental statesmen, podcast generals and committee-room lions, it's worth pausing when a man runs towards danger before asking whether the lighting is favorable. Watch this Florida mother explain what leadership looked like when her son needed it most. Support Jay Collins for governor at and follow Collins War Room to show your support.

There are men who discover courage only after the cameras arrive. Jay Collins appears to suffer from the opposite problem. When Americans were trapped in Israel under Iranian missile fire, he didnt retreat into the comfortable bureaucracy of concern. He picked up the phone, asked where they were, and went into the region to help bring them home. Wendy Nissan whom I recently had the pleasure of meeting is a mother whose son was there and here she recalls how Jay called him directly: “Where are you? I’m coming to get you.” That's not the language of performance politics. That is for those of us familiar with it: duty, stated plainly. And in an age that's overrun by ornamental statesmen, podcast generals and committee-room lions, it's worth pausing when a man runs towards danger before asking whether the lighting is favorable. Watch this Florida mother explain what leadership looked like when her son needed it most. Support Jay Collins for governor at and follow Collins War Room to show your support.

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11,167 views • 2 months ago

“Just because they’re not on social media talking about it doesn’t mean they’re not doing something about it.” Layla Collins jumped into an impromptu Space with Insta-Gators 2026 and DeSantis Appreciation Society no script, no staging—because engaging citizens is part of governing, not an accessory to campaigning. Despite being off-the-cuff this was a substantive discussion with Layla Collins on why serious governing doesn’t look like social media activism.

“Just because they’re not on social media talking about it doesn’t mean they’re not doing something about it.” Layla Collins jumped into an impromptu Space with Insta-Gators 2026 and DeSantis Appreciation Society no script, no staging—because engaging citizens is part of governing, not an accessory to campaigning. Despite being off-the-cuff this was a substantive discussion with Layla Collins on why serious governing doesn’t look like social media activism.

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15,191 views • 5 months ago

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