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🚨BREAKING: Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, a Green Beret who once performed emergency surgery on his own shattered arm in combat, is telling the Republican Party to treat its midterm losses the same way he treated a battlefield wound.
Collins, whom Gov. Ron DeSantis has called the “Chuck Norris of Florida politics,” says the GOP must stop the bleeding, get up, and fight after what DeSantis described as a near extinction-level midterm cycle. His prescription is the Florida model: hold the line on conservative principles while actively expanding the coalition to include no-party affiliated voters instead of only speaking to the base.
“Hard times happen. Warriors, leaders get up and fight,” Collins said. “That’s what we have to do now.”
The former Special Forces medic has been clear that the path forward is not retreat. It is the same refusal to quit that kept him in the fight after being wounded and later losing a leg.View quoted post on X
Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, a Green Beret who once performed emergency surgery on his own shattered arm in combat, is telling the Republican Party to treat its midterm losses the same way he treated a battlefield wound: stop the bleeding, get up, and fight.
Collins, dubbed the "Chuck Norris of Florida politics" by Gov. Ron DeSantis, says the GOP now faces a choice after what DeSantis called a "near extinction-level" midterm cycle. His prescription is Florida's playbook: stand firm on conservative values, but aggressively court no-party affiliated voters instead of only preaching to the base.
"Hard times happen. Warriors, leaders get up and fight," Collins says. "That's what we have to do now."
Full story here foxnews.com/politics/gop-b…View quoted post on X
baynews9.com Congress returns with budget deadline looming after midterm power shift There is very little time for Congress to take any kind of action before the Democrats take over both houses in January. 
