A message from @DrBobMcClure, JMI President and CEO:
"Florida voters have spoken, and the results deserve both celebration and sober reflection. It is clear we want conservative leadership, limited government, lower taxes and a state that lets families keep more of what they earn. But as you now know, a blue tsunami hit the rest of the country last Tuesday. Both chambers of Congress fell. Several governorships moved leftward. As of today, at least seven U.S. Senate seats have flipped.
For Republicans, it was a catastrophe. But Florida defied the odds. Because here in the Sunshine State, we are governed by principles, not party. I call it 'Movement Conservatism' and the Free State of Florida not only survived last Tuesday, but thrived.
We came under attack, but the Sunshine State remains the national light for liberty shining on the horizon. Lower property taxes, victorious conservative statewide leadership across the board…it is all in front of us.
For this, we should be proud.
However, I want you to know the work of The James Madison Institute (JMI) is just getting started. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are organizing across the state, and Florida is second only to California in the number of DSA chapters. But JMI is already ten steps ahead of them.
Florida was almost flipped by the Left last Tuesday despite them being overwhelmingly outspent. We can expect them to be back for more in 2028 because the Left looks at Florida the way China looks at Taiwan. The Left simply won’t allow the Sunshine State, the one true beacon of freedom in this country, to stand.
But we will not go the way of Texas.
We have a tremendous opportunity in front of us –– a once in a lifetime opportunity really, but it will take courage. And as Sir Winston Churchill once said, 'Courage is the greatest of all character traits, because it is the one trait that enables all others.' The important work begins today, and it’s about ensuring that our state’s liberty endures so that the next generation, here and across the country, inherits a nation of opportunity, affordability and freedom
These are classic conservative principles –– not just noise, and these principles have guided JMI and the Sunshine State for nearly 40 years. As new legislators head to Tallahassee, JMI is here to make sure they know and hear our answers to the problems affecting Florida –– from day one.
Florida is the sole lighthouse in a hazy, foggy sea of blue right now.
But it’s still shining –– as long as we protect it. As one of our board members said several years ago, 'Save Florida, save the country. Lose Florida, lose the country.' Prescient indeed.
So today, let’s get about our work. Florida is the nation’s beacon of liberty, and we’ve got a country to save."
"Florida voters have spoken, and the results deserve both celebration and sober reflection. It is clear we want conservative leadership, limited government, lower taxes and a state that lets families keep more of what they earn. But as you now know, a blue tsunami hit the rest of the country last Tuesday. Both chambers of Congress fell. Several governorships moved leftward. As of today, at least seven U.S. Senate seats have flipped.
For Republicans, it was a catastrophe. But Florida defied the odds. Because here in the Sunshine State, we are governed by principles, not party. I call it 'Movement Conservatism' and the Free State of Florida not only survived last Tuesday, but thrived.
We came under attack, but the Sunshine State remains the national light for liberty shining on the horizon. Lower property taxes, victorious conservative statewide leadership across the board…it is all in front of us.
For this, we should be proud.
However, I want you to know the work of The James Madison Institute (JMI) is just getting started. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are organizing across the state, and Florida is second only to California in the number of DSA chapters. But JMI is already ten steps ahead of them.
Florida was almost flipped by the Left last Tuesday despite them being overwhelmingly outspent. We can expect them to be back for more in 2028 because the Left looks at Florida the way China looks at Taiwan. The Left simply won’t allow the Sunshine State, the one true beacon of freedom in this country, to stand.
But we will not go the way of Texas.
We have a tremendous opportunity in front of us –– a once in a lifetime opportunity really, but it will take courage. And as Sir Winston Churchill once said, 'Courage is the greatest of all character traits, because it is the one trait that enables all others.' The important work begins today, and it’s about ensuring that our state’s liberty endures so that the next generation, here and across the country, inherits a nation of opportunity, affordability and freedom
These are classic conservative principles –– not just noise, and these principles have guided JMI and the Sunshine State for nearly 40 years. As new legislators head to Tallahassee, JMI is here to make sure they know and hear our answers to the problems affecting Florida –– from day one.
Florida is the sole lighthouse in a hazy, foggy sea of blue right now.
But it’s still shining –– as long as we protect it. As one of our board members said several years ago, 'Save Florida, save the country. Lose Florida, lose the country.' Prescient indeed.
So today, let’s get about our work. Florida is the nation’s beacon of liberty, and we’ve got a country to save."
