Posted on 11/01/2018 10:10:51 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Former GOP Rep. David Jolly (Fla.) is one of a number of Republicans voting for Democrat Andrew Gillum over GOP candidate Ron DeSantis in the Florida gubernatorial election, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Jolly told the newspaper Republicans he knows are voting for Gillum in defiance of President Trump.
Former Rep. DeSantis has tied himself closely to the president, who has strongly endorsed the candidate.
"I've spoken to Republican voters who under-voted in the 2016 presidential race because they couldn't bring themselves to vote for Hillary Clinton," he said.
"But this go-round, they're bringing themselves to vote for Andrew Gillum. There's a break-it-so-it-can-be-rebuilt element. I also really think it's just a plain rejection of all things Donald Trump and his surrogates."
"I've turned in my ballot. I voted for Andrew Gillum" Jolly continued. "The reason is simple: it's because I've served with Ron DeSantis."
Jolly later clarified to The Hill that he had meant he opposed DeSantis' partisanship during his tenure in Congress.
“He put ideology above governing, intra-party battles ahead of legislative solutions, and his Freedom Caucus club ahead of the people of Florida. I don't see that changing if he is elected Governor,” he told The Hill.
Jolly left the Republican Party and re-registered as having no party affiliation earlier in October.
He explained his and his wife's decision to the Tampa Bay Times as "a personal rejection of partisanship. It's a very comfortable place for us to be."
The Florida gubernatorial race is virtually tied ahead of next week's election, with the most recent poll giving Gillum a 45 percent to 44 percent lead among likely voters.
The RealClearPolitics average has Gillum up 3 points, but has not yet incorporated Wednesday's Suffolk University Poll.
Glad that this back-stabbing prick has exposed himself.
Hwy, Jolly, you didn’t vote against Trump....you voted for anti-American socialist that turns everything he touches into $hit. Way to go.
Sounds like he’s already got his and by putting Gillum into office he doesn’t have to worry about upward mobility economically for the common person...
These tight polls confirm just how close America came from becoming Germany, Paris, Brazil.
Who are all these people, pledging votes and support for Communists? Who is America, any more? This Jolly Boob is a traitor to everything America stood for.
Our Public Education and Academia needs to be torn down and restored to classical education, but openly tossing God out of the country is why we now reap the wind. But for Trump. Like, “Last Call”.
I think he expelled himself...and his wifey.
An infiltrator who was probably giving the GOP-e in FL free advice from the DNC.
One nice thing about Trump is he is helping us weed out the infiltrators.
I guess there’s a reason why he’s an Ex.
Yuck. What a scuzzball.
Jolly is just another word for gay.
What a putz
Only way he became a Representative was because he inherited the late Bill Young organization upon Young’s death [2013]. He was his ‘general counsel’ and got the seat on the replacement special election. I voted for him as the alternative to the Democrat but not for him personally. Always smelled of RINO Deep State and this is proof of that.
This Congressional District (FL CD13) got changed in the prior election to include a significant minority population in St.Petersburg that swung the default from Red to Blue. Our current Congress-critter is the skin-shifting Charlie Crist who went from GOP Governor (following JEB!) to Independent running for Senate in 2010 after losing to Rubio in the GOP Primary to becoming a Democrat running for FL Governor against Rick Scott in 2014 and then ran against Jolly as ‘D’ in 2016 and (finally) winning.
"Ex-GOP" being the operative phrase?
Votes for Gillum because he dislikes Trump. The standard SHOULD be voting for what’s best for the people of Florida. I’m sorry, voting for a damned Commie crook to spite Trump is beyond brain-dead stupid.
What a jackass. This drama queen endorsed a far Leftist socialist to be a US Governor of an important State. Hope this closet democrat never works in public service again.
These people are not Republicans. Never were Republicans. These people know what gillum is and what he can do to the state of Florida but still hate someone so much they can’t stop themselves inspire of what’s good for America.
No one who is stupid or an American hating, corrupt POS could vote for Gillum over Desantis.
This has nothing to do with Trump and everything to do with Jolly being worse than a Rino or Never Trumper.
Guess he wants to MFC (Make Florida California).
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