{"id":133119,"date":"2026-08-25T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=133119"},"modified":"2026-08-22T07:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:18:22","slug":"22-05-127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=133119","title":{"rendered":"Florida Republicans defeat alt-right candidates in gubernatorial, House primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jns-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/u-s-news\/florida-republicans-defeat-alt-right-candidates-in-gubernatorial-house-primaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida Republicans defeat alt-right candidates in gubernatorial, House primaries<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Andrew Bernard<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Rep. Byron Donalds won the GOP primary to succeed Ron DeSantis as governor, while Rep. Randy Fine held on to the nomination for his House seat.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.jns.org\/dims4\/default\/593101e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5000x2815+0+259\/resize\/1000x563!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.jns.org%2F58%2F30%2Fce4c37124856b23ddde271bd0897%2Fgettyimages-2275355510.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) departs after a candlelight vigil in honor of National Police Week at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 12, 2026. Photo by Graeme Sloan\/Getty Images.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Page-articleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody RichTextBody\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pro-Israel Republicans defeated a pair of alt-right candidates accused of antisemitism in Florida\u2019s primary elections on Tuesday in races for the House and governor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) won the Republican gubernatorial primary to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is term-limited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">With 87% of votes&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/florida-primary-results-governor\/#GOP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"><u>counted<\/u><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;at press time, Donalds had 762,364 (48.3%), trouncing James Fishback, a 31-year-old investor who courted the \u201cgroyper\u201d movement associated with the Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, who came in third with 163,261 (10.4%) of the vote. Lt. Gov. Jay Collins came in second with 393,248 votes (24.9%).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The&nbsp;<i>Associated Press<\/i>&nbsp;called the race for Donalds about an hour after polls closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Fishback has said that he does not hold animus against Jews, but ran a campaign defined by his opposition to Israel and frequent race-baiting of Donalds, who is black.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He pledged that as governor he would divest state funds from Israel; called the University of Central Florida\u2019s cafeteria food \u201cgoyslop;\u201d signed a \u201ccontract with Florida\u201d that he would reject money from the pro-Israel group AIPAC; and frequently referred to Donalds as \u201cBy\u2019rone\u201d in an apparent effort to make his name sound more black.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Donalds is staunchly pro-Israel and has previously described the Jewish state as America\u2019s closest ally in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In November, he will face off against David Jolly, a former Republican congressman, who won the Democratic primary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In Republican House races, Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.), who is Jewish,&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/florida-primary-results-us-house\/#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"><u>defeated<\/u><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;Dan Bilzerian, an influencer with 29 million followers on Instagram, who ran an explicitly antisemitic primary challenge and has previously denied the Holocaust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">With 87% of votes counted at press time, Fine had 42,898 votes (56.8%) to Bilzerian\u2019s 13,816 (18.3%).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">An AI-generated video Bilzerian&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanBilzerian\/status\/2087988263843926227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"><u>posted<\/u><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;on Thursday asked \u201cshould we revisit that Austrian painter\u2019s opinions\u201d over an image of Adolf Hitler and included footage of Fine wearing a yarmulke and growing horns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The video drew condemnation from Republicans, Democrats and Jewish groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Republican Jewish Coalition congratulated Fine for defeating a \u201cneo-Nazi\u201d and Donalds for winning against \u201cone of the most openly bigoted campaigns in recent memory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cJames Fishback spent this race trafficking in vile racism and antisemitic filth,\u201d stated Matt Brooks, CEO of the coalition. \u201cHe peddled antisemitic conspiracy tropes to his supporters while courting the endorsement and praise of white nationalist Nick Fuentes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cDan Bilzerian did not merely flirt with antisemitism. He made Jew-hatred the entire premise of his campaign,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cTonight, the Republican voters of Florida\u2019s 6th District stood up to this fanatic and buried Bilzerian\u2019s hateful campaign in the dustbin of history where it belongs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Republicans defeat alt-right candidates in gubernatorial, House primaries Andrew Bernard Rep. Byron Donalds won the GOP primary to succeed Ron DeSantis as governor, while Rep. Randy Fine held on to the nomination for his House seat. Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) departs after a candlelight vigil in honor of National Police Week at the U.S. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[33,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133119"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133237,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133119\/revisions\/133237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}