The One Thing All Florida Members Of Congress Agree On

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telling people, hey, our beaches are open. Like, you can still come here. Like, sure, you can't go to Pensacola, but Clearwater Beach, bring it. So, you know, that is something that nobody wants to see a repeat of. And even you said the whole, the whole congressional delegation, let's remember that that includes Byron Donalds's, who is currently running for governor with President Trump support. So to divide President Trump on this issue. when the stakes are that high for one of these members really tells you how important this is to Floridians. Well, you also had an order back in 2020 that Trump had put into effect that protected the region from offshore drilling. This kind of reverses that what the administration's looking to do. Now, I maintained when this story first broke that there's zero chance that this actually goes into effect that there's any offshore drilling. off the coast of Florida. It's just one of those issues that, one of the very few that unites everybody in this state that really crosses party lines. Nobody wants this. Yeah, and I, you know, I was speaking with somebody recently about this, and they made a really great point that, you know, if there was an oil rig. five miles off the coast of Marlago. Yeah. You know, what would, what would Trump be saying then? Right. Because it's, it's also an aesthetic issue. So, like, an example I've heard is, you know, people who live in the Apollo Beach area can get reasonably priced on waterfront property because they're staring across Tampa Bay at industrial, you know, infrastructure. They're staring at big bend and stuff. So. You know, I think that that's also something that needs to be considered is that it's not just a risk of an oil spill, it's also the aesthetic of staring at rigs when you're trying to watch the sunset or the sunrise. Yeah, and I think if you're the Trump administration, you can do the whole drill baby drill thing and just keep it out. of the Gulf, the coast of Florida, keep it off the coast of Florida on either side of the states. Exactly. Exactly. And again, I would be shocked if this actually went into effect. And you could see the alarm bells that went off when this was proposed, when this was reported among everyone from Byron Donalds's to Maxwell Frost. And I don't think there's much that Byron Donalds's and Maxwell Frost agree on. But this one brought them together. So that just tells you all you need to know. They would probably argue about which color of socks they should. Yeah. Exactly. We're joined by the publisher of Southeast Politics, Janelle Irwin Taylor. Again, you can find all of her work and a whole lot more at Southeast Politics.com. While we're talking about politicians here in Florida, it's always interesting when they get into these different tiffs. And you've got Senator Rick Scott taken a bit of a shot. and Governor Ron DeSantis over the Hope Florida scandal. What happened there? Yeah, so this is not new. Governor Scott has, he and Ron DeSantis have had big beef ever since Ron DeSantis was.

but he's not getting the support from outside the state because he's not raising the funds that he needs to get people to endorse him. So it's kind of this which came first, the chicken or the egg sort of scenario. So, you know, he's at this point, he does not appear to be a viable candidate. Polling is putting him consistently in single digits, low single digits, I might add. You know, whereas Byron Donalds is just running away with it. So at this point. You don't want to have egg on your face by endorsing somebody who doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of being elected. I'm looking at Paul Renner, who maybe he had the right calculus right from the start. He said, Ron DeSantis will endorse me eventually. And so he's just kind of waiting in the wings, also polling in single digits, I might add. So, you know, I think that it's just, if you're a Republican right now and you're trying to endorse somebody other than Byron Donalds, you run the risk of making yourself look pretty silly. Yep. Janelle Irwin-Taylor, Southeast Politics publisher, you can check out all of her work and a whole lot more at SoutheastPolitics.com, and you can follow her on X4 for more, too, at Janelle Irwin-FL. Janelle, always appreciate it. We'll talk to you next week. All right. Thank you so much. The Ryan Gorman Show, 5 to 9 every weekday morning on News Radio, WFLA. Hey, everybody, Lady Luck here, and we're celebrating America's 250th birthday. Now, all summer long, I'm going to be celebrating by playing on SpinQuest.com, which is an American-owned social casino. It obviously features over a thousand slot games and live blackjack, live craps, live bubble craps. Head on over to SpinQuest.com. Get yourself a $30 coin pack for just 10 bucks. SpendQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit SpenQuest.com for more details. How do you want to spend your day? At Brightview Senior Living Communities, you decide and will take care of the rest. Pamper yourself at the salon and pursue your creative passions. Toast with your friends at Happy Hour and savor chef-prepared meals. Close out the day with a concert just down the hall from your apartment. or simply relax. The choice is yours. Enjoy the comforts of home and the security of award-winning care. Discover the possibilities at brightview senior living.com.