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Their 'math never works': Former Republican rips Trump for 'blowing up the deficit'

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Conservative ex-Republican David Jolly recently made a bombshell announcement: He is running for governor of Florida as a Democrat. Jolly was still a Republican when he was serving in the U.S. House of Representatives via Florida's 13th Congressional District from 2014-2017, but he was known for being a moderate conservative -- not a far-right culture warrior. And he expressed his disdain for President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement by leaving the GOP in 2018 and becoming an independent. After joining the Forward Party in 2022, Jolly switched to Democrat in April 2025.

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