I Went to Florida to See the 31-Year-Old Candidate Thrilling Gen Z. We’re in Trouble.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/opinion/james-fishback-gen-z-republican-florida.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S1A.UQla.Sg9KUlvLvmAC&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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I Went to Florida to See the 31-Year-Old Candidate Thrilling Gen Z. We’re in Trouble.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/opinion/james-fishback-gen-z-republican-florida.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S1A.UQla.Sg9KUlvLvmAC&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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Michelle Goldberg
March 12, 2026

Slight and bespectacled, Fishback has a geeky charisma and the verbal dexterity of a former competitive high school debater. His policies are a mishmash of extreme conservatism and economic progressivism; nationalism tinged with socialism, if you will. He believes that #Florida’s gun laws are too strict, its abortion laws too lax and its public teacher pay too low. He’s called for a 50 percent sin tax on OnlyFans creators and $10,000 grants to high-performing high school graduates to buy homes or start businesses. Though he’s the son of an immigrant — his mother is Colombian — he wants a total #immigration moratorium.

Most of all, #Fishback has made contempt for #Israel and its American lobby a centerpiece of his campaign...

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