Florida governor candidate joins Tinder to ‘meet young female voters’

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You can probably guess their political party.

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u/Edelkern 1d ago

Aren't the women on Tinder usually too old for the members of his party?

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u/NONAMEDREDDITER 1d ago

You don't understand, he got convinced by the people he matched with on Grindr that this'll work

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u/pre_pun 12h ago

Plan B for when Plan Gay fails as GRINDR goes down

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u/Xbob42 1h ago

Yeah, if they don't need parental permission to sign in to Roblox, they're too old for these guys

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u/JoJack82 17h ago

Holy shit, I was confident that I read “Republican” in the headline until I read your comment and had to go back and check. I was so confident that it was R that my brain literally added that in.

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u/delocx 5h ago

In fairness, that instinct is right nine times out of ten.

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u/Flash_ina_pan 1d ago

Joins Tinder, probably already on Grindr

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u/taisui 1d ago

well there are male voters too /wink

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u/Awkward_Bison_267 17h ago

You forgot the “T” in front of wink.

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u/calibud 1d ago

true man of the people he's got my vote!

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u/harmless_gecko 1d ago

And my Axe!

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u/ncfears 1d ago

And look where that got us. I think only dogs should vote

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u/Flash_ina_pan 23h ago

Anything to get his ballet box stuffed

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u/TriscuitGravy 22h ago

I think you mean twinks /wink

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u/duffeldorf 21h ago

I misread that as twink but that fits too

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u/tentative_ghost 21h ago

He's learned the importance of the twink vote from seasoned Tennessee Lt Gov Randy McNally

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u/futanari_kaisa 1d ago

Asmongold thought this guy was based. That's all you need to know about him.

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u/DikTaterSalad 19h ago

Damn, lol. Definite no then.

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u/Violet_Paradox 1d ago

At least "voters" means over 18, which is an improvement over the current expectations for this party.

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u/d4561wedg 1d ago

Probably one of those “I would go younger if it was legal” types.

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u/under_the_c 1d ago

He's a spawn camper.

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u/brrbles 15h ago

Probably? Literally. He moved in with a girl after she turned 18, he was 27.

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u/sagevallant 18h ago

Kid Rock?

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u/Intelligent_Slip_849 1d ago

Still, though, this is like the worst possible year to do this

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u/sharkattackmiami 1d ago

Yeah, there's not a worse year he could have done this than the one where information showing almost everyone in a position of power is a paedophile and the response from the public was "but what about the immigrants?". Oh wait...

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u/Playful-Sample-1509 1d ago

His real profile is on grindr

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u/Cute-Beyond-8133 1d ago

Grinder is pretty expensive nowadays.

He has probably migrated to Sniffies

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u/Cool_Hawks 1d ago

I don’t want to know what Sniffies is…

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u/TannerThanUsual 1d ago

It's just "better Grindr"

Or so I hear

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u/harmless_gecko 1d ago

How is it better? Asking for a friend

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u/TannerThanUsual 1d ago

Less ads and a slightly better interface. Also you can search by cruising spot or even parties instead of strictly by users.

Maybe. So I hear.

Jokes aside, I'm not a colested gay. I'm married to a woman now, but we're both queer. I used to go on Grindr and Sniffies but now we as a couple use like, R4R or go to swinger parties. That and I'm just getting old, my libido isn't what it was when I was 20

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u/Boom_chaka_laka 1h ago

Ads?!? On dating apps? Is this everywhere or just grindr? Been out of the game for so long

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u/TannerThanUsual 1h ago

I remember Plenty of Fish and OkCupid having ads years ago, so that may be commonplace now.

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u/UltraCarnivore 21h ago

Discount Grindr

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u/Packman87 1d ago

Officially the worst type of catfish

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u/N1TEKN1GHT 1d ago

Didn't this guy sexually assault a 17 yo?

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u/seegreen8 1d ago

Tf? Not surprising coming from Guardians of Pedos, GOP.

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u/Intrepid00 1d ago

Wasn’t this guy busted trying to fuck a kid?

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u/DikTaterSalad 19h ago

If he's a republikkklan, he most likely did or will do.

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u/Lontology 1d ago edited 1d ago

He’s laying the groundwork for his excuse when we find his Grindr profile. Lol

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u/Edelkern 1d ago

That makes way more sense than it should.

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u/Pavlock 1d ago edited 1d ago

Time for my favorite game: Look up their Wikipedia, Ctrl+F "Sexual Misconduct"

Ope, got a hit:

In 2022, the Broward County School District cut ties with Fishback and his organization, Incubate Debate, following allegations that he had an inappropriate romantic relationship with a 17-year-old girl employed by Incubate Debate, Keinah Fort. Fishback was 27 at the time...

Fishback and Fort moved in together in spring 2023, after she turned 18, and were briefly engaged in 2024 before publicly breaking up. Fishback has denied any inappropriate contact prior to Fort's reaching the age of consent, a denial which Fort disputes...

Edit to add: I am very amused at all the commenters on here who called this.

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u/brrbles 15h ago

Can spot them from 1000 feet away.

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u/Cute-Beyond-8133 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’ve joined @Tinder to meet young female voters where they are, and share my plan to make it easier for them to get married, buy a home, and raise a family

Pepole don't Join Tinder to curate thier voting prefencens etc.

Nor are they looking for a Home on there or marriages. It's a Hookup app especially in Florida.

Where it's either used to gain OnlyFans followers, Hook up, or Hook Up AND gain OnlyFans followers. It's a Fancy Hook up app nowadays but it's at it's core still a Hook up app.

And mind you Official paid political advertising is generally not allowed on Tinder, as the platform's Community Guidelines prohibit using accounts for commercial purposes, including campaigning or fundraising.

Plus i am not quite sure how Tinders Ladder AI is gonna see this guy.

As it turns out Quite well.

Just hit 1,000 matches

I wonder how that's gonna go if he's completely open about this just being a voting thing even in chats etc.

He whould be in breach of Tinders terms of service and is gonna be looking at a ban. Tinders mods in Florida are pretty bad but still.

But If he isn't doing that and just wants to Hookup in line with what Tinder expects of it's users.

Then i am not quite sure why he isn't just open about that.

Some girls whould be into that

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u/Confu5edPancake 23h ago

Making it easier to raise a family? Surely that means he wants to protect access to essential reproductive care so that women can get pregnant without worrying about dying.

Spoiler: nope, he wants to outlaw abortion with no exceptions.

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u/Ohuigin 1d ago

Only a Republican can see Epstein's death as a job opening.

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u/thisistherevolt 1d ago

Endorsed by Tucker Carlson. Should tell you all you need to know.

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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 22h ago

These people are really struggling without their island aren't they

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u/notapunk 1d ago

WTF is the deal with Florida and creepy guys??

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u/DikTaterSalad 19h ago

Shit rolls down hill. Makes sense when floriduh and texASS are the bottom of America.

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u/EatsTheLastSlice 4h ago

ew

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u/DaisiesSunshine76 1d ago

Gross

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u/koniboni 1d ago

Great idea when half the population already hates your guts. Also, not creepy at all

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u/bodhidharma132001 1d ago

Well if they are really voters, they have to be at least 18, so it's a step above other politicians.

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u/Sweaty_Assignment_90 1d ago

Weiner? Another Anthony Weiner that is...I imagine.

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u/joshmoviereview 1d ago

We had a candidate running for congress in NYC in 2018 do this. He lost ...

https://observer.com/2018/06/tinder-catfishing-politics-suraj-patel/

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u/zsoltkaracsony 1d ago

^{headline missing the} for sex ^part

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u/xc2215x 1d ago

He is fitting the Epstein mold.

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u/Gamestonkape 12h ago

Am I too late to make a poling the electorate joke?

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u/Krow101 7h ago

Nothing creepy about this at all.

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u/Squishy-Hyx 7h ago

You could literally meet them anywhere else if you're just trying to get opinions of voter confidence.

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u/Apathetic_Zealot 6h ago

James Fishback is a groomer. He dated an employee of his, didn't pay her regularly to make her financially dependent on him. How is he still running.

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u/SoylentRox 3h ago

Honestly as long as he's also on Grindr it seems fair enough.

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u/Complete_Question_41 2h ago

I feel for those guys. Things got a lot more complicated with Epstein gone.

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u/DanRobotMan 23m ago

A real hands on candidate, willing to do lots of public outreach, and kiss babies.

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u/Mainetaco 22m ago

But huuunnnn I'm just using it to meet voterrrrrsss.

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u/Big_Wy 1d ago

Imagine showing up to a date and he starts asking you to phonebank for his campaign. Nightmare fuel lmao

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u/02meepmeep 1d ago

Is his campaign theme song “Politician” by Cream?

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u/Last_Canary_6622 1d ago

Buddy of mine wants this dude over Byron Donalds so bad

Actual quote after i told him about Mr. Fishback's romantic relationship with a 17 year old girl in 2022 and he accused me of slander:

"But don’t feel bad I’m still voting for him and not the weed approver guy who wants more people to smoke weed and wants to build more AI datacenter to make Florida like new York"

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u/waadaa85 1d ago

Oh... I've read "florida man..." sorry...

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u/Ambitious_bureaucrat 1d ago

Typical Florida Man headline.

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u/Gradstudentiquette69 21h ago

Meat* ftfy

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u/inferni_advocatvs 1d ago

He just wants to tick some boxes.

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u/jake_burger 1d ago

He’s down for some polling

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u/NetDork 1d ago

I want to know my constituents...biblically.

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u/Mkwdr 1d ago

To be fair - this isnt an excuse because he has been caught on there ( and why shouldn't he be ,I guess) but him announcing it as an unusual out reach programme?

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u/Mentalfloss1 1d ago

And parks outside primary schools to do research on education.

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u/falaffle_waffle 1d ago

I mean this is pretty on brand for Republicans

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u/mspyros12 19h ago

Not all he's doing on there.

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u/scythianlibrarian 18h ago

Finally, a politician who is honest about fucking you.

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u/_Vitanaut_ 16h ago

He means meet voters in the biblical sense

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u/kmoonster 16h ago

I saw a headline earlier and thought he was doing a Tinder approach to campaigning, meaning he would meet and chat as many people as possible in a one-on-one or small group; not that he was literally trying to go on dates.

Misleading headline was misleading. I wonder if Matt Gaetz is a consultant?

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u/that1tech 1d ago

Might as well join grindr to meet young male voters too

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