Trump Faces New Trouble in Florida Ahead of the Midterms

In a raw clip played during the episode, a Florida voter who had supported Donald Trump multiple times was asked what she would say to him directly. Her answer: “I would actually tell him to go f himself. Tell him to get his head out of his ass, stop being a little two year old and grow up and be a man.” That sentiment, the podcast argues, is no longer an outlier. The episode’s central argument is that Donald Trump’s political standing in Florida — a state he carried twice and that MAGA Republicans gerrymandered aggressively — is collapsing, and that this collapse is dragging down down-ballot candidates who bet their districts on his coattails.

The Florida Polling Collapse

The episode opens with data. The host cites the latest UGUV Economist poll showing Trump’s approval in Florida at negative 17 points, and a Civics poll putting it at negative 12. These numbers, the host argues, are historically low for a state that was supposed to be a MAGA stronghold. The gerrymandering that Trump and his allies engineered in Florida, the host claims, was built on the assumption that 2024 Trump voters would remain loyal. That assumption is now failing. The host cites a Florida GOP operative who said that districts Trump carried by less than double digits just two years ago are now “in play for Democrats.” The host goes further, arguing that even a Trump-plus-14 district is vulnerable,