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Mike Drop

Florida Lt. Governor Jay Collins on Trump's Endorsement, AI Dangers, & Why Florida Must Not Fall Back | Ep. 297 | Pt. 3

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Politics, Society & Culture, News, Personal Journals

4.9 β€’ 6.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 26 June 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Jay Collins β€” Green Beret, combat amputee, and Florida's Lieutenant Governor β€” is now running for Governor, going up against a Trump-endorsed opponent in what he calls a fight to protect Florida's values and keep the state from falling backward. In this episode, Jay breaks down why he's speaking out against his primary opponent, foreign interference in Florida politics, the dangers of unchecked AI and hyperscale data centers, his push for classical education and trade apprenticeships, and why he believes when Florida leads, America wins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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What was the, I guess, the ultimate decision-making process for retiring slash getting out?

0:36.2

I made a promise, actually.

0:38.3

I said if it gets to the point where I'm having a hard time keeping up, it's time to

0:42.6

hang it up.

0:43.7

You either meet the standard or you don't.

0:46.4

I don't want to be the weak link.

0:48.4

I did all those things and I had an opportunity to go back to some cured organizations.

0:54.7

There were some offers in D.C.

0:57.0

And then there was an opportunity to jump into the regular SF and compete for

1:02.7

Sergeant Major.

1:04.1

Right.

1:04.9

So when you get injured, you kind of come off the tracks of career growth.

1:10.1

Yeah.

1:10.2

Yeah, you just, what do you do, right?

1:12.6

I was like, all right, fine, we'll figure this out.

1:14.6

So I took over as the first sergeant in the 18 Delta Committee in the course, right?

1:20.6

So I've got all these students, inherently stressful job, but it was probably one of the coolest things I ever experienced. Imagine being a student coming through there and you have a one-legged green beret, 18 Delta, who's in charge is the senior NCO here. And that dude's out there still smoking everybody, right? Working hard. So I had a little bit more motivation. What does? What's that? If that doesn't't inspire, I don't know what does. Oh, it was great.

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