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It Could Happen Here

Florida’s Groyper Candidate for Governor

It Could Happen Here

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Daily News, Society & Culture, News

4.06.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Garrison and James discuss the candidacy of James Fishback, his attempted rise through the New-Right, and how he’s using Nick Fuentes’ groyper fanbase to win the governor's race in Florida.

Sources:

https://x.com/j_fishback/status/2010445520595210449?s=20 

https://x.com/j_fishback/status/1999836956654555541?s=20

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/florida-governor-election-polls-2026.html

https://x.com/j_fishback/status/2020585607702126836?s=20

https://www.jta.org/2026/02/10/politics/floridas-anti-israel-gop-candidate-james-fishback-is-railing-against-goyslop-what-is-he-talking-about

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/florida-school-gop-james-fishback-sexual-misconduct-allegations-rcna249963 

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/768484-woman-says-james-fishback-dated-her-while-she-was-underage-then-harassed-her-after-breakup/ 

https://www.meteorwriting.com/post/james-fishback-says-florida-is-not-an-economic-zone-can-this-message-take-him-to-the-governor-s-sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vtjidiZRTg

https://x.com/emmawrightFL/status/2020643537075741085?s=20 

https://bsky.app/profile/rightwingwatch.bsky.social/post/3m7q23qzp2c2e 

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/781214-james-fishback-mingles-with-heil-hitler-influencers-during-miami-campaign-swing/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE5vSbx-UbQ&t=2039s

https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/2026281095826690217?s=20

https://x.com/ByronDonalds/status/2025276128815185977?s=20

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:05.9

Call Zone Media.

0:10.8

Welcome to It Could Happen here.

0:13.2

I'm Garrison Davis, joined by James Stout.

0:16.5

Hello.

0:17.3

Hi, Gare.

0:18.1

What are we learning about today?

0:20.7

We are going to be learning about a man named

0:23.8

James Fishback. Okay, good first name. Oh yeah. I wanted to get someone kind of unbiased, but I now

0:31.3

understand that you might be, might be just kind of, you know, drawn, drawn to him. Yeah, I've come here to defend the James name.

0:39.9

I don't think that defense will last very long.

0:43.0

Okay.

0:45.0

James Fishback is a former hedge fund analyst who's been worming his way

0:50.8

into the political world of the new right during the past two to three years.

0:56.2

Yeah, I'm giving up on that one already. Got no interest in defending this guy. If you're active on,

1:02.9

you know, any kind of political feeds, whether that's, you know, short, short form video,

1:08.4

Blue Sky, Twitter, you've probably seen a video or two of James Fishback.

1:13.4

But in this episode, we're going to dive a little bit more

1:15.6

into his background and his current political activities,

1:19.2

which includes some things you probably haven't heard before.

1:21.8

So James Fishback has tried to attach himself

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