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🗓️ 27 September 2025
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Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins about helping evacuate Floridians from Israel; what blue states and cities can learn from Florida’s success at lowering crime in its cities; his military background as a Green Beret, losing a leg, and overcoming adversity; Florida’s conservative leadership under Governor Ron DeSantis during COVID-19; the state’s legislative achievements as a model for the nation; Florida’s stance on immigration, property tax reform, and law enforcement; challenges in the insurance market and the role of tort reform; and Collins’ openness to future political leadership and service; and much more.
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| 1:19.7 | All right, I'm joined today by the lieutenant governor of the free state of Florida, Jay Collins. |
| 1:24.8 | I love saying the free state of Florida. Doesn't that just sound perfect? |
| 1:27.6 | You know, Dave, it does. It hits you right here. It just feels right, especially anytime we're talking to other patriots across the country. |
| 1:32.4 | So thank you for having me. |
| 1:34.0 | Yeah, it's my pleasure. |
| 1:35.1 | I want to start with just a quick personal story because although we had crossed paths in my few years in Florida once or twice, |
| 1:43.1 | you actually did something unbelievably |
| 1:45.4 | powerful and profound and important for my family not too long ago. When the Iran-Israel war |
| 1:52.6 | was going off, I didn't mention this on air, but my sister and her family and three kids |
| 1:58.0 | happened to be in Israel, and you were leading the team that was |
| 2:02.1 | getting Floridians out of Israel. Their only international airport was closed. It was an unbelievably |
| 2:08.7 | difficult logistical feat, and you did an incredible job. I speak for my sister and my entire family. |
| 2:15.0 | I mean, we're all indebted to you. So I just want to put that right there. And maybe you want to discuss some of the logistics around that. But maybe before we get into that, for people that don't know you outside of Florida, I feel like people are getting to know you here, you've been incredible backstory, born in Montana, served in the military and paid the price for that. I thought maybe we could do like a maybe a two-minute biography and then we can dive into all of the stuff. Yeah, no, Dave, that sounds good. I appreciate it. So, yeah, you hit the high points there in the front. I was born in Montana. I was born to a 16-year-old kid who had struggles with alcohol and drugs and I was adopted by my grandparents. So when people say somebody can't make a difference, one person can't do it, well my grandma and grandpa made a heck of a difference for me. They gave me a life. They gave me a future. Lord knows where I would have ended up otherwise. Jump forward to, you know, graduating high school, went to college for a couple years, decided to join the military, said I'd do it for a few years, |
| 3:13.8 | fell in love with it, was in jump school for September 11th, and the whole world changed. |
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