Alex Vindman

My heart's been in public service my entire professional life.

Served this country in postings around the world in combat.

Was wounded by a roadside bomb and earned a Purple Heart and witnessed the costs of poor decisions and what that means with regards to loss of our true treasure, our troops.

Squandering of billions of dollars in resources sounds very similar to what's going on today.

I think it is a foolish distraction from taking care of the people of Florida.

It is poorly executed.

And what really troubles me is that my opponent, Ashley Moody, signed on to this war.

She gave this administration a pass, eight times voted in support of this administration getting a free pass, with no strategy and with deeply misprioritized decisions

with regards to what this administration should be working on for the American people, for the people of Florida.

She voted to block an authorization of the use of military force.

And this is a power that Congress has to rein in an administration that's using force extra constitutionally, not in accordance with the laws.

And she just gave him a free pass.

To me, that's deeply disturbing.

We just had Memorial Day, and I was in Tampa attending a commemoration ceremony.

We were commemorating the loss of soldiers in this war with regards to Iran, and I spoke about the soldiers and peers and friends that I lost during my combat tour.

And I think that we need judicious, wise, thoughtful, and almost as important, independent thinkers.

Not somebody that is there just to be a rubber stamp for power,

that they're told by the administration to vote a particular way, reliable vote, unquestionable vote.

That's what we have currently with regards to the state of Florida.

Yeah.