Overview
- Fishback declared his 2026 GOP bid in a video released before a Tallahassee event, pledging to stop the H‑1B “scam,” cancel AI data centers, curb large investors buying homes, and abolish property taxes.
- He attacked Rep. Byron Donalds by name and cast himself as Ron DeSantis’s ideological successor focused on preserving DeSantis-era policies on DEI, immigration and law enforcement.
- Court filings show Greenlight Capital is suing him for allegedly inflating his role and misusing confidential material, and a separate order requires him to repay more than $337,000 in loans.
- Records indicate a former Incubate Debate employee sought a protection injunction accusing him of stalking in January, but he prevailed and the petition was denied.
- Florida Politics reports a discrepancy with his claim of a $1 million donation to a new super PAC and highlights past social posts it describes as highly controversial, while Donalds remains the GOP front‑runner with a Trump endorsement.