Wannabe governor vows to force ‘every single homeless person’ off the streets of Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. – After promising to install a hefty OnlyFans tax and mandate school uniforms, a candidate for Florida governor has come out with another proposition: getting every single homeless person off the streets.

The candidate — Republican contender James Fishback — said in a video circulating online that he would “send the National Guard to remove every single homeless person off of our streets.”

“The compassionate thing to do is to not let our homeless brothers and sisters overdose on the streets,” he can be heard saying. “It’s not to let them live in filth and squalor, let them sleep under a park bench next to their own urine.”

Instead, Fishback argued, the state should focus on getting homeless people in Florida the “help that they need,” which would in turn give residents “the safety we deserve.”

Fishback also promised that if he’s elected, he would deploy the National Guard on the very first day he takes office.

It’s not the only big proposal he’s made in recent weeks, though.

Fishback declared his bid to run for governor late last year, running on a platform of stopping H-1B visas for foreign workers, canceling A.I. data centers and abolishing property taxes, much in the same vein as current Gov. Ron DeSantis.

[BELOW: Fellow Florida governor candidate Byron Donalds talks affordability, property taxes]

But earlier this month, he said he would impose a 50% “Sin Tax” on OnlyFans creators, with funds going toward public education and crisis pregnancy centers.

He also promised a $50,000 “Mamdani Tax” on out-of-state homebuyers to dissuade more people from moving to the state.

On the Republican side, Fishback is running against candidates like frontrunner U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds and Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, the latter of whom announced his candidacy earlier this month.

However, recent poll data reveals that Fishback is struggling heavily with an issue that’s also plaguing much of his competition: identifiability.

On the Republican side, over 50% of respondents said they had a favorable impression of fellow candidate Byron Donalds, who was given the support of President Donald Trump early last year.

But out of all the candidates in the race so far, the data shows that only 3% of respondents said they would vote for Fishback if the election happened right now.

[BELOW: Ex-GOP Congressman David Jolly launches Democratic run for Florida governor]

The primary election is slated for Aug. 18.

Meanwhile, the general election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3.