Trump endorsed him to replace Gaetz. He quit Florida's CFO job. Who is Jimmy Patronis? [View all]

“RUN, JIMMY, RUN!”

Those were the recent words of encouragement from President-elect Donald Trump to Jimmy Patronis, who on Monday resigned his post as Florida’s chief financial officer to run to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz.

Patronis, 52, is a former Panama City restaurateur who has been a familiar face to Floridians for decades.

He was a state legislator, an appointee to several state commissions, and he has served as the state’s chief financial officer — a statewide elected post — since he was appointed in 2017 by then-Gov. Rick Scott.

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Who is Jimmy Patronis? He's a fucking ignorant asshole, that's who. As Florida's CFO he brayed that the reason insurance companies were scrambling to exit the Florida marketplace was because they were just too "woke".