Joel Webbon vs Andrew Isker

Now, I put out this, uh, post, the beef between Joel Webbon and Andrew, uh, Isker highlights important points and issues while Webbon is preparing for America after Trump post-election.

It would be greatly beneficial for young Christian men to come together and reason before the election.

I'm not calling for a debate, but rather a moderated discu- discussion I'm happy to host as a friend to both sides of the issue.

In the interest of peacemaking, let's make this happen.

Joel Webbon, to his credit, has responded and says, "I love Andrew and sip- simply differ slightly in strategy." So that is good to hear.

But let's talk about the debate itself.

So Andrew Isker and, uh, Joel Webbon, both major pastor figures in Christian nationalism and on the right, and, uh, they have some disagreements over some of the races, mainly Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio and James Fishback in, in Florida.

Webbon's position is that Christians should vote for the most preferred GOP candidates.

Uh, he, he cited specifically both French and Ken Paxton in Texas where he lives, but can withhold votes in isolated cases where a candidate's policy edge is outweighed by the damaging precedent.

He singles out Vivek Ramaswamy, citing public comments that treat America's children's heritage a- and inheritance as meaningless and argues that if the GOP can count on Christian votes merely by being marginally better than the Democrats, better options never emerge.

So that's one of the major disagreements is on Vivek Ramaswamy.

He has also defended Fishback as a personal friend with sound policies and warns that mocking him alienates his supporters who would otherwise back other candidates in the broader camp.

So this is another thing where, uh, J- uh, Isker has come out hard against James Fishback, who ran for governor in Florida.

Fishback finished third place in Florida, uh, with around 10%, and I would say he did not outperform polls, and without a-- and that's without a deeper dive on the race.

But he definitely did not outperform expectations.

If anything, he underperformed expectations, which is pretty bad.

That, that is a disappointing finish.

Now, would I have voted for him? I'm not entirely sure.

I would not have voted for Byron Donalds because that guy's got issues.

But in any ca-- in the, was it the lieutenant governor candidate, uh, who's the current lieutenant governor, has beef with DeSantis.

If that guy was any good, DeSantis would be endorsing him, but he's not.

So anyway, Fishback, uh, did not outperform polling.

Webbon frames this is a long-term s- leverage strategy, drawing a parallel to how refusal to settle earlier helped produce Trump.