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Clay welcomes former Rep. David Jolly of Florida to discuss the unraveling of our political culture, the changes our Congress needs and whether The SAM Party can move us forward.\xa0 Has the need for cold hard cash irreparably corrupted the two dominant parties in our country?\xa0 Can centrism be the solution, or must we first make the changes that take power away from those that divide us?\n
\n\nGuest:\nRep. David Jolly\nFormer Congressman David Jolly served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2014 \u2013 2017.\xa0 A student of the institution, Jolly has held virtually every position in Congress, from intern to Member, and has worked outside the Congress as an attorney and political consultant, as well as in specialty finance.\n
\n\nKnown for his fierce independent streak and bipartisan approach, Jolly was first elected in a special election in Florida, a Republican winning a Democratic leaning district.\xa0 It was his first run for elective office and became one of the most expensive Congressional races in U.S. history at the time.\xa0 It made Jolly a fierce campaign finance reform advocate and his resulting legislative effort to prohibit Members of Congress from directly soliciting campaign contributions was ultimately featured on CBS\u2019 60 Minutes.\n
\n\nToday, Jolly can often be seen as a policy and politics analyst on MSNBC and CNN, including regular appearances on The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, Hardball with Chris Matthews, CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, The Last Word with Lawrence O\u2019Donnell, Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace, All In with Chris Hayes, and many others. \xa0 Jolly has also appeared on HBO\u2019s Real Time with Bill Maher, and regularly on PoliticKing with Larry King.\xa0\nJolly\u2019s work has been published in Time, Roll Call, the Washington Post, CNN.com, NewsMax, the Washington Times, and the Tampa Bay Times.\xa0 Jolly also served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Florida and is currently authoring his first book.\n
\n\nA Washington Post columnist wrote, \u201cJolly speaks the truth.\u201d\xa0 The Tampa Bay Times, \u201cIt\u2019s refreshing to hear someone take on the system.\u201d\xa0 And upon leaving Congress, one columnist penned, \u201cFarewell to the one Congressman willing to compromise.\u201d\n
\n\nJolly received his Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in 1994, and his Juris Doctor Cum Laude from George Mason University in 2001.\xa0 The son of a minister, Jolly is a fifth-generation Floridian and resides today with his wife Laura in Belleair Bluffs, Florida.\n\n
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