{"id":41,"date":"2016-11-25T15:04:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T15:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:25:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-ll3xvjlf-0d0249bc08d4f7fc01da35e6e66f920f avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' 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itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC4332.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC4332-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC4332-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC4332-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC4332-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC4332-1170x780.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-1b33d-29471a42da3c25eb5c44cc0c65eebf36 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-41'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-15jh9-84fe03e297fd6503373c7ed68a010907\">\n.avia_transform .flex_column.av-15jh9-84fe03e297fd6503373c7ed68a010907{\nanimation-duration:0.5s;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-15jh9-84fe03e297fd6503373c7ed68a010907 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-animated-generic fade-in  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ll3xvrpl-07c015395278db7583dc703f34e2cdff\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-ll3xvrpl-07c015395278db7583dc703f34e2cdff{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-ll3xvrpl-07c015395278db7583dc703f34e2cdff .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-ll3xvrpl-07c015395278db7583dc703f34e2cdff .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-ll3xvrpl-07c015395278db7583dc703f34e2cdff av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >About the Town Halls<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ll3xvxe6-1b5a078f55e07f8dd076fc99f7a5133d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Former Congressmen and one-time U.S. Senate rivals David Jolly (R-Belleair Bluffs) and Patrick Murphy (D-Jupiter) launched their town hall tour in 2017 to pull back the curtain on Washington and shine a light on the inside reasons why D.C. is in a state of chaos and dysfunction.<\/p>\n<p>The bipartisan tour, titled \u201cWhy Gridlock Rules Washington and How We Can Solve the Crisis,\u201d started in Florida but quickly expanded to include stops at some of our nation\u2019s most prestigious schools, including Harvard and Georgetown.<br \/>\nDuring their town halls, Jolly and Murphy discuss opportunities for bipartisan leadership, how to build political consensus, and to demonstrate that even in times of disagreement on solutions to our country\u2019s most divisive issues, those disagreements need not divide us as a people.<\/p>\n<p>While serving in Congress, Jolly and Murphy found ways to work together on seemingly intractable issues of responsible debt reduction, climate change and the environment, public safety, federal firearm policies, and campaign finance reform. For nearly a year, the two also faced off as opponents in a U.S. Senate race with Jolly and Murphy both seeking their party\u2019s respective nomination.<\/p>\n<p>In Congress, Murphy, a Democrat, represented a Republican-leaning district in South Florida, while Jolly, a Republican, represented a Democratic-leaning district on Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ll3xxoa0-3845b83370c086d8f3ea582bcfe9e938\">\n.avia_transform .flex_column.av-ll3xxoa0-3845b83370c086d8f3ea582bcfe9e938{\nanimation-duration:0.5s;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ll3xxoa0-3845b83370c086d8f3ea582bcfe9e938 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div av-animated-generic fade-in avia-link-column av-column-link avia-link-column-hover  column-top-margin'    data-link-column-url=\"https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/meet-patrick-murphy\/\"   ><a class=\"av-screen-reader-only\" href=https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/meet-patrick-murphy\/ >Link to: Meet Patrick Murphy<\/a><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ll3xwgf7-88a606fc39d1e7053d894799f51d6dae\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-ll3xwgf7-88a606fc39d1e7053d894799f51d6dae{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-ll3xwgf7-88a606fc39d1e7053d894799f51d6dae .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-ll3xwgf7-88a606fc39d1e7053d894799f51d6dae .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-ll3xwgf7-88a606fc39d1e7053d894799f51d6dae av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-6  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Meet Patrick Murphy<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style 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itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Miami-Town-Hall-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Miami-Town-Hall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Miami-Town-Hall-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Miami-Town-Hall-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Miami-Town-Hall-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Miami-Town-Hall.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ll3xxwun-13a26d459cbfa90499245d1fd330d8ac\">\n.avia_transform .flex_column.av-ll3xxwun-13a26d459cbfa90499245d1fd330d8ac{\nanimation-duration:0.5s;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column 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