The "More For It" ad, checked claim by claim.
Your tips. Your overtime. Your Social Security. The ad says David Jolly wants to tax all three. So instead of trading accusations, we're going to slow the ad down, take it one claim at a time, and put each claim next to the public record. You decide.
Friends of Byron Donalds paid to put this in front of you. Press play. Every claim gets checked while it talks.
That was the ad. This is the record, with every source.
The record, claim by claim
The ad's words, the verdict, and what the record shows under each. The numbers point to the sources at the end of the page.
Wait tables to make ends meet, and David Jolly wants to tax you more for it.
On screen: DAVID JOLLY MORE TAX ON TIPS
Does David Jolly want to tax tips?Jolly says he would support tax relief for tips, and he was out of Congress when the 2025 tax law passed. No record shows him calling to tax tips.
PolitiFact found no comments from Jolly on taxing tipped wages before the ad, and rated the ad's claim that "David Jolly wants more taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security" False [1]. Answering the ad on August 24, 2026, Jolly wrote, "I think its fair to tax wages however they're earned, but would support relief for tips above the standard wage rate" [2]. Taxes on tips are federal, and Jolly was not in Congress when the 2025 tax law passed [1].
You work overtime, and David Jolly wants to tax you more for it.
On screen: DAVID JOLLY MORE TAXES ON OVERTIME
Does David Jolly want to tax overtime pay?PolitiFact found no record of Jolly calling to tax overtime, and a governor cannot tax it anyway.
PolitiFact rated the ad's claim False and found no comments from Jolly on taxing overtime before the ad ran [1]. Florida has no state income tax: taxes on overtime are federal, and a governor cannot raise or impose them [1]. Jolly was not in Congress when the 2025 tax law passed [1].
You finally retire on Social Security, and David Jolly wants to tax you more for it.
On screen: DAVID JOLLY MORE TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY
Does David Jolly want to tax Social Security benefits?Jolly says he does not support taxing Social Security, and he was out of Congress when the 2025 tax law passed.
PolitiFact found no instance of Jolly calling for taxing Social Security benefits and rated the ad's claim False [1]. Answering the ad on August 24, 2026, Jolly wrote, "I don't support taxing social security," and said he was "long out of Congress" when the 2025 tax package passed [2]. No bill eliminating those taxes received a vote during his time in the House from 2014 to 2017 [1]. Florida has no state income tax: taxes on Social Security are federal, and a governor cannot raise or impose them [1].
David Jolly wants more taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security.
On screen: DAVID JOLLY MORE TAXES ON TIPS
Does David Jolly support higher taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security?PolitiFact rated this exact line False. The ad's sponsor voted against higher Social Security benefits for teachers, police officers and firefighters.
PolitiFact rated this exact line False: it found no instance of Jolly calling for taxing Social Security, and no comments from him on taxing overtime or tipped wages before the ad [1]. Jolly answered the ad the day it ran: "I don't support taxing social security" [2]. The ad's sponsor, Byron Donalds, voted no on the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 on November 12, 2024, a bill that passed 327 to 75 and restored benefits for some public-sector retirees such as teachers, police officers and firefighters [3].
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Sources
- PolitiFact, https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/sep/11/byron-donalds/fl-governor-tax-tips-social-security-income-tax/ · 2026-09-11
- David Jolly on X, https://x.com/davidjollyfl/status/2091885385362395527 · 2026-08-24
- Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll456.xml · 2024-11-12
Last reviewed October 18, 2026.