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Florida’s Republican governor’s race is heating up after a candidate stunned listeners by calling for a massive 50 percent sin tax on OnlyFans income, branding the platform a threat to families, faith and culture.

James Fishback, a hedge fund manager running to be Florida’s next governor, dropped the proposal during a wide-ranging interview on the conservative podcast NXR Studios, instantly igniting backlash online and across influencer circles.

Fishback pitched the tax as a blunt-force tool aimed squarely at discouraging what he described as harmful behavior, arguing that OnlyFans operates as an “online degeneracy platform” and should be treated like other activities the state discourages through taxation.

The proposal would require all OnlyFans creators operating in Florida to hand over half of their earnings to the state, a move Fishback framed as both moral enforcement and a revenue generator for social programs.

“As Florida governor, I don’t want young women who could otherwise be mothers raising families, rearing children, I don’t want them to be selling their bodies to sick men online,” Fishback said on the podcast.

“And I don’t want young, impressionable men who have strayed from Christ, who have strayed from our Lord and Savior to be told, and to be drawn into lust, and have their entire brain rewired.”

Fishback argued the tax would force a choice, either pay heavily for participating in illicit online work or leave the platform altogether, a dynamic he suggested would reshape cultural incentives.

“If you are a man or woman selling your body on the internet, you can either have two options: The first of which, you can pay the state of Florida 50% so we can raise teacher pay, or you can quit doing that and do something morally rigorous,” Fishback added to FOX 35.

The candidate estimated in a recent social media post that the tax could bring in roughly $200 million, money he said would be redirected toward crisis pregnancy centers, mental health programs and education funding.

He later expanded on that idea, telling podcaster Joel Webbon that the funds would also support a new state role focused on men’s mental health, a position he described as long overdue.

“The money would also go toward crisis pregnancy centers and to fund the first-of-its-kind mental health czar for men in particular because men have been told for far too long that they are guilty of masculinity,” Fishback told Webbon.

“That they are guilty for all of society’s ills. I’m not going to stand for that slanderous lie.”

In a separate statement to Fox News on Friday, Fishback made it clear he views the proposal as central to his campaign.

“Young women once aspired to be devoted mothers, doctors, lawyers, and nurses,” Fishback told the outlet.

“Today, young women are told by an online platform called OnlyFans that it’s morally right to sell n–e photos of themselves to strangers on the internet. I will not tolerate this cultural degeneracy as Florida’s next Republican Governor.”

The comments quickly drew fire from prominent OnlyFans creators, including Sophie Rain, who Fishback called out directly.

“Hey [Sohpie Rain], Pay up *or* quit OnlyFans,” he tweeted. “As Florida Governor, I will not allow a generation of smart and capable young women to sell their bodies online.”

Rain shot back that Fishback must have had “buyers remorse” after spending his annual salary on an OnlyFans girl.

Rain pushed back on the proposal by questioning why individual creators would face punitive taxes while large corporations often avoid similar scrutiny.

“I would be more than happy to pay that — if multibillion-dollar corporations were also being properly taxed. But surprise! They’re not,” Rain said, according to CNN.

She went further in comments to People magazine, dismissing the idea outright and defending her autonomy.

“No one ever forced me to start an OnlyFans, it was MY decision, so I don’t need a 31-year-old man telling me I can’t sell my body online,” Rain explained.

“I am a Christian, God knows what I am doing, and I know he is happy with me, that’s the only validation I need.”

Another Florida-based influencer, Anya Lacey, also blasted the proposal, accusing Fishback of selectively moralizing about how people make money in the state.

“Miami was basically built off the coc—e trade, so it’s rich for anyone to claim some moral high ground now,” Lacey remarked.

“This state has never been a stranger to people making money in ways the general public might not approve of. Let’s not rewrite history.”

Lacey argued the tax ignores how widespread adult content consumption already is, pointing to survey data showing more than half of U.S. adults have viewed illicit content.

“Those are the numbers of those surveyed who admit it. That figure is likely much higher,” Lacey said.

“If you’re assuming the public will vote for this, you’re also assuming a quarter of them don’t consume this content. That’s just false,” the content producer added.

“And to act like no one in the Senate or House is watching this stuff is delusional.”

She also criticized the proposal for targeting creators based on platform branding rather than the content itself.

“I’ve posted fishing videos, baking content, videos with my pets,” Lacey went on. “But because it’s on OnlyFans, I’m supposed to be taxed for it like it’s a moral sin?”

Lacey warned the tax would hit independent creators hardest, particularly women who control their own production and distribution.

“If you’re taxing OnlyFans creators 50%, are you taxing the directors? The producers? The studio landlords? Or is this only about punishing independent women?” she asked.

She added that the math already works against creators before any new tax is imposed.

“OnlyFans already takes 20%, creators have expenses producing the content themselves, and now Fishback wants half of what’s left?” Lacey said.

“If you believe in capitalism and small government, this goes against everything conservatives claim to stand for.”

The controversy lands as online content creators continue to gain recognition and income on a scale that increasingly intersects with public policy debates.

Rain pointed out online that some OnlyFans influencers and digital creators are now seeking O-1B visas to work in the United States, a category reserved for individuals with extraordinary ability or achievement.

The visas are intended for people who demonstrate exceptional success in fields including arts, business or the motion picture and television industry, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The Financial Times previously reported that immigration attorneys have seen a rise in applications from social media influencers and online content creators in recent years.

Pennsylvania-based immigration attorney Raymond Lahoud told Fox News that the shift has been dramatic.

“O-1B visas have been dominated by influencers and content creators,” Lahoud commented.

“We see applicants who appear on various platforms with millions of followers and earning millions of dollars.”

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