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Mario Diaz-Balart

Rep · R–FL-26
4/7
📚 Summer School
📚 Summer school. Mario Diaz-Balart holds 4 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Open Books & Free & Fair Elections). Assignment: summer school for Civics, watch every Schoolhouse Rock episode five times, and submit a one-page report — due before the end of the year. Report to summer school →

Rhetorical, not literal — an opinion on conduct measured against our civics standard. Ratings terms · Challenge this review

1Open Bookscritical
2%☆ not yet
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
42.1% of receipts from PACs — over the 15% cap; fails the money floor. (FEC 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
35%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Voted to overturn the 2020 election (Jan 6, 2021 certification objection). Fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
66%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Generally measured tone toward opponents; works across the aisle on immigration and appropriations without notable dehumanizing rhetoric.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
62%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Emphasizes constituent services, foreign policy, and appropriations work rather than fear-based grievance messaging in most public communications.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
62%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Signed a brief seeking to overturn 2020 results in four states, though his broader fact-check record is unremarkable.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
50%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Occasionally departs from hardline positions, especially on immigration, showing modest but real independence from party orthodoxy.
60
7Morality
75%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No documented corruption, criminal action, or credible personal-ethics scandal on record; default character score applied.
60

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Scores are Independent 2026’s own editorial read against the Seven Articles — ≥60% earns the star. The first two Articles are critical: fail Open Books or Free & Fair Elections and there is no seal, whatever else holds. Each Article carries its founding quote as the yardstick. On bias →

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