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FLVCS August 2025 Meeting
August 11, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Robin Peguero, 2026 Candidate for Congressional District Florida 27, will be the featured speaker at the FLVCS August 2025 meeting. Robin will be speaking on Defending Democracy.
Synopsis of Defending Democracy:
One man ended the unblemished history of the peaceful transfer of power in this country. That man, former president Donald J. Trump, did more than just incite an armed crowd: “I don’t [fucking] care that they have weapons,” he reportedly said, “They’re not here to hurt me.” He did more than sic them on his own vice president, Mike Pence, and the hundreds of legislators staged like sitting ducks at the Capitol. Long before that day, the former president had led, coordinated, and set into motion a seven-part plan to illegally stay in power and cut short American democracy as we know it. Those of us serving on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol laid out that evidence over the course of eight blockbuster summer hearings and in our final report. That is our past.
But this is about our future. The extremist groups that stormed the Capitol are still with us, turning from national to local politics. Regrouping, recharging, “stand[ing] back and stand[ing] by” should former president Trump reclaim the most powerful post in the world and call on them to finish what he started. That is why we must look back. The greatest polarization in the country today is not necessarily political but along the low-trust, high-trust axis. Faith in our institutions is at an all-time low, beaten down by a former president who tested the guardrails and sowed skepticism in America’s foundational principles. Our democracy held, but just barely. The insurrection was quelled, but the threat is ongoing. What we learn and what we next do about it is all that matters.
The FLVCS August 2025 meeting will be on Zoom only.
To attend the meeting on Monday, August 11 at 7:00 PM, you must register in advance. To register click on the button below.
Robin Peguero Bio:
Robin is the son of immigrants – a Dominican father and Ecuadorian mother who, upon arriving, enlisted in the U.S. Army to serve their newfound country. That’s where the two of them met, fell in love, and started a family. Robin was raised in Hialeah, FL, where he graduated as valedictorian of his high school class and went off to college at Harvard. He then worked in Congress as a press spokesman for Congressman Charlie Rangel and as speechwriter for Senator Amy Klobuchar. He then went to Harvard Law School, where he was an editor on the Harvard Law Review. Upon graduating, he returned home to become a homicide prosecutor in Miami and left after seven years to become investigative counsel on the Committee Investigating the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. He served afterward as chief of staff to Congressman Glenn Ivey. He is a published author of two fiction novels, an assistant law professor focusing on criminal law and procedure, and a candidate for Congress from Florida’s 27th District.
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