STUART, Florida – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday gave a sobering analysis of the midterm election results across America, saying it was “close to an extinction-level event for Republicans.”
“We just have to be very clear-eyed. This is probably the worst-case scenario for a midterm election,” the governor said at a news conference in Tallahassee.
“This is close to an extinction-level event for Republicans in many parts of the country as we have seen probably in the last hundred years.”
Desantis, a popular Republican in the Sunshine State, warned the impact of Tuesday night’s results are going to last “far beyond just two years.”
“You look ahead to the ’28 election, a presidential election, you are not as Republicans going to be able to retake the Senate under this current map just two years from now. And with all the House seats that have been done, probably not viable to take that back as well,” he explained.
“So this is really gonna have an impact two years, four years, six years, maybe even longer before Republicans can exercise unified control in Washington again like we’ve enjoyed over the last two years.”
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DeSantis: Let’s just be clear about what happened last night. This is close to an EXTINCTION-LEVEL event for Republicans in many parts of the country, as we have seen probably in the last hundred years. In January, when everyone in office leaves who are either term-limited or got voted out, of the ten largest states in this union, only one state will have Republican control of their state: the State of Florida.
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With 56 Democrat U.S. senators in the upper chamber of Congress, DeSantis noted: “That means no Supreme Court justice will be confirmed under President Trump’s administration unless something happens in the next six weeks. No major Cabinet officials that have strong conservative credentials are gonna be able to be confirmed.”
There was some good news for the GOP in Florida Tuesday, with Republicans Byron Donalds winning the governor’s race and Ashley Moody retaining her seat in the U.S. Senate, as WorldNetDaily reported.
How did that happen when the rest of the country made a left turn politically?
“We built up a record of achievement,” DeSantis said. “We’ve earned trust from a number of our voters that even in the worst situation that you can imagine politically, we were able to hold the line and prevent the worst from happening here. But just be clear. We’re in a deep hole nationally.”
“We saw the electorate shifting 20 points in some parts of the country. We saw races go down that we never thought would be possible. But here’s the thing. Democrats are unpopular. They were able to win based off the sentiment that exists in the country right now. They did not earn a mandate to indulge all their left-wing fantasies.”
“This was not a positive view of the Democrats. This was a rejection of the Republicans in Washington, and Democrats just happened to be the beneficiary.”
DeSantis examined the strong Democrat wins in another traditionally red state, Texas, which he said “has been the crown jewel of Republican politics.”
“Not only did they lose a very highly publicized U.S. Senate race, they lost everything. The governor, attorney general , all the other statewide [races]. They lost four Republican Supreme Court justices on the Texas Supreme Court. They may even lose the Texas Legislature,” DeSantis said.
“That is going to hurt, not just for the next two years. That is something that can reverberate for the next decade or more. And if the Republican Party doesn’t have Texas as an anchor, then we are not going to be viable nationally going forward.”
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