Florida Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo announced on Thursday that he is leaving the Democratic Party, saying the state party “is dead.”

“There will be a caucus meeting later this afternoon where I hope that the members of the Democratic caucus will elect a new leader,” Pizzo said, speaking from the floor of the state Senate in Tallahassee.

“For today, I FedExed my voter registration form to change my party affiliation to no party affiliation,” he continued.

The senior Senate Democrat went on to lambast the state Democratic Party.

“The........

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