DeSantis on GOP pummeling: ‘Close to an extinction-level event for Republicans’

Outgoing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called the wave of GOP losses in Tuesday’s midterm election “close to an extinction-level event for Republicans.”

“This is close to an extinction-level event for Republicans in many parts of the country, as we have seen probably in the last 100 years,” he said during a Wednesday press conference.

“In January, when everyone in office leaves who are either term-limited or got voted out, of the 10 largest states in this union, only one state will have Republican control … the state of Florida.”

Republicans narrowly hung on to Florida on Election Day, retaining seats in the Senate and the governor’s mansion by close margins, though Democrats still won some redistricted House seats meant to favor GOP candidates.

“Let’s just be clear that that is going to hurt. Not........

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