The Republican Governor DOES seem to have a point…
Gov. Ron DeSantis declared Florida “is a Republican state” on Sunday, emphasizing the prevailing dominance of conservative values within its borders.
In an interview on Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo, DeSantis said the state is close to having 900,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats.
“Florida is off the board. It is a Republican state. You’ve covered politics. We used to be a one-point state, every election hung on how would Florida go, that is not true anymore. And I think that’s a good thing for the party,” DeSantis told Bartiromo.
DeSantis attributed the shift in voter registration to individuals already living in the state switching parties and newcomers to the state.
“I do think that migration has skewed amongst people who come to Florida not because they want to change the policies to reflect in Illinois or California or New York, but because they appreciate how Florida has done it differently from where they’re coming,” he said….