DeSantis says Florida mitigated the Democratic wave and demands a results agenda from the Republican Party

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stated that his state was not immune to the Democratic wave in the midterm elections, but managed to reduce the damage, and demanded a concrete results agenda from the Republican Party. The statement was made to the Fox News program The Ingraham Angle, according to the channel.

DeSantis said that his data already indicated the scenario. In early fall, he said he advised candidates to deduct 10 points from the 13-point margin that Donald Trump had in the state two years ago. According to the governor, the fluctuation in Florida was between 10 and 12 points, below the approximately 20 points that he cited as a reference for comparison elsewhere.

What explains Florida's performance

For the governor, the result comes from the trust that the party has rebuilt with its voters over the years. He also cited a property tax initiative put on the ballot, which he said passed overwhelmingly and helped drive voters to the polls.

DeSantis said Republicans won every statewide race, including U.S. Senate, gubernatorial and Cabinet positions. In the state Senate, according to him, the party lost one seat, but maintained a strong majority.

Regarding the new district map, the governor said that the court decision cited in the interview considered one of the state's districts unconstitutional. According to him, the Republicans had 20 seats in the previous design and elected another 20, without gain. He stated that, with the old map, the party would have won only 18, that is, two fewer.

Texas, Senate and filibuster

DeSantis contrasted Florida with Texas, where he said Republicans were swept in races ranging from governorship to the state Supreme Court and the House. In the governor's opinion, this harms the party at a national level. He warned that if Republicans don't win in places like Texas, Kansas or Iowa, the party will no longer be viable in the country.

Presenter Laura Ingraham raised the risk of a queue of judicial nominations stuck in the Senate. DeSantis recommended that Republicans set up beds in the anteroom of the plenary and work without a break until January 3, because, according to him, after that date it will not be possible to confirm conservative judges for the remainder of Trump's term. He estimated that the party will have at least 54 senators, perhaps 56, and that it will not get six Democratic votes for a conservative nominee.

Regarding the filibuster, the governor said he saw no sign that the current Republican senators want to promote major conservative changes. He cited as examples immigration, the end of H-1B visas, the codification of Trump's executive orders in the area of ​​migration and the withdrawal of jurisdiction from federal courts over deportation cases. For him, the party didn't even try.

Message to the party and investors

DeSantis classified the election as a failure of the president and Congress by Democrats, independents and some Republicans. According to him, many voters from his own camp stayed at home out of frustration with the party's lack of productivity in the Chamber and Senate, and the responsibility lies on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Ingraham said the party needs a track record to present. She cited the mega tax law with tax cuts as a positive point, but recalled that the package also increased the deficit and spending, which, in the presenter's opinion, is not enough.

The transcription does not directly deal with stock exchange, interest or exchange rates. For those who follow the market, the point of attention is the ability of the government and Congress to deliver the tax reduction and spending control agenda in a Legislature less favorable to Republicans from 2027 onwards.

Automatically translated from Portuguese.