DeSantis: ‘If the Republican Party Doesn’t Have Texas as an Anchor, We Won’t Be Viable Nationally Going Forward’

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DESANTIS: “In January, when everyone in office leaves, who were either term limited or got voted out, of the 10 largest states in this union, only one state will have Republican control of their state, the state of Florida. If you look at our chief rival, in a healthy sense, the state of Texas, and I would say over my lifetime, Texas has been the crown jewel of Republican politics. I think we've been the leader for Republicans and conservatives since I've been governor, but if you go over the whole generation, no one holds a candle on the Republican side to the Lone Star State. And yet, not only did they lose a very highly publicized U.S. Senate race, they lost everything – the governor, attorney general, all the other statewide. They lost four Republican Supreme Court justices on the Texas Supreme Court. They may even lose the Texas legislature or one house or even both. Let's just be clear, that is going to hurt, not just for the next two years, that's 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.”