DeSantis compares Republicans’ election defeat to a meteorite strike

Outgoing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis called the midterm election results “almost an extinction-level event” for Republicans in many parts of the country and said the party could not remain viable nationally without Texas.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, whose term ends in January, said in Tallahassee that the results of the November 3 midterm elections could not be described simply as a wave. “This is the political equivalent of a meteorite strike that hit the entire United States,” he said, NBC 6 South Florida reported.

DeSantis said Republicans in many parts of the country had experienced “almost an extinction-level event,” something that probably had not occurred in the past 100 years. He noted that Republicans had struggled to hold on even to a number of seats considered safe for the party.

DeSantis speaks at an event (archive)

The governor called Florida an exception, saying Republicans had won the gubernatorial election, a Senate seat and other races there. “We have built a record of accomplishments,” he said, adding that the state had “held the line and prevented the worst.”

DeSantis expressed particular concern about Texas, which he called “the jewel in the crown of Republican politics.” “If the Republican Party does not have Texas as a pillar, it will not be viable at the national level,” he said. In these elections, Democrats won a U.S. Senate seat and the governorship in Texas.

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