SAINT AUGUSTINE, Florida — Establishment Republicans here in Northeast Florida are scrambling after grassroots conservatives successfully took control of the Saint Johns County Republican Party and endorsed a slate of candidates against more establishment types inside the GOP.
Democrats will now be “forced to carry whatever puppet they elect behind closed doors,” Evan Power, chair of the Republican Party of Florida, said following news of President Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race.
Florida is a “solid red” state, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) says amid continued chatter of a Trump vs. Biden matchup in key swing states. But Florida, noticeably, has been absent from this conversation, and for good reason, according to the Florida GOP.
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are both slated to appear at the Florida Freedom Summit in November in what Republican Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler described as a “Sunshine Showdown!”
The Republican wave is growing “stronger” in Florida, the Republican Party of Florida said this week, showcasing several statistics indicating such.
The runoff mayoral race between Democrat Donna Deegan and Republican Daniel Davis in Jacksonville, Florida, is tightening amid reminders that the Democrat candidate supported the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, which was largely associated with sheer lawlessness and civil unrest.
Florida Democrats are requiring attendees of an upcoming event to “comply with COVID-19 protocols” well over three years from the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Republicans in Florida not only outnumber registered Democrats, but they have outpaced them in net gains by a difference of over 492,000 voters.
The Republican Party of Florida is highlighting the similarities between President Joe Biden and Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL), the Democrat nominee challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in this year’s gubernatorial race.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s leadership throughout the pandemic has brought “pro-freedom conservatives” to the Sunshine State in droves as they flee “tyrannical blue states” in search of freedom, Florida Republican Party vice chairman Christian Ziegler said during an interview on Breitbart News Saturday.
Registered Republican voters in Florida now outnumber registered Democrat voters in the state for the first time in several decades.
Florida Republicans believe the Sunshine State will fall into President Trump’s column and help him secure a second term, but much of that confidence stems from significant efforts to boost voter registration for Republicans, as well as Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) unwavering support of the president and his fundamental understanding of governance. Helen Aguirre Ferre, Executive Director of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), credited the governor for having the foresight to “prepare and pave the way” for what they hope is another Trump victory in Florida.
