What was once a purple state can now be safely called red, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”

“Florida is off the board. It is a Republican state,” DeSantis said. “We used to be a 1-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 attributed the shift to having 900,000 more Republicans than Democrats in the state now to both newcomers moving from COVID-19 lockdown states and longtime residents.

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