HERE WITH EMILY COMPAGNO, JASON
CHAFFETZ.
THE RED WAVE SOME REPUBLICANS
WERE PREDICTING DID NOT
MATERIALIZE.
FOUR KEY RACES IN THE SENATE ARE
STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
GEORGIA, ARIZONA, NEVADA AND
WISCONSIN.
REPUBLICANS ARE STILL ON THE
VERGE OF WINNING THE MAJORITY IN
THE HOUSE BUT BY A SMALLER
MARGIN THAN EXPECTED.
THE BIG WIN THOUGH FOR
REPUBLICANS LAST NIGHT CAME OUT
OF THE SUNSHINE STATE.
I’M TALKING ABOUT FLORIDA.
GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS BLEW OUT
HIS CHALLENGER, CHARLIE CRIST BY
A NEARLY 20% MARGIN.
THAT IS ENORMOUS.
DESANTIS WON THE DEMOCRAT STRONG
HOLD OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
HIS WIN HAS HELPED TURN FLORIDA
FROM A PURPLE SWING STATE TO A
SOLID RED STATE.
A SHIFT THAT WILL HAVE NATIONAL
IMPLICATIONS.
DESANTIS, HE’S SEEN AS THE GOP
FRONT RUNNER FOR 2024.
CHECK OUT THIS "NEW YORK POST"
HEADLINE.
FRONT PAGE CALLING HIM DeFUTURE.
LAST NIGHT DESANTIS SAID HIS
POLICIES ARE WHY.
>> WE SAW FREEDOM IN OUR VERY
WAY OF LIFE AND SO MANY OTHER
JURISDICTIONS WITHER ON THE
VINE.
FLORIDA HELD THE LINE.
WE CHOSE FACTS OVER FEAR. WE CHOSE EDUCATION OVER
WE CHOSE EDUCATION OVER
INDOCTRINATION.
FLORIDA WAS A REFUGE OF SANITY
WHEN THE WORLD WENT MAD.
WE STOOD AS A CITADEL.
THANKS TO THE OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE OF
FLORIDA, WE NOT ONLY WON
ELECTION, WE HAVE REWRITTEN THE
POLITICAL MAP.
THANK YOU FOR HONORING US WITH A
WIN FOR THE AGES.
WE WILL NEVER EVER SURRENDER TO
THE WOKE MOB.
FLORIDA IS WHERE WOKE GOES TO
DIE.
PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE BECAUSE
OUR POLICIES WORK.
LEADERSHIP MATTERS.
WE REFUSE TO USE POLLS AND PUT
OUR FINGER IN THE WIND.
LEADERS DON’T FOLLOW.
THEY LEAD.
>> THIS WAS THE SINGLE BEST CASE
I HEARD FOR THE GOP IN SOME
TIME.
BIDEN SAID DEMOCRACY IS BUYING.
DESANTIS TOOK THAT JOB AND
SAYING PEOPLE HAVE DELIVERED
THEIR VERDICT.
FREEDOM IS HERE TO STAY.
IT WAS POSITIVE, SUNNY AND
FORWARD LOOKING.
NEEDS TO BE THE FUTURE NECESSARY
SINGLE FOR THE PARTY.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
IT WAS AN ASTOUNDING VICTORY.
19-POINT LANDSLIDE VICTORY.
IN FOUR YEARS, TAKE A STEP BACK
AND LOOK BACK.
HE’S 44 YEARS OLD.
IN 40 YEARS, HE WENT FROM
SQUEAKING OUT A GOVERNOR’S
VICTORY TO A DOMINATING
PERFORMANCE.
HE’S BROKE FUND-RAISING RECORDS,
HE’S WON THE HISPANIC VOTE IN
TRADITIONALLY DEMOCRATIC STRONG
HOLDS AND HE’S POSITIONED
HIMSELF FOR A POTENTIAL BATTLE
WITH THE FORMER.
FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
NOMINATION.
THIS VICTORY HAS SOLIDIFIED THAT
FLORIDA IS NO LONGER A SWING
STATE.
SOLID RED.
IT WILL HAVE NATIONAL
IMPLICATIONS.
FLORIDA REPUBLICANS DOMINATED AT
EVERY LEVEL OF THE BALLOT.
THESE WERE HISTORIC GAINS.
THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSCORED AS
WELL WITH THE HISPANIC VOTE AND
THE INROADS IN THE PREVIOUSLY
DEMOCRATIC COUNTIES.
HIS POLL POINT, HE SAID
LEADERSHIP MATTERS.
POLICIES MATTER.
AS THE FEDERALIST WRITES, IT WAS
A CULTURE WAR THAT HE MADE HIS
BIG TENT.
CLAY TRAVIS WROTE, IT’S NOW THE
BASE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
TALKING ABOUT FLORIDA.
AN UNPRESHECEDENTED LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE.
IF YOU ARE THE GOP WROTE A
JOURNALIST, YOU ELEVATE
DESANTIS.
AS HE SAYS, THAT LEADERSHIP IS
WHAT WORKED.
>> HARRIS, THE NUMBERS TELL THE
STORY.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY DOUBLE DIGIT
VICTORY THERE.
LOOK, GOING BACK TO 2002 THE
LAST TIME A REPUBLICAN WON IT’S,
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS FOR
REPUBLICANS THEY DIP IN THE 30s.
DESANTIS BRINGING UP THE NUMBERS
TO 55.3%.
HE WON PALM BEACH COUNTY.
HE WON ACCORDING TO FOX NEWS
VOTER ANALYSIS.
LATINOS PLUS 13.
WOMEN PLUS 15.
SUBURBAN VOTERS, PLUS 17.
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SURF SIDE
TOWER FELL ON THAT BEACH, TO SEE
HIM DAY IN AND DAY OUT LEADING
THE NEWS CONFERENCES WITH
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ON
THAT DAY AS EVERY DAY, YOU SAW
SOMEONE THAT REALLY KNOWS HOW TO
TAKE ACTION IN A CRISIS.
WE’VE SO MANY CRISES RIGHT NOW
IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IT’S POLICY
OVER ANY SORT OF PERSONALITY.
IT IS.
THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA SEEM TO
HAVE STARTED THAT DRUM BEAT NOW.
THAT YEAH, THEY MAY LIKE HIM,
THEY MAY LOVE HIM.
THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY THINK
ABOUT HIM.
YOU DO.
MAYBE THEY DO.
>> THEY LIKE HIM ENOUGH TO VOTE
HIM IN.
THAT TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO
KNOW.
>> THAT’S SOMETHING THAT WE SAW
ALL THE TIME.
DON’T LISTEN TO WHAT SOMEBODY
SAYS.
WATCH WHAT THEY DO.
HIS WORDS MATCHES ACTIONS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE’S MADE SOME MISTAKES ALONG
THE WAY WHEN HE WENT AFTER
DISNEY.
THAT DIDN’T PAN OUT THE WAY HE
HOPED FOR.
THE REASON HE TRIED IS BECAUSE
HE UNDERSTOOD THAT PEOPLE WERE
TIRED OF THE WOKE CONVERSATION.
HE NEVER FALTERED IN THE SENSE
THAT HIS MESSAGING WAS
CONSISTENT.
DEMOCRATS COULD TAKE A PAGE FROM
HIM, REPUBLICANS COULD TAKE A
PAGE FROM HIM ON HOW TO COUNT
VOTES IN AN ELECTION.
ARIZONA SHOULD PAY ATTENTION.
KELLYANNE CONWAY AND I JUST
TALKED ABOUT THIS.
WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT A FORMER
PRESIDENT CHOSE TO GO THERE AT
THE END OF THE PANDEMIC?
TRUMP WENT TO FLORIDA.
HE’S ALWAYS HAD A PLACE THERE.
HE HAS A LOT OF HOUSES.
>> YEAH, FLORIDA BORN AND
RAISED, FLORIDA VOTER.
I GO BACK OFTEN.
I WAS THERE LAST WEEKEND.
THE ENTHUSIASM LAST WEEKEND,
WHEN YOU SAY DESANTIS, YOU CAN’T
GET THROUGH THE REST OF YOUR
SPEECH.
THERE’S A LOT OF CHEERS.
I WOULD COUNTER THAT REACTION
THAT YOU GET TO THE REACTION OF
THE MEDIA.
TAMMY, WATCH THE MELTDOWN.
JUST SMILE.
>> I’M TOTALLY JUST GOT
MIAMI-DADE.
THIS IS A BIG ONE IN FLORIDA.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK.
WE GOT THE -- YEAH.
SO LET’S PUT THIS IN SOME
PERSPECTIVE.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS 275,000
PEOPLE.
IN 2016, THIS WAS A DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY BY 30 POINTS.
LOOK AT THIS.
IN THE MAIL-IN AND EARLY VOTE,
WHICH AGAIN TENDS TO BE MORE
DEMOCRATIC FRIENDLY, MARCO
RUBIO, THE REPUBLICAN, IS
OUTRIGHT LEADING IN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY.
>> MIAMI-DADE HAS BEEN TRENDING
REPUBLICAN FOR A LONG TIME.
IT’S BEEN SLOWLY SLIPPING TOWARD
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
IT’S HARD TO TURN PEOPLE OUT
HAVING DONE AN ELECTION OUT
THERE WITHOUT OBAMA ON THE
BALLOT.
IT’S JUST THAT THE TURNOUT IS
ANEMIC.
WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, THE
CONSERVATIVE CUBAN AMERICAN
POPULATION IN MIAMI-DADE, THEY
KNOW WHAT THEY WANT.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE
RECONSTRUCTION THAT FLORIDA
WON’T HAVE ANY DEMOCRATS IN
STATEWIDE OFFICE.
PERIOD.
DESANTIS --
>> THE MESSAGE --
>> MIAMI-DADE --
>> THEY KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THIS.
FLORIDA IS SO LARGE IT REALLY IS
LIKE ITS OWN LITTLE MINIATURE
EXAMPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT YOU CAN GET SUBSETS AND ALL
KINDS OF AGES AND ETHNIC GROUPS
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT’S LARGE.
YOU CAN’T JUST WALK IT.
RIGHT?
SO I THINK THE MEDIA HAS
UNDERSTOOD WHAT THIS MEANS
REGARDLESS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING
AROUND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
THEY DISMISS DESANTIS.
THEY FOCUSED OBSESSED WITH
DONALD TRUMP.
THE THING THE TWO MEN HAVE IN
COMMON IS THAT THEY’RE FEARLESS.
EVEN REGARDLESS, I THINK THE
DISNEY THING DID HAVE A GOOD
IMPACT.
IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT I’M NOT
GOING TO BE AFRAID.
THIS WAS WRONG.
RIGHT?
IT SETS HIS BRAND BUT IT’S MORE
THAN A BRAND.
IT SAYS AN ATTITUDE THAT HE’S
WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES
TO -- HE SPEAKS THE ANTI-WOKE
LANGUAGE.
HE ALSO AS WE SAW WITH THE
HURRICANE AND WITH THE CONDO
COLLAPSE TRAGEDY, HE CAN GOVERN.
THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE.
HOW YOU CAN GOVERN.
NOW HE’S HAD NO REAL INTERNAL
ANTI-DESANTIS THWARTING OR
RESISTANCE IN FLORIDA.
SO MAYBE IT’S EASY TO GOVERN
WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT IN
THE WORLD.
WE WILL HAVE TO SEE ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THE MEDIA HAS RECOGNIZED
THAT THIS IS THE REFLECTION OF
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
COUNTRY.
WE SEE OTHER GREAT WINS FOR
REPUBLICANS.
LOOK, THE DEMOCRAT WIN IS, THEY
DIDN’T LOOSE AS BADLY AS THEY
EXPECTED.
NOW THE WORST PART OF THIS AND
THE MEDIA WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THIS AS WELL IS THAT THERE’S NO
REFLECTION AMONGST THE
DEMOCRATS.
THEY WILL CONSIDER THIS A WIN.
AND SO NOTHING WILL CHANGE.
HOCHUL WON’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT
CRIME.
BIDEN WILL CONTINUE TO SET FIRE
TO THE FINANCES AND TO ENERGY.
IT WILL BE A BLACK SWAN
INTERNATIONALLY THAT WILL TEST
THIS COUNTRY.
I HOPE TO GOD WE CAN FACE IT.
>> JASON, JOY REED SAID IT WAS
THE CUBANS VOTING FOR DESANTIS.
IT WAS THE PUERTO RICANS AS
WELL.
WE WERE ALL HATERS THAT WEREN’T
SUPPOSED TO TURN OUT IN FLORIDA.
BATTLEFIELD OF LOVE.
LET’S ROLL THE TAPE.
>> HE’S ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF
HATE.
I’M ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF LOVE.
I’M GOING TO BEAT HIM BASE I’M
RUNNING ON LOVE AND LOVE ALWAYS
WINS.
>> THE BATTLEFIELD OF LOVE.
HOW DID THAT TURN OUT?
>> I WAS WATCHING -- I WAS HERE
AT FOX WATCHING THE BANK OF
TELEVISIONS.
WHEN THEY WENT TO RON DESANTIS
TO GIVE HIS VICTORY SPEECH, ONLY
FOX WAS SHOWING IT.
NONE OF THE OTHER NETWORKS.
THEY KNOW THAT HE IS PROBABLY,
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
FRONTRUNNERS TO BECOME THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
IF YOU WATCHED AND HE TALKED
ABOUT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
THEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY HE
TALKED ABOUT THE LOVE OF HIS
WIFE, THAT TOUCHED A LOT OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HE DID A SPECTACULAR JOB ON
THAT.
TO HARRIS’ POINT, IT’S BECAUSE
HE HAS TAKEN ACTION AND DONE
THINGS.
HE DIDN’T HAVE TO JUST SAY OH,
IT’S ABOUT DEMOCRACY.
HE’S LIKE LOOK WHAT WE DID IN
FLORIDA.
SO I THINK IT PORTENDED WELL.
RON DESANTIS LOVES HIS COUNTRY
AS MUCH AS ANYBODY.
YOU GOT TO ALSO CREDIT MARCO
RUBIO.
HE HAD A SPECTACULAR NIGHT.
>> HE DID.
>> HE HAD -- WE GOT TO WATCH
THAT AND LEARN FROM THAT.
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, NOT SO
GREAT FOR REPUBLICANS.