Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) responds to Democrats' unusual strength in contesting the race in Florida's 6th Congressional District.
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00:00Yes.
00:01There's a special election in your former Congressional District 6 going on right now.
00:02Just as late—early as last November, President Trump won that district by over 30 points.
00:03But the latest polls as of yesterday show that the candidate running there now's poll
00:04numbers have literally fallen under the desk.
00:05Has the candidate that's running there now jeopardized that seat, making it more competitive
00:06than what's historically a safe Republican district?
00:07Well, I guess we'll see, right?
00:08What I will tell you is that I don't know.
00:09I don't know.
00:10I don't know.
00:11I don't know.
00:12I don't know.
00:13I don't know.
00:14I don't know.
00:15I don't know.
00:16I don't know.
00:17I don't know.
00:18I don't know.
00:19I don't know.
00:20I don't know.
00:21I don't know.
00:22They're going to try to lay that at the feet of President Trump.
00:44That is not a reflection of President Trump.
00:46It's a reflection of the specific candidate running in that race.
00:51And President Trump, if he were on the ballot in this special election, he would win by
00:5530 points, no question.
00:57So the liberal media in Washington and the political press, they're going to try, if
01:03this doesn't work out as well, they're going to try to weaponize that against the
01:07president.
01:08And just as somebody that's been around the block here in Florida on this stuff, I
01:12can tell you that's not, it's a candidate specific issue.
01:16I think the district is so overwhelmingly Republican that there's literally, it was
01:21almost impossible for someone with an R by their name to lose that district.
01:26So I would anticipate Republican candidate is still going to be successful.
01:31Do I think that they will get even close to the margins that I received or President Trump
01:35received?
01:36No.
01:37Is that a reflection on the president?
01:39Absolutely not.
01:40It's a reflection of the candidate that's running in that race.
01:43Okay.
01:44Thanks everybody.
01:45God bless.