Jared Moskowitz Warns Florida Is Lost Cause For Dems

Democratic Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz warned on “The Chuck ToddCast” Monday that his state is likely to remain Republican for the foreseeable future.

Florida has had more registered Republicans than Democrats since 2021 and currently has over 1.3 million more registered Republicans, according to the Florida Division of Elections. Moskowitz said on the podcast that the COVID-19 pandemic was a turning point for the parties.

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“COVID was a seminal moment in politics,” Moskowitz said. “Even though we had more registered Democrats in Florida when Rick Scott got elected, when DeSantis got elected, when Jeb Bush got elected, when Charlie Crist got elected, we still had more Democrats, but we were still electing Republican governors.”

“Now there are 1.2 million more registered Republicans. It’s starting to get to a point that it’s not recoverable, at least not in the short term,” he added. “But I think COVID was a big piece of it … And so I don’t know what the future of the Democratic party holds in Florida. Democrats had power in Florida for 100 plus years. We’re 35 years into Republican rule. We may be here for another 70. But right now, it’s systemic. This is a red state. It’s a systemic red state.”

DeSantis was a fierce critic of lockdowns, school closures and mask mandates, particularly in the classroom. In early May 2020, he began reopening the state,