Ron DeSantis: ““We knew it could be worse, but I don’t think many of us thought it could be quite this bad,” he said.”

The midterms had been a near 'extinction-level event' for the GOP.

Listen, we just got to be honest. Gas is higher. It hurts people, working-class people, and it’s higher because of this conflict. That’s just the fact.

The war was a big, big drag on his party.

If the Republican Party doesn’t have Texas as an anchor, we won’t be viable nationally going forward.