Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed optimism Republicans can still maintain control of Congress as the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and its policies become more engrained on American voters ahead of the November midterm.
"This is a different midterm than the normal ones because yes, they're swings back and forth - you don't want to swing to the DSA. You're swinging if you do that to a group of people that are rejecting the founding principles of this country and are going to take our country in a direction that it'll be very difficult to recover from," DeSantis said while speaking with Sean Hannity on Fox News.Â
"This is not your father's or grandfather's Democrat Party. This is very militant party now, and they can't be trusted with power," DeSantis added.Â
The DSA's platform includes abolishing the U.S. Senate, packing the U.S. Supreme Court, Medicare for all, defunding the police, open borders, amnesty, voting rights to non-citizens, and more.
Gov. DeSantis contrasted the platform to principles on America's 250th anniversary. Â DeSantis has celebrated the country's birthday and its founding fathers with statues and other initiatives s throughout the year.
"What the DSA is saying is they want to eliminate the constitution. When you eliminate the Senate, that means the whole Constitution goes out the window because that's the one thing that can't be amended," DeSantis said. "So, they're trying to butcher our form of government. They reject the founding principles of this country, which have stood the test of time, and they want to impose a new set of first principles of governance that are really founded in neo-Marxists."
And while some may believe the organization's roots are centered in deep blue states or cities, the party's platform has found a home in the Sunshine State. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon is a member of the DSA, having joined in June.
Nixon, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, was endorsed by New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a fellow DSA member, earlier this month.
Gov. DeSantis warned the DSA would put Washington at a standstill.
"They would basically spend the last two years of President Trump's presidency just trying to go after him and his administration. It'll be nonstop hearings from morning to night, and that's all they'll do," DeSantis said. "They're not going to do a single thing that will actually benefit the American people."
Republicans currently hold a 218-214 advantage in the House and a 53-45 advantage in the Senate. The party in power has also historically lost seats in Congress with a few expectations since World War II.
The general election is Nov. 3.
