with republicans like hannity finally realizing that the party s toxic, regressive, authoritarian policies have sparked a voter backlash. also tonight, new reporting that donald trump almost certainly knew that a president cannot declassify documents just by stuffing them in a box and hauling them to the old golf resort, as repeatedly has claimed. plus, elon musk s off the rails interview. the man who runs one of the biggest social media sites raises alarms with toxic comments about george sorros and the texas mall shooter among other things. but we begin tonight with the republican s toxic brand. remember the 2022 midterms the red wave felt more like an orange trickle? that keeps happening. last night was another really bad night for the republican party, several key races in florida, colorado underscoring how the right wing grip on our politics is slipping. in florida, democrat donna deegan won the mayor s race in jacksonville. which had been the largest city in the u
so we also elected donna is the first female to ever be elected mayor. first ever black property appraiser and four other down ballots on our city council races. what happened here was a combination of a few things. one, donna is a fantastic candidate. she never went negative. she stayed positive the whole time where the republican opponent went even further right. so you saw even in the results last night that the republicans did outpace us when it comes to actual voters. but you saw over you saw almost 13,000 cross-overs between npas, no party affiliates and republicans. this is a trend that is happening across the country, as you eluded to, but it s happening here in florida. people are starting to reject the radicalization of the republican party and certainly the republican party under ron desantis who has taken our state in such a dangerous direction. you know, tom, this has been so there s been a theory of the case by ron desantis in particular that he has to get to the
kept democrats in control over how the chamber will handle abortion and gun rights and election laws. the reality is the closer you get to trumpism, the more you lose. and yes, republicans, you can steal that line for your autopsy report. and joining me now is nikki freed, chair of the florida democratic party and tom boni ex r, ceo of target smart. i do want to go to you first, nikki, and give you your flowers. the democratic party has long been assailed for its lack of competence, including by me. i lived in florida, i feel the right to disflorida democrats. i lot. this was actually a huge win. this was the 12th largest city in america. it s long been governed by republicans. what do you think donna deegan s sort of special powers were here? or was it more the issues on the other side? it was a combination of all of it. first of all, it was a tremendous win for florida democrats last night, it wasn t just donna s win. we took six out of nine of the seats.