{"id":1062583,"date":"2021-11-28T18:13:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T23:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062583"},"modified":"2021-11-28T18:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T23:14:00","slug":"exclusive-christian-ziegler-pro-freedom-conservatives-are-fleeing-to-florida-to-be-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-christian-ziegler-pro-freedom-conservatives-are-fleeing-to-florida-to-be-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2014 Christian Ziegler: \u2018Pro-Freedom Conservatives\u2019 Are \u2018Fleeing to Florida to Be Free\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-christian-ziegler-pro-freedom-conservatives-are-fleeing-to-florida-to-be-free%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s (R) leadership throughout the pandemic has brought \u201cpro-freedom conservatives\u201d to the Sunshine State in droves as they flee \u201ctyrannical blue states\u201d in search of freedom, Florida Republican Party vice chairman Christian Ziegler said during an interview on <em>Breitbart News Saturday<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Registered Republican voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/21\/exclusive-theres-too-much-at-stake-florida-gop-vice-chairman-says-republicans-are-going-back-to-work-after-overtaking-democrats\/\">surpassed<\/a>&nbsp;Democrats for the first time in Florida\u2019s history as of October 31, a shift Ziegler said is largely because voters are leaving Democrat-run cities and states. He also noted that many more moderate Florida Democrats feel as though their party has \u201cleft them behind.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>From 2008 to the end of Obama\u2019s presidency in 2016, Democrats went from nearly 700,000 more voters than Republicans to a little over 300,000, election data <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dos.myflorida.com\/elections\/data-statistics\/voter-registration-statistics\/voter-registration-reports\/voter-registration-by-party-affiliation\/by-party-affiliation-archive\/\"><span>shows<\/span><\/a><span>. By 2020, Democrats held slightly less than a 100,000-voter lead. Republicans are now <\/span><span>roughly 4,000 votes ahead of Democrats \u2014 5,118,357 to 5,114,039, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/dos.myflorida.com\/elections\/data-statistics\/voter-registration-statistics\/voter-registration-reports\/voter-registration-by-party-affiliation\/\">data<\/a> from the Florida Division of Elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ziegler told&nbsp;host Matthew Boyle, Breitbart News\u2019s Washington bureau chief, that the secret to the Florida GOP\u2019s success was leaning into the \u201cTrump\/DeSantis wing of the party\u201d and investing \u201ca record amount of money\u201d toward voter registration with the help of the governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited in Florida, and a lot of that has to do with obviously Donald Trump coming in, people seeing that and starting to switch parties. He brought in a lot of southern Democrats, a lot of moderates, independents over to the Republican Party. And Ron DeSantis keeping businesses and schools open has really accelerated that,\u201d Ziegler said.&nbsp;\u201cHis record plus his resources have now really paid off, and now we are a Republican state officially.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>LISTEN:<\/strong><em><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When talking to homebuilders on the ground in South Florida, Ziegler said they mostly report that most people moving to Florida are from California, New York, and Illinois \u2014 \u201cdeep blue states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, the initial worry, which I agree with people, is I do not want people coming from California and New York and Illinois with their voting records, with their voting history and preferences. I do not want blue voters coming to Florida and shaping our state,\u201d Ziegler said. \u201cBut, when you take a step back and you really dive into the numbers and you dive into the feedback from the people moving here, what we\u2019re seeing is people are fleeing these tyrannical blue states that have overextended government. They\u2019re shutting down businesses, they\u2019re shutting down schools, and they\u2019re looking around the country and trying to figure out where to relocate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ziegler specifically credited DeSantis\u2019s leadership with bringing in new Florida residents, touting his pandemic policy of following the science, keeping businesses and schools open, and fighting against mask and vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo I think that we\u2019re getting the movers, and the movers coming here are actually pro-freedom conservatives that were locked down in blue states, and now they are fleeing to Florida to be free,\u201d he said.<b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, who has championed involvement in local school board elections, is specifically drawing \u201c20,30, 40-year-old females, moms, dads, that have never been involved in politics,\u201d Ziegler said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17899722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1323562567.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17899722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1323562567.png\" alt=\"SURFSIDE, FLORIDA - JUNE 14: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives to speak during a press conference at the Shul of Bal Harbour on June 14, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. The governor spoke about the two bills he signed HB 529 and HB 805. HB 805 ensures that volunteer ambulance services, including Hatzalah, can operate. HB 529 requires Florida schools to hold a daily moment of silence. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives to speak during a press conference at the Shul of Bal Harbour on June 14, 2021, in Surfside, Florida. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut now they\u2019re waking up and seeing what the school boards are doing locally to their kids. They\u2019re getting frustrated, and they\u2019re realizing that the Republican Party is standing with them in support of freedom,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping up that enthusiasm on the ground will be key to driving up further support for the party going into the 2022 midterm elections, in addition to continuing to prioritize voter registration, which Ziegler called \u201cone of their greatest tools.\u201d While Democrats are already rumored to view DeSantis as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/florida\/story\/2021\/11\/04\/no-million-dollar-checks-democratic-governors-may-sit-out-florida-1392319\">unbeatable<\/a>,\u201d Ziegler said the Florida GOP is planning on giving his campaign \u201c150 percent.\u201d He noted that a Democrat like Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried or party flipper and former Gov. Charlie Crist would \u201cchange our state for the worst\u201d overnight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, Ron DeSantis in my mind \u2014 we\u2019re going to make the assumption that he\u2019s ten points down. We\u2019re going to work our tails off and make sure he gets elected. We\u2019ll let the Democrat Party put money in here and decide if they want to waste it. The good thing is, if they waste it in Florida, they don\u2019t have that money in other states that they might actually have a chance in,\u201d he said.&nbsp;\u201cI can guarantee you, there are going to be a lot of liberal dollars that come from liberal blue states from people that may not have ever been to Florida, and they\u2019re going to try to beat Ron DeSantis because they look at him as a potential 2024 candidate or 2028, no matter how that shapes up. As a guy that could be president in the future, they are going to try to take him out early.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Breitbart News Saturday airs on SiriusXM Patriot 125 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s (R) leadership throughout the pandemic has brought \u201cpro-freedom conservatives\u201d to the Sunshine State in droves as they flee \u201ctyrannical blue states\u201d in search of freedom, Florida &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}