DeSantis accuses Randy Fine of 'lying' in 'underperformance' of special election

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) took a swipe over Republican state Sen. Randy Fine’s victory on Wednesday, accusing the “squish Republican” of overselling his margin of victory against his opponent.

Fine’s race in Florida’s 6th District was called Tuesday evening, in which he led his opponent, Orlando teacher Josh Weil, by approximately 14% when 95% of the votes were counted. DeSantis argued that Fine was “lying” when he claimed he won the district “by the same time I did in ‘22,” when the governor won the district by 35%, meaning that the candidate did turn in an “underperformance” in his race.