Can you please post the direct quote where Desantis said that? Not a paraphrase or your interpretation, but the actual words? Because I haven’t seen that yet.
"If we make the 2024 election a referendum on Joe Biden and his failures, and if we provide a positive alternative for the future of this country, Republicans will win across the board," DeSantis said. "If we do not do that, if we get distracted, if we focus the election on the past or on other side issues, then I think the Democrats are going to beat us again, and I think it will be very difficult to recover from that defeat."
Basically... we have lost in recent years not because of any steal but because of this MAGA culture that has infected our party. Don't get distracted by this MAGA culture that says the election was stolen.