After GOP's brutal midterms, Chuck Norris of Florida politics tells party to 'get up and fight'

When an insurgent's bullet shattered his arm in combat, Republican Florida Lt.Gov.

Jay Collins did not wait around for an evacuation team; the Green Beret performed emergency surgery on himself to save the limb.After the midterms that Gov.Ron DeSantis called a "near extinction-level" event for Republicans, Collins sees a national GOP lying bloodied on the field.

He advises his battered and beaten party to show the same refusal to die, and get up like a warrior."Where we go from here is up to us as a Republican Party," Collins, dubbed the "Chuck Norris of Florida politics" by DeSantis, told Fox News Digital in an interview just days after the midterm "bloodbath.""This can be a definitive death blow if we allow it to be, but I believe in what we stand for." he continued."I believe in our Constitution.

I believe in our founding fathers' vision.I believe that God blessed this nation.

I think we have to knuckle down, learn, apply this, and we have come out with a relentless dedication and fury to focus on what matters: To lead our state, to lead our country, and be what we need to be for the American people.That is what we should choose to do.""Hard times happen.

Warriors, leaders get up and fight.That's what we have to do now."DESANTIS CALLS GOP MIDTERM LOSSES 'EXTINCTION-LEVEL EVENT' — AND EXPLAINS WHY FLORIDA SURVIVEDFlorida Gov.

Ron DeSantis has called his hand-picked Lt.Gov.

Jay Collins the 'Chuck Norris of Florida politics.' (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)The metaphor is not subtle.It is a road map, set forth by DeSantis' two four-year terms – the last year of which was supplemented by Collins as his No.

2.HUGH HEWITT: THE GOP IS WOUNDED, NOT DEAD — BUT RECOVERY HAS TO START NOWCollins said his home state's recent history of going from a purple state to a GOP stronghold is an example the rest of the country can follow."Florida's been the road map," he said."I think we've been what I call the conservative proving g...