Florida’s top state Senate Democrat is a Democrat no more. Jason Pizzo, the Florida state Senate Minority Leader, announced on the Senate floor that he was leaving the Democratic Party. He proclaimed it was “dead” before declaring the change in his party affiliation during a live session on the chamber floor.

Florida state Sen. Jason Pizzo, who was the state Senate Democratic Leader, abandoned the Democratic Party, announcing a switch to no party affiliation.

The top Democrat in Florida’s Senate is leaving his party, declaring that “the Democratic Party in Florida is dead.”