'Democrats are dead': Top state lawmaker ditches party with terse words on way out

Florida state Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo is leaving the Democratic Party — and burning bridges on his way out, according to a new report.

Pizzo said the minority party needs saving, but doesn't want him to be the one to do it.

“Here’s the issue: The Democratic Party in Florida is dead. But there are good people that can resuscitate it. But they don’t want it to be me,” he told Politico on Thursday.

While some Democrats abandon the party for the GOP, Pizzo isn't heading to join Republicans either.

"The Republican Party has a lot of problems," he said, according to the Politico report.

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"The pendulum is going to swing so far … that it’s going to swing back,” Pizzo added.

On Wednesday, Pizzo spoke during a debate about a Miami-Dade County wastewater utility. He wanted "an audit of a local municipality," and he said some called him a "racist" for doing so.

“If anybody’s feelings are hurt and think I’m a racist for my position — suck it," he said.

Sen. Rosalind Osgood (D-Tamarac) said she was “deeply sorrowful for my other colleague," and she believed he was "being called out in an unfair way.”

Read the full report here.