Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) threw chilly water on the concept that he may appoint himself to fill Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) seat, which he’s vacating to grow to be President-elect Trump’s secretary of State.
“Absolutely not,” DeSantis advised reporters Friday when requested in regards to the state of affairs.
“It’s funny, you know, these people write these things,” the governor mentioned. “And anytime they’re talking about anything I’m doing, they’re just making it up, right?”
“I mean, they’ll talk to someone because [they’ll] say, ‘Oh, someone familiar with the governor’s thinking.’ Understand, that means they don’t know what the hell they’re talking about. That means somebody is saying, ‘Well, I know how the governor thinks. He’s probably saying this.’ So they try to do grist for the mill,” he mentioned.
DeSantis has the facility to exchange Rubio, assuming the senator is confirmed to the nation’s prime diplomatic publish as is extensively anticipated. On Tuesday, the governor mentioned he has not determined who that is perhaps.
“I think we’ve got a number of great candidates, but I want to make sure that we know what we’re going to get,” DeSantis mentioned.
A variety of names have been floated to fill the seat, together with state Legal professional Normal Ashley Moody, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, and DeSantis’s chief of workers, James Uthmeier.
The president-elect’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump had expressed curiosity within the position however took her identify out of consideration final month.
Whoever replaces Rubio will serve out the rest of the senator’s time period till 2026, when an election for the seat is held.
