Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis

Senator Marco Rubio is expected to resign from the Senate to assume duties as Secretary of State when the Trump administration takes power on January 20th, creating a vacancy roughly two months from today.

We have already received strong interest from several possible candidates, and we continue to gather names of additional candidates and conduct preliminary vetting. More extensive vetting and candidate interviews will be conducted over the next few weeks, with a selection likely made by the beginning of January.

Florida deserves a Senator who will help President Trump deliver on his election mandate, be strong on immigration and border security, take on the entrenched bureaucracy and administrative state, reverse the nation’s fiscal decline, be animated by conservative principles, and has a proven record of results.

10:56 AM · Nov 18, 2024·1.5M Views

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Ron DeSantis Previews Plans to Replace Marco Rubio:

Next Senator Must ‘Be Strong on Immigration’

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) previewed plans on Monday to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), whom President-elect Donald Trump nominated to serve as secretary of state, emphasizing that Florida’s next senator must “strong on immigration” and border security.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/18/ron-desantis-previews-plans-replace-marco-rubio-next-senator-must-be-strong-immigration/

Trump’s treasury pick could give an indication of what he plans to do about tariffs

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s decision on a treasury secretary is about far more than whose name will be printed on America’s money.

The choice of how to fill his highest-profile outstanding Cabinet selection will be the clearest indication yet of how he intends to wield import tariffs in his new administration.

The leading candidates for the role have expressed differing perspectives on how Trump should use the protectionist trade policies that he put front and center in his campaign for the White House, while Trump himself has offered seemingly contradictory views.

Billionaire investor Scott Bessent, considered a leading candidate, has talked up tariffs as a negotiating ploy. Another prominent contender, Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, has expressed more support for broad tariffs. Lutnick is co-chair of Trump’s transition operation and is helping put forward candidates for key roles, including the Treasury Department.

Trump is also looking at other potential candidates as he decides who can best implement his economic agenda — and how big a role tariffs will play. …

https://apnews.com/article/trump-treasury-tariffs-cabinet-bessent-lutnick-99db930ea0516673c96f8b524af975f2