Donald Trump is going to need some backup delivering on his agenda.
Help is on the way from the Sunshine State.
And Donald Trump got one promise from Florida’s new Senator that is bad news for Democrats.
Ron DeSantis names a replacement in the Senate for Marco Rubio
President Donald Trump created a vacancy in the Senate when he appointed Marco Rubio to serve as his Secretary of State.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was in charge of appointing a replacement under state law.
Rubio is a member of the Republican establishment who came into office trying to pass himself off as a member of the Tea Party in 2010.
DeSantis had the opportunity to upgrade the Senate position from Rubio by appointing someone to replace him who is a no-holds-barred fighter for the Trump agenda.
He tapped Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace Rubio as Senator.
Moody made a name for herself successfully suing the Biden-Harris administration for its overreach.
The Florida Governor said that his criteria in selecting a Senator were someone with a “demonstrated record” of supporting Trump’s agenda who opposed illegal immigration, and government overreach, and who wanted to cut spending.
“I’m happy to say we’ve had an Attorney General that is somebody that has acted time and time again to support the values that we all share,” DeSantis said. “We in Florida established our state as a beachhead of liberty, as the free state of Florida. And she was with us every step of the way.”
Moody will fill in for Rubio until a special election in 2026 decides who will complete the rest of Rubio’s term. The seat will see another election in 2028 for the next full six-year term.
Ashley Moody is ready to fight for Donald Trump’s agenda
Moody was first elected to Florida Attorney General in 2018 when she succeeded Trump’s present nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi.
She said that she was ready to hit the ground running in the Senate.
“I’m ready to show up and fight for this nation and fight for Trump to deliver his America First agenda on day one,” Moody said. “The only way to return this country to the people, the people who govern it, is to make sure we have a strong Congress doing its job, passing laws and actually approving the regulations that these unelected bureaucrats are trying to cram down on the American people.”
Moody noted that during her legal fights with the Biden-Harris administration, she saw the federal government trying to seize more power.
“What has angered me the most as attorney general, as I have had to fight the Biden administration over the last four years, we have seen policy after policy after rule,” Moody explained. “As the agencies have gotten bigger, as they have taken more power, as they have tried to tell the states what to do more and more and more. All that does is take the will of the people, the want of the people, through their elected representatives in Congress, and turns this into a country we don’t even recognize anymore.”
Ashley Moody is an upgrade over Marco Rubio in the Senate and someone who Donald Trump can count on to help enact his very important agenda.
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