{"id":2369104,"date":"2024-11-14T18:15:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T23:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lara-trump-gains-traction-as-replacement-for-rubio-in-senate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T18:16:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T23:16:15","slug":"lara-trump-gains-traction-as-replacement-for-rubio-in-senate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lara-trump-gains-traction-as-replacement-for-rubio-in-senate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lara Trump gains traction as replacement for Rubio in Senate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flara-trump-gains-traction-as-replacement-for-rubio-in-senate-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2369104&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Lara Trump, the Republican National Committee Co-Chairwoman and daughter-in-law\u2062 of former President Donald Trump, \u200cis \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/several-key-republican-holdouts-endorse-rep-jordan-for-speaker\/\" title=\"Key Republican holdouts endorse Rep. Jordan for Speaker.\">gaining \u2063support<\/a> as a potential replacement for \u200dSenator Marco Rubio \u2064in the U.S. Senate, following his \u2064expected appointment as Secretary of \u200cState. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will appoint a successor to Rubio, and while he could appoint himself or Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez, Lara Trump is being touted by several Republicans, including Senator\u200c Rick\u2064 Scott and \u2064others, as a \u200bstrong candidate. Lara Trump expressed her gratitude for the consideration and indicated \u2063she would seriously\u2064 consider the role if offered. Supporters, such as Senator\u2064 Katie Britt \u2062and Representative \u2063Anna Paulina Luna, have praised\u200b her qualifications \u2062and alignment with the America First\u2064 agenda, emphasizing her \u2062understanding of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-seeks-to-rival-trumps-showmanship-with-star-studded-lineup-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris seeks to rival Trump&#039;s showmanship with star-studded lineup - Washington Examiner\">issues facing families<\/a> in Florida.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Lara Trump gains traction as replacement for Rubio in Senate<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1882024\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s decision to tap Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marco Rubio\">Marco Rubio<\/a> (R-FL) for his Cabinet could open a path for his daughter-in-law to enter the Senate. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rubio is set to leave his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marco Rubio\">Senate<\/a> seat to serve as Trump&rsquo;s secretary of state, meaning Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) will appoint another Floridian to replace Rubio and reinforce the GOP&rsquo;s three-seat majority in the chamber. While the governor could legally appoint himself to replace Rubio, the logistics of resigning and promoting Lt. Gov.&nbsp;Jeanette Nunez might be too convoluted.<\/p>\n<p>However, Republican National Committee Co-Chairwoman Lara Trump has been suggested as a replacement for Rubio by some Republicans, including Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL). Lara Trump said she is &ldquo;humbled and honored&rdquo; to be considered a contender for the seat.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know my name has been thrown out there a lot, and I would say that my experience at the RNC has really shown me, you know, serving the American people, and if I were tapped for this serving my home state now of Florida. It&rsquo;s a great honor and a great responsibility, obviously, but I would love to be able to go forward and do more,&rdquo; Lara Trump said Thursday on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Mornings with Maria<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If this is something I&rsquo;m asked to do, I would seriously consider it, but I have yet to hear from Governor DeSantis, so we&rsquo;ll see what happens,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Scott pushed for Lara Trump to get the seat in a Thursday X post, saying she &ldquo;would be a GREAT Senator and represent Floridians well!&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans who have endorsed Lara Trump to take the seat include Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She just got off a historic win,&rdquo; Britt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/12\/katie-britt-lara-trump-florida-senate-rubio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em>. &ldquo;She understands the America First agenda. For me, I think she would be a tremendous pick, a voice for hard-working families and another mom of school-aged kids that understands what we&rsquo;re up against, and that&rsquo;s to fight to protect the American dream.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaraLeaTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LaraLeaTrump<\/a> needs to be the nominated replacement by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovDeSantis<\/a> for Rubio. She will keep the seat and avoid a messy primary for FLORIDA. Well spoken. Kicked butt on election integrity. Etc.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realannapaulina\/status\/1856368717728301479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;@LaraLeaTrump needs to be the nominated replacement by @GovDeSantis for Rubio. She will keep the seat and avoid a messy primary for FLORIDA. Well spoken. Kicked butt on election integrity. Etc,&rdquo; Luna said in a Tuesday X post.<\/p>\n<p>Lara Trump had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/11\/19\/lara-trump-north-carolina-senate-seat-438447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"floated\">floated<\/a> as a Senate candidate in North Carolina for the 2022 election, a state where she has more established ties, but ultimately, she decided against running.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis will make the appointment once Rubio&rsquo;s seat is vacated. Some of the frontrunners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/with-rubios-secretary-of-state-nomination-desantis-could-make-senate-pick\/3472189\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> include Nunez, Republican Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, and DeSantis&rsquo;s chief of staff, James Uthmeier.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whoever is picked to fill Rubio&rsquo;s seat would only serve until a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-majority-of-americans-want-republican-party-to-control-the-senate-sean-hannity\/\" title=\"LATEST POLL: Majority of Americans Want Republican Party to Control the Senate | Sean Hannity\">special election<\/a> is held in 2026 for the two remaining years on the current term, and then another election for the seat would be held in 2028 for a full six-year term.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis had not discussed the looming vacant seat other than a Thursday post on X in which he called on the state secretary of state to &ldquo;formulate and announce a schedule for the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">upcoming special elections&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for the House and Senate seats that will need to be filled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1882024\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1882024\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lara Trump emerges as a potential Senate replacement for Rubio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2369105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/lara-trump-senate-fl.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33397,32603,44976,3740,32076],"class_list":["post-2369104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-lara-trump","tag-political-news","tag-rubio-replacement","tag-senate","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/lara-trump-senate-fl.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369104"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369108,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369104\/revisions\/2369108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}