{"id":2612666,"date":"2026-06-09T20:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/darren-sotos-notorious-libido-subject-of-prank-by-colleagues\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:24:37","slug":"darren-sotos-notorious-libido-subject-of-prank-by-colleagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/darren-sotos-notorious-libido-subject-of-prank-by-colleagues\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Soto\u2019s &#8216;notorious libido&#8217; subject of prank by colleagues"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdarren-sotos-notorious-libido-subject-of-prank-by-colleagues%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=2612666&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>Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL) has resurfaced in political coverage due to a prank from his time in teh Florida House, when colleagues allegedly staged a fake \u201csecret admirer\u201d note to lure him into breaking rules and being publicly confronted. The story is gaining attention because Soto\u2019s re-election prospects have worsened after Florida Republicans redrew his congressional district to make it more favorable to GOP candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The prank was carried out by House leadership, and it centered on jokes and talk at the time about Soto\u2019s \u201cnotorious libido,\u201d references that also connect to sexually explicit satirical writng he did in law school.Soto\u2019s office did not respond to requests for comment. The article places this renewed attention within a broader discussion of alleged or reported inappropriate conduct among some Democratic figures, and notes Soto hasn\u2019t faced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-gov-cuomo-polling-neck-and-neck-with-kathy-hochul-in-new-poll\/\" title=\"Ex-Gov Cuomo Polling Neck and Neck With Kathy Hochul in New Poll\">competitive general election<\/a> since 2016-though this cycle, Republicans have changed the map in a way that could help a challenger like Dan Green, who is already funding his bid heavily.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Darren Soto\u2019s (D-FL) apparently \u201cnotorious libido\u201d while a member of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\">Florida<\/a> legislature forced his colleagues to rein in his sex drive through a prank on the House floor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode is receiving renewed attention as Soto faces a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-republican-congressman-doug-lamalfa-dies-suddenly-at-age-65\/\" title=\"Breaking: ...ublican Congressman Doug LaMalfa Dies Suddenly at Age 65\">difficult reelection path<\/a> in central Florida after state lawmakers <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\">redrew<\/a> his district to favor Republicans.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4601258\/20-republicans-buck-leadership-to-pass-labor-regulations-bill\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>20 Republicans buck leadership to pass labor regulations\u00a0bill<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4601401\/cornyn-paxton-texas-senate-campaign-talarico\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Cornyn won\u2019t campaign for Paxton in Texas Senate race against Talarico<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4599153\/can-bernie-sanders-conquer-maine\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Can Bernie Sanders conquer Maine?<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Republicans previously viewed Soto as a target after President Donald Trump made inroads in the old district in 2024. Trump lost the seat by 3.5 points that year after losing the seat by more than 17 points in 2020. But redistricting catapulted the district into a top GOP pickup opportunity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2008, while a member of the Florida House, Soto, then 30, received a note from a woman purporting to be a student at Florida State University. The woman declared herself a secret admirer of the young lawmaker, prompting him to break House rules to enter the visitor\u2019s gallery to meet her, actually a paid actress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soto had played right into the hands of his legislative colleagues. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a>, then speaker of the state House, declared Soto out of order and had him handcuffed by the sergeant-at-arms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rubio announced the prank, which was conspired in order to put a check on Soto\u2019s \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/marco-rubio-darren-soto_n_571fc63de4b0b49df6a96855\">notorious libido<\/a>,\u201d something seemingly well known at the time and dating back to his days as a law student. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soto also had a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gawkerarchives.com\/congressional-candidate-wrote-about-banging-drunk-law-s-1771789249\">brief rap career<\/a> while in law school, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >penning sexually explicit lyrics<\/a> for a satirical school publication. The song centers on a sexual encounter with a drunk woman and makes sexual puns of legal terminology.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBack when we were both 1-L\u2019s you were in my section \/ I spent everyday in Con Law, hiding my erection,\u201d the failed poet wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you for not filing a grievance for sexual duress \/ And thanks for granting my motion to get undressed,\u201d the rap continues. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to insert my dicta and give you my full case load,\u201d wrote Soto, \u201cI want to show you the wonders of the penal code.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soto\u2019s office did not respond to a request for comment by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, a fictitious profile for the publication declares his occupation as \u201cWielder of the shaft\u201d and his course of study \u201cSex Law.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prank, rap, and comments come to light as the Democratic Party grapples with licentious behavior among its candidates. Embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner allegedly sent explicit messages to other women while married. Former California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell was accused of sexual misconduct in April, forcing him to drop out of the California gubernatorial primary. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soto has not faced a competitive election since his primary in 2016 but is set to face the most difficult test of his career this cycle after Florida Republicans redrew the congressional boundaries and dismantled his Orlando-area seat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4596773\/graham-platner-rise-mamdani-moraff-katz-fan\/\"><strong>FROM A MAMDANI GURU TO A CARD-CARRYING SOCIALIST, HERE\u2019S WHO\u2019S HELPING PLATNER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump would have won the new district, which stretches farther in central Florida, by about 17 points in 2024. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican Dan Green, a Navy reserve officer and a former Pentagon appointee under Trump, launched his challenge to Soto on Monday, pledging $1 million of his own money to fuel the campaign. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darren Soto\u2019s \u201cnotorious libido\u201d prank story resurfaces as he faces tough reelection after redistricting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4316,"featured_media":2612667,"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\/2026\/05\/AP22117458112235.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4272,81101,22713,4633,81102],"class_list":["post-2612666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colleagues","tag-darren-soto","tag-prank","tag-scandal","tag-workplace-rumors"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP22117458112235.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612666","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\/4316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612666"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612670,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612666\/revisions\/2612670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2612667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}