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| Lara Trump wants to be a senator now. |
Republican National Committee chairwoman Lara Trump resigned today. She is gearing up for a possible quid pro quo.
The daughter in law of President-elect Donald J. Trump is a media personality, singer and political agitator. She is married to Eric Trump, the former co chair of the Trump Organization.
Now she wants to join the circus.
She is throwing her residency to Florida and is hoping that Gov. Ron DeSantis is willing to set aside differences to appoint her as a U.S. senator if Marco Rubio is confirmed to be the Secretary of State. She was initially throwing a possible bid for North Carolina if Thom Tillis or Ted Budd didn't want to run again.
She didn't brush off rumors.
"The job I came to do is now complete and I intend to formally step down from the RNC at our next meeting," Lara Trump said in a post on X.
Rubio will be easily confirmed as secretary of state in Trump's incoming administration. DeSantis would need to choose a successor to serve out the rest of Rubio's term, which expires in 2026.
"It is something I would seriously consider," Lara Trump said in an interview with The Associated Press.
She added, "If I'm being completely transparent, I don't know exactly what that would look like. And I certainly want to get all of the information possible if that is something that's real for me. But yeah, I would 100% consider it."
Michael Whatley, the RNC Chairman has voiced support for her bid as well as Trump and J.D. Vance, Ohio senator and vice president-elect.
Florida is a Republican stronghold now. It moved further to the right by the election margins. Trump carried Florida by 8 points in 2016 and 2020. He carried it by 12 points in 2024.
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