Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Trump's pick to serve as secretary of state, testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
After Donald Trump announced that Republican Sen. Marco Rubio would be his choice to serve as the next secretary of state, speculation swirled as to who Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would appoint to fill the Senate vacancy, assuming that Rubio is confirmed. We didn’t have to wait too long for an answer. NBC News reported: It didn’t take long for some in Democratic circles to denounce the selection.
In case that weren’t quite enough, there are primary considerations to keep in mind. It was just last week, for example, when Republican Rep. Cory Mills confirmed that he intends to run for Rubio’s Senate seat next year no matter who DeSantis picked. “You can probably guarantee my hat is going to be thrown in the ring for 2026,” the two-term, far-right congressman told reporters at a state GOP meeting.
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