Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis finally revealed on Thursday who would be replacing GOP Sen. Marco Rubio in the Senate. He has chosen Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody for the job. Rubio is expected to join President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet as our new Secretary of State. During a recent appearance on conservative pundit Erick Erickson’s radio program, DeSantis said the announcement about the fulfillment of the position would be “imminent.” I guess he really did mean that seeing as how it was just a day later that he made the big reveal.
According to Breitbart, DeSantis referred to Moody during the announcement as an individual that has a “demonstrated record of delivering results” concerning “important issues.”
“Talk is cheap. We need people that have demonstrated fidelity to these principles with their actions. So that is why today, I’m proud to announce that I am selecting our Attorney General Ashley [Moody to] serve as our next U.S. senator,” the governor said while revealing Moody as his choice for the seat.
Just before he made the official announcement, the Florida Republican explained “appointments like these are more significant than ever.”
“This is a time for action and a time for Washington, DC to deliver results to the American people. There are no more excuses for Republicans. We can’t choose the easy path here. We must be able to do what it takes make the hard decisions necessary to usher in a revival of the American experiment,” he added, finishing up by stating that there was a clear mandate set forth by the people of this country during the election for major changes to be made.
“What was more noteworthy is no candidate has ever had to endure a flurry of bogus prosecutions and two assassination attempts and having the entire legacy media apparatus, doing everything they can to prevent his return to Office. So we, as Republicans, cannot squander this opportunity, and that means we need a Congress — both the House and the Senate — that will rise to the occasion and make history no more business as usual in Washington, DC,” the governor stated, going on to point out the “economic crunch” and immigration crisis as big time motivators for voters in this last election cycle.
He then discussed how the GOP has a “mandate” to “reconstitutionalize the federal government” and continue to do battle against wokeness that is rotting our culture.
DeSantis laid out the criteria he had for Rubio’s replacement, which included someone who would work with Trump to “deliver on the mandate he was he earned from the American people”:
I want a senator that’s going to be willing to lean in against the excessive spending and cut spending and stop the inflation. I want somebody that understands that the federal bureaucracy is run amok, and it must be held to account, and we need three branches of government, not for branches of government. And we need somebody that understands the fight against illegal immigration is willing to shut the border. And importantly, make sure any legal immigration of this country is putting Americans first.
He listed more of Moody’s qualifications as well:
She’s been a national leader in fighting the Biden administration on many different fronts, including on immigration. She’s not only filed more than a dozen separate lawsuits, but she’s actually won against Biden with his reckless border policies, she’s demanded appropriately, the impeachment of Alexander Mayorkas and the designation of Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. In her role as AG, she has stood strong for law and order. She believes in putting criminals in jail, not releasing them back onto the street. … She does not support soft on crime, leftist prosecutors. In fact, we have removed, prosecutors here in the state of Florida, and she has stood with us every step of the way and we have won those lawsuits.
The governor then shined a spotlight on Moody’s anti-DEI stance and for her principled stand for the rights of American citizens during the pandemic.
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