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A major development in the make-up of the incoming U.S. Senate just occurred. Lara Trump just announced she is withdrawing her name from consideration for being appointed to fill the upcoming vacancy when current Sen. Marco Rubio steps down to become the Secretary of State next month as Trump takes back the White House.
(NC native, Lara Trump, speaking at NCGOP Convention in May 2024. Her husband, Eric, is on the left and NCGOP Chairman, Jason Simmons, is on the right. Photo by James Bruggeman)
There could be several factors at play here which we—not being privy to what is happening behind the scenes—can only speculate about. Popular Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has the right and duty to appoint Rubio’s replacement.
We all remember the seemingly brutal battle between Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2023-24. Whether DeSantis harbors any bitterness from that contest and now sees his opportunity for revenge by denying the post to Trump’s daughter-in-law is only speculation. It may not be the case at all.
Furthermore, perhaps getting wind that DeSantis was leaning towards appointing someone other than Ms. Trump without any revenge motive but simply and honestly believing another person would be a better fit in the Senate is also a possible factor.
Add to that the current speculation and rumors floating about that Lara has her eye on replacing NC Sen. Thom Tillis in in 2026. Lara is a North Carolina native and we assume that she and Eric maintain homes in both North Carolina and Florida.
Personally, we would be delighted to see Lara unseat Tillis in the 2026 Republican primary. Tillis talks a good game—as we saw a few years ago when we were at a Republican dinner when he was a guest speaker. But his voting record is somewhere between RINO and atrocious… but I repeat myself.
(James Bruggeman, far left in photo, with part of our county GOP members at the NCGOP Convention in May 2024. Most of the people in this photo are office-holders and/or spouses of same. Photo by a friend of James.)
Outgoing socialist Dem NC Gov. Roy Cooper has also hinted that he will be throwing his hat in the ring for Tillis’ seat. If that eventuates, I would be “all in” to work to help elect Lara to keep this swing state swinging to the red—i.e., to the center of the political spectrum. (Because we define the center as perfect adherence to the Constitution.)
We are also not privy to the relationship between DeSantis and now former Congressman Matt Gaetz, but we would be very pleased to see Gaetz (a Trumpean-type disruptor) to be appointed to the vacant Senate seat.
We’d love to see him disrupting the “uniparty” in that “august” body. Gaetz might go a long way to making the Senate a “December” body. To follow the metaphor, Gaetz would help bury the decrepit body politic of the upper chamber and render it fit for a new beginning as a Constitution-adhering chamber of senators which could then be accurately described as an “august” body, a dignified body worthy of respect and admiration from “we the people!”
In a post on X this past Saturday, Lara Trump said: “After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration for the United States Senate.
“I could not have been more honored to serve as RNC co-chair during the most high-stakes election of our lifetime and I’m truly humbled by the unbelievable support shown to me by the people of our country, and here in the great state of Florida.”
Ms. Trump continued that she has a “big announcement” coming in January. We suspect that will be in late January, after her father-in-law has been ensconced once again at the wheel of the ship of state—if indeed he ever was actually absent.
We have written our thoughts on that many times. He certainly never relinquished his post as Commander-in-chief and possessor of the nuclear “football.” That is most likely what the raid on Mar-a-Lago was all about.
The search by the black hats was to find the nuclear codes. It failed, of course, and so will the case against him regarding him keeping classified information. It was bogus because Trump was the only one with the authority to declassify anything. He had the legal right to possess all the classified material that may have been at Mar-a-Lago.
We are joyfully anticipating much to be revealed on the crimes of the cabal and their flunkies in the deep state in the upcoming year!
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