Rick Scott floats potential Marco Rubio replacements in Senate
Florida has a deep Republican bench, and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott suggests that Gov. Ron DeSantis has no shortage of options to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio as Rubio leaves the legislative branch for the State Department.
While U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz is departing Congress to become Trump’s National Security Adviser, Scott thinks there are plenty of members of Florida’s congressional delegation who would be ideal for the Senate.
“Vern Buchanan, Byron Donalds, Kat Cammack, Cory Mills, Mario Díaz-Balart, Carlos Giménez, María Salazar. We have got so much talent, it’s unbelievable,” Scott told radio host Hugh Hewitt.
Though he was Governor for eight years, Scott never had the opportunity to fill a Se...
