{"id":135392,"date":"2024-12-10T09:12:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T02:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135392"},"modified":"2024-12-10T09:12:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T02:12:50","slug":"lara-trump-steps-down-as-rnc-co-chair-fuelling-senate-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135392","title":{"rendered":"Lara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair, fuelling Senate speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lara Trump, President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s daughter-in-law, has stepped down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee amid speculation she might fill a possible Senate vacancy in Florida. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Announcing her resignation on social media she said, &#8220;the job I came to do is now complete&#8221;, citing the RNC&#8217;s successes in fundraising and voter turnout. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She did not specify her next move, but some Trump allies have lobbied for her to replace Senator Marco Rubio, the president-elect&#8217;s pick for secretary of state.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">If he is confirmed as America&#8217;s top diplomat by the Senate, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would hand-pick a replacement to serve out the remainder of Rubio&#8217;s six-year term, which ends in 2026.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In an interview with the Associated Press, Lara Trump said she would be open to taking over Rubio&#8217;s seat. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;It is something I would seriously consider,&#8221; she said. &#8220;If I&#8217;m being completely transparent, I don&#8217;t know exactly what that would look like.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Elected as RNC co-chair in March, Trump was hand-picked by her father-in-law &#8211; yet another indication of his iron-clad grip on the Republican party. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Alongside her husband, Eric, and his older brother Don Jr, Lara Trump emerged as one of the most prominent campaign surrogates for Donald Trump&#8217;s White House bid this year. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Serving as the GOP co-chair throughout the course of the most consequential election in American history has truly been the honor of my life,&#8221; she wrote on X, formerly Twitter. She also thanked her father-in-law, writing: &#8220;we are so proud of you, and I&#8217;m grateful you trusted me in this position.&#8221;  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Several Republicans, including Senator Rick Scott of Florida, have publicly supported her as Rubio&#8217;s replacement in the Senate.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Last month, Maye Musk, the mother of close Trump ally Elon Musk, offered Lara Trump an explicit endorsement for Senate, writing on X: &#8220;The next senator for Florida should be [Lara Trump]. The Senate is an old man&#8217;s club. 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