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“Not long before that, he (DeSantis) used his party's majority in the Florida State Legislature, to change the Resign-to-Run Bill, so he wouldn't have to leave office to run for President. On the day he announced his candidacy, he signed that Bill into law. The only other Florida Governor who had that law changed to benefit himself was ex-Rino, now RAT Charlie Crist. Crist thought he was in the running to be McCain's running mate, but he never got the call. Did he bother to have the law changed back to its original state? Of course he didn't. It wasn't until Rick Scott became Governor, that he had the State Legislature change the law back to its original wording.”

It looks like I'm going to have to hold your feet to the fire to get you to admit you are wrong - like I did that other time.

Rick Scott didn't “resign-to-run”. Just like Crist and later DeSantis, Governor Scott ran for federal office while serving as Governor of Florida.

And it was all legal by Florida law. Governor Scott knew it was legal for him to run for the U.S. Senate without resigning as governor - he signed the law making it legal.

Hate to break it to you, but Rick Scott was already in his 2nd, and last term as Governor when he ran for the U.S. Senate. He was not required to resign-to-run. Florida Governors are allowed only two back-to-back terms, and must wait 4 more years if they decide to run for Governor again. Rick Scott signed the revised Resign-to-Run law on March 17, 2018. Scott's term as Governor ended January 3, 2019. His term as U.S. Senator began January 8, 2019.

The Resign-to-Run Bill that Rick Scott signed says that "If the terms of the offices overlap, the officials have to submit resignations at least 10 days before qualifying to run, with the resignations effective when the officials would take the new offices or when their successors would take office."

In 2007, the State Legislature lifted the part of the Resign-to-Run law regarding federal officials, when then-Gov. Charlie Crist — a Republican at the time — had hopes of being tapped as McCain's Presidential running-mate. Sen. Travis Hutson, a St. Augustine Republican who sponsored the Bill that Rick Scott signed, called the current federal exemption from 20007, a “loophole.”

Ron DeSantis on the other hand was only four months into his 2nd term as Governor, when he had the law changed to benefit himself. When he was sworn in as Governor for his first term on January 8, 2019, he was bound by that law, until he had it changed. So once again the Resign-to-Run Bill was revised. It was passed as part of a bigger election Bill. On May 24th, 2023, DeSantis signed it into law, the same day he announced his Presidential run.