Joe Scarboro did the same thing. His kid came down with childhood diabetes in the month of June-start of summer. He quit to ‘spend time with the family’. quitting was effective in September when school started up. So much with spending time with the family.
Could DeSantis end up with the same problem at a critical time? Think of our bench.
I am equally skeptical. The list of politicians who suddenly wake up to the need to spend time with their wife and kids only after assuming office is long. When I hear this explanation I assume that the Ethics Committee was about to open a formal investigation, and resignation takes jurisdiction away from the Ethics Committee. Quitting precipitously is a way of shutting down such matters.
The reference to medical matters is a bit like the nesting of one excuse within another. Due to medical privacy laws - one can live about medical conditions, treatments, prognoses, etc. with impunity.
Until proven otherwise, I assume there is something suspicious in this instance - and I would not put it past the Democrats to have threatened this guy with revelation of an affair, etc. to get him out. Probably not the best district for them to pick up in a special election, but they are relentless in seeking power. Consider Santos gone, it’s just a matter of time. But if others come in, during the remainder of this session of Congress - and they are surprisingly all Republicans in states with Democratic Governors and favorable (to the Democrats) rules on special elections... I told you so.