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Pincer move! If Senate Denies Gaetz's Confirmation, Desantis can Appoint Him to Rubio's Seat

Posted on 11/13/2024 6:45:47 PM PST by cotton1706

Choose wisely, fellas!

Attorney General or within your precious club...every day!


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1 posted on 11/13/2024 6:45:47 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Hahahahahaha! The fabled “4-D Chess”!!!!


2 posted on 11/13/2024 6:46:56 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: cotton1706

Sounds like a win either way.


3 posted on 11/13/2024 6:47:19 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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To: cotton1706

If he got appointed to the senate, I could see Thune going after him the way McCarthy went after him.


4 posted on 11/13/2024 6:50:40 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: cotton1706

Would Desantis appoint him?


5 posted on 11/13/2024 6:52:40 PM PST by FreedomForce
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To: cotton1706

Does he get to hold the seat for 2 years, or will there be a Special Election prior?


6 posted on 11/13/2024 6:53:12 PM PST by BobL
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To: cotton1706

Diabolical! I love it.

Plan B is a recess appointment

Plan C is to have JD run the Senate every day as President of the Senate (which is defined in the Constitution,unlike “Majority Leader”) until they knock off the crap.

Trump has this.


7 posted on 11/13/2024 6:53:13 PM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: cotton1706

Rubio would lose the Senate seat the next time it is up.


8 posted on 11/13/2024 6:53:56 PM PST by sphinx
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To: sphinx

Oops, me bad. Gaetz would lose the Senate seat. Desantis needs to appoint someone who can win statewide. That ain’t Gaetz.


9 posted on 11/13/2024 6:54:45 PM PST by sphinx
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To: cotton1706

DeSantis may have already filled that seat by then.


10 posted on 11/13/2024 6:55:12 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: bigbob

Yes!!!


11 posted on 11/13/2024 6:55:23 PM PST by navymom1 (I voted for President Trump!)
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To: sphinx

yeah Gaetz would lose the senate seat and Laura Trump is raising her hand and would be a better candidate


12 posted on 11/13/2024 6:55:59 PM PST by TECTopcat
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Rubio’s seat would be up for election in 2028.


13 posted on 11/13/2024 6:59:01 PM PST by aposiopetic
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“Does he get to hold the seat for 2 years, or will there be a Special Election prior?”

I don’t know the laws of Florida. But could be both. Appointment until special election, which could be earlier.

Governor Crist appointed Lemieux, who served for two years. He was Rubio’s predecessor after Mel Martinez resigned.


14 posted on 11/13/2024 6:59:37 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: aposiopetic

“Rubio’s seat would be up for election in 2028.”

There would be a special election to fill out the term, likely on election day, 2026, or earlier.


15 posted on 11/13/2024 7:01:28 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: Blue Highway

Who got the last laugh between Gaetz & McCarthy?


16 posted on 11/13/2024 7:02:45 PM PST by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: aposiopetic

I don’t think Gaetz can win statewide, whenever the election is held.


17 posted on 11/13/2024 7:05:49 PM PST by sphinx
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To: cotton1706

😂😂


18 posted on 11/13/2024 7:05:52 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: cotton1706

Gaetz as a Senator. Lovely mayhem.


19 posted on 11/13/2024 7:08:59 PM PST by lurk (u)
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“Rubio would lose the Senate seat the next time it is up.”

???


20 posted on 11/13/2024 7:10:38 PM PST by TexasGator
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