Pressure is building on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to tap Lara Trump for vacant Senate seat

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The pressure is mounting for Gov. Ron DeSantis to appoint Lara Trump to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy left by Marco Rubio, who was tapped to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of State. But DeSantis, freshly returned from a weeklong trade mission to Italy, said he is weeks away from making a choice, even as influential MAGA supporters push the ...