Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is publicly backing President-elect Trump’s daughter-in-law, Republican Nation Committee co-chair Lara Trump, to replace Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who has

Florida has a deep Republican bench, and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott suggests that Gov. Ron DeSantis has no shortage of options to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio as Rubio leaves the legislative branch for the State Department.

Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has talked with RNC co-chair Lara Trump about her interest in filling the Senate seat set to be vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) — and is now pushing for her selection, he told Axios.