{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2024/12/in-case-you-missed-it-sen-rick-scott-in-the-tallahassee-democrat-trump-s-nominations-cement-florida-at-the-epicenter-of-the-gop", "IN CASE YOU MISSED IT\u2026 Sen. Rick Scott in The Tallahassee Democrat: Trump\u2019s nominations cement Florida at the epicenter of the GOP", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Rick Scott", "S001217", "www.rickscott.senate.gov", "rickscott", "https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/press-releases/", "page_html", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 In case you missed it, Senator Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for the Tallahassee Democrat highlighting Florida\u2019s growing influence in national politics. Following President Trump\u2019s big win, his decision to pull heavily from Florida for his cabinet nominations shows that Florida is now the center of the Republican Party.\n\nIn the op-ed, Senator Rick Scott wrote, \u201cOn November 5th, after months of Democrats claiming Florida was still a swing state and in play, the voters painted the state red and delivered massive victories for myself, President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans down the ballot.\n\n\u201cNow, with President-elect Trump choosing nominee after nominee from the Sunshine State to fill his cabinet, he is cementing Florida at the epicenter of Republican politics and bringing the state\u2019s success and common-sense policies to Washington.\n\n\u201cI am so proud of our next White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and next National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and look forward to enthusiastically voting to confirm my fellow Floridians Marco Rubio, as Secretary of State, and Pam Bondi, as Attorney General... solving problems created by the Biden administration on Day 1, and bringing Florida\u2019s success to Washington.\n\n...\n\n\u201cWiles ran a fantastic campaign for President-elect Trump and is the perfect person for the job to run the White House staff and make sure that the entire federal government is aligned behind his agenda to Make America Great Again.\n\n...\n\n\u201cWith Rubio leading President Trump\u2019s State Department, the United States will quickly reverse Joe Biden\u2019s dangerous appeasement policies, reinforce critical sanctions on murderous regimes and make clear to our enemies and allies alike around the world that America will always stand for freedom, democracy and human rights.\n\n\u201cFor Attorney General, Trump couldn\u2019t have a better leader than Pam Bondi... I worked alongside Bondi for eight years when I was governor of Florida and she was Florida\u2019s Attorney General to keep Florida safe and uphold the laws of our state. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is facing a public trust crisis after Democrats have spent years weaponizing the justice system and entire government and attacking President Trump. Bondi will fix that.\n\n...\n\n\u201cPresident Trump also chose wisely with Floridian and future National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. As a combat-decorated Green Beret, Waltz is a true patriot who has dedicated his life to serving his country.\n\n...\n\n\u201cWith these brilliant Floridians leading the way, Trump\u2019s agenda to Make America Great Again is in trusted and experienced hands. Now, Senate Republicans must do our job by confirming these great Floridians and all his nominees swiftly to get the president-elect\u2019s agenda done for the American people. Time to get to work!\u201d\n\nRead the full op-ed in the Tallahassee Democrat HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-03-30T11:08:25Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2024/12/in-case-you-missed-it-sen-rick-scott-in-the-tallahassee-democrat-trump-s-nominations-cement-florida-at-the-epicenter-of-the-gop"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1871519964188337, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}