<p>Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) announced on Thursday that he has tapped his chief of staff James Uthmeier to be the state&#8217;s next attorney general.</p>
<p>DeSantis made the remarks after he announced that he had selected Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in the U.S. Senate after he was nominated to serve as President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s Secretary of State.</p>
<p>&#8220;My Chief of Staff, James Uthmeier, is kind of like Ashley. He’s proven himself in these fights,&#8221; DeSantis said in Orlando. &#8220;I think he’s got big shoes to fill, but I think he’ll do a good job doing that.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;So you can anticipate that,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I’m not going to make any appointment before it’s available, but I think that’s something that will happen.&#8221;</p>
<p>While Uthmeier waits for the appointment to become official — which will happen after Rubio is confirmed by the U.S. Senate — he did release a statement thanking the governor.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I’m honored and humbled to be appointed by @GovRonDeSantis as the next Attorney General of the Free State of Florida,&#8221; he wrote on X. &#8220;I’m excited to get to work, build on @AGAshleyMoody’s fine record, help enact the @realDonaldTrump agenda, and defend our people, our constitution, and our Florida way of life!&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I’m honored and humbled to be appointed by <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovRonDeSantis</a> as the next Attorney General of the Free State of Florida.</p>
<p>I’m excited to get to work, build on <a href="https://twitter.com/AGAshleyMoody?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AGAshleyMoody</a>’s fine record, help enact the <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> agenda, and defend our people, our constitution, and our…</p>
<p>— James Uthmeier (@JamesUthmeierFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesUthmeierFL/status/1879980572925153650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Jeanette Nuñez, the Lieutenant Governor of Florida, praised the pick, saying that Uthmeier &#8220;will be a fantastic Attorney General.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Floridians can count on you to protect our state, defend the rule of law, and uphold the Florida Constitution,&#8221; she added.</p>

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