2024 Presidential Election
Coverage of the 2024 Republican presidential campaign and the presidential general election.
The Floridian is a statewide and national political media platform that covers government affairs, elections, public policy, and campaigns on Florida politics. These are stories from the 2022 midterm election.
Special Counsel Jack Smith has dropped his charges against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, a move which several Florida Republicans, including Representatives Byron Donalds (R-FL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Mike Waltz (R-FL), and Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) celebrated on X (formerly Twitter), deriding the case Smith made as "lawfare" that was finally ending. Forbes detailed […]
Late last week, Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a resolution prohibiting transgender individuals at the Capitol from using single-sex facilities opposite of their assigned gender at birth, which was met with death threats. Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has introduced a resolution condemning the threats, calling them "awful and completely unacceptable." Rep. Mace's resolution was […]
Calling Bondi's work "incredible," Florida congresswoman-elect Meg Weinberger (R) believes she's much more than a "lackey."
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) is calling out President Joe Biden (D) and his administration for considering to remove Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism list. This move comes just weeks before President Biden transitions out of office. Legislators such as Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) are requesting President Biden to remove Cuba from the list, […]
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to deport upwards of 10 million illegal aliens who have entered the country under the Biden-Harris Administration, a task Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) said would not be as difficult as it sounds in a recent appearance on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures. Rep. Donalds began by emphasizing that President-elect Trump […]
Three days after President-elect Donald Trump urged and endorsed State Senator Randy Fine (R) to run for Florida's 6th Congressional seat, Senator Fine went on the Fox & Friends morning show and announced that he would run for Congress to replace Rep. Michael Waltz (R), who was appointed to serve as National Security Advisor. Fine, […]
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Russell Vought to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a move Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) commended in a Friday night appearance on Fox News's Ingraham Angle, where she called Vought "an absolute patriot" and discussing the importance of the unity in Trump's Cabinet picks. "I know that he is […]
Senator Randy 'Hebrew Hammer' Fine’s run for Congress in Florida’s 6th District appears imminent. "President Trump has made clear, even as recently as last night, that the fight to protect America's Jews is a top priority. Given my success passing more antisemitism bills than anyone in America, I'd be honored to lead that charge," said Rep. Fine […]
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) criticized President Joe Biden (D) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D) after reports showed that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could be loosening its restrictions at the southern border through an app. According to The New York Post, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will release an app in December […]
Earlier this week, Representative Aaron Bean (R-FL) launched the Congressional Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus, which aims to supplement the incoming Trump Administration's eponymous government division. He discussed this in a recent appearance on Fox News, suggesting that "the iron is hot" and that more Congressmen will join the caucus as waste is uncovered. […]
President-elect Donald Trump has made border security a day-one priority of his incoming administration, promising massive deportations that Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) said he had "the greatest presidential mandate" to carry out in a recent appearance on Fox Business's Kudlow, chastising blue state governors and mayors for their plans to oppose Trump's border agenda. "Donald Trump […]
Politicians around the country are sharing their reactions to President-elect Donald Trump (R) appointing Pam Bondi to be the next United States Attorney General. As the former Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi has crossed paths with leaders such as Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R), and it seems she has earned […]
With President Donald Trump (R) winning the November election, the second panel hosted this week questions how the new administration would approach U.S.-Venezuela relations.
A priority of the incoming Trump Administration is the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a massive effort to reduce the federal government's bureaucracy, size, and scope. Ahead of President-elect Trump's inauguration in January, Representatives Aaron Bean (R-FL) and Pete Sessions (R-TX) are launching the DOGE Caucus, designed to aid and supplement the incoming Department's mission. […]
Since the election of the first transgender member of Congress earlier in November– Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE) – Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a resolution to bar transgender people at the Capitol from using single-sex facilities opposite of their assigned gender at birth. U.S. Representatives such as Congressmen Brian Mast (R-FL) and Wesley Hunt (R-TX) […]
President-elect Donald Trump's potential Cabinet for his second term has been hot news, especially after he selected Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for Attorney General. Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) recently spoke about Trump's Cabinet picks on Fox News's Your World, saying he "wants people who know how to message the American people." She also said, […]
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has endorsed RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump for Marco Rubio’s likely soon-to-be-open senate seat as he has been tapped for President-elect Donald Trump's (R) Secretary of State. It is up to Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) to fill the position. The Florida governor could appoint himself or somebody in his inner circle who […]
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has joined some of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Robert Shriver, requesting transparency regarding the conversion of Biden administration political appointees into nonpolitical permanent positions, also known as “burrowing.” According to American Oversight, concerns about burrowing include the […]