POD 928: Supreme Court Justice DeSantis?

of good partner with the Trump administration on a variety of issues, and we'll continue to do that. So that's Ron DeSantis on Monday, on CNBC, being asked about the new congressional map here in the state of Florida, and the possibility of joining the Trump administration after his second term as Gov expires in January of 2027. There's been a lot of talk about Ron DeSantis joining the Trump administration as the new U.S. Attorney General, or perhaps even as a new Supreme Court member before. that. We shall see. And of course, the governor at the age of 47 is still very young and there's a ton of speculation that he will run for president in 28. So that and more now with Eric Erickson. You get to hear the Eric Erickson show weekdays noon to three on WDBO, 107.3 FM and AM 580 in Orlando. So here's that conversation now with Eric here on the Inez Says podcast. When will the bombings resume in Iran? Eric, what do you think? Yeah, you know, he was, he was very clear this project freedom is going to be separate. They're trying to get around the War Powers Act of Congress having to vote. But as General Kane said, the Iranians attacked the Americans 10 times since the ceasefire. They attacked the United Arab Emirates with four missiles and a drone yesterday hitting an oil facility. The UAE says they expect bombings to begin before sundown eastern time today from the United States. We had a bunch of bombers and mid-air refuelers. take flight yesterday and then they turned around and went home. So I'm trying to figure out what's going on. The president seems to be trying to find a path around the War Powers Act. But at this point, the Iranians are still a threat to us and everyone else. And if they take out an American worship, it's going to be bad. No doubt. Very, very bad. Meanwhile, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, he's a busy man. He's going to be holding the White House news briefing this afternoon, apparently at 3 o'clock. The man was DJing a family wedding last weekend. He's going to meet with the Pope, the Prime Minister. I mean, this guy's all over the place here, Eric. There's a growing chorus of people in. inside the administration that maybe Marco Rubio, not JD Vance, should be the 2028 guy. The president himself has openly speculated that that would be the case. We haven't elected a vice president to the presidency in this country except George H.W. Bush after Ronald Reagan for like 120 some odd years. It's very rare for a vice president to actually get elected after a president. People are ready to move on because they're so tied to the record. Marco Rubio is tied to the president's foreign policy. which is his strongest platform for a lot of voters. He's not really tied into the rest of it. So there may be an opening there and sending him to see the Pope and Georgia Bellani to try to repair that relationship. Not a bad thing. Yeah, two impressive guys, Marco Rubio and JD Vance. And now you perhaps put Ron DeSantis's name in there for 2028. I know the New York Post is doing a story this morning about Ron DeSantis and the possibility of him running again in 2028. What do you make of Ron DeSantis running again in 2028? You know, inside the White House, he's not actually well liked. The president likes him, but the team around him doesn't. He's got bad blood with Susie Wiles, the chief of staff, and with JD Vance's team. He's been openly mocked in the corridors within the White House there. The president actually does like the guy. But, I mean, he may be able to run as an outsider. You know, here in Georgia, there are rumors Brian Kemp may as well. I think that when you get to 2028, the voters, including Republicans, are probably going to say, okay,

We need someone who's not directly hitched their wagon to the Trump administration who the president himself likes because we need to pivot a bit instead of being tied. Look at the history of vice presidents getting elected. There's an opening for all of these guys. But the odds on favorite still remains JD Vance. Yeah. What do you think of Ron DeSantis as possibly becoming the next U.S. Attorney General come January of next year? What do you think about that? He would be highly competent. I'd prefer him to be on the Supreme Court. The president likes the idea. But again, inside the White House, Shifa staff and several others around the president would try to sabotage it because there's still a lot of bad blood there from when Susie Wiles was pushed out of the Ron DeSantis camp several years ago. So good luck. Ron DeSantis would be a great AG. You and I have been talking about redistricting now for a long time between Texas, California, and Virginia. And now the state of Florida, it is done. The governor Ron DeSantis announcing yesterday, he signed the bill. So it is now law of the new. congressional districts here in the state of Florida, which could very well give Florida and the U.S. House four more spots in terms of Republicans there. So what do you make of what went on in Florida yesterday here, Eric? Listen, the fact that he was able to do this turnaround rapidly, and if you look at the districts, they appear to be reasonable compared to Virginia, Illinois, California, New York. They're reasonably compactly drawn. They satisfy the requirements of the Florida Constitution. Look, the Democrats. When they did what they did in Virginia, they kind of incentivized a lot of other states to pick back up the redistricting fight. They were ready to give up. And now, ironically, the Virginia Supreme Court might just kill off the Virginia redistricting. And so that would give the Republicans a real nationwide advantage. There are legal challenges now. We saw them come down the pike in Tallahassee yesterday. What do you think? Do they have any merit here in Florida, Eric? They can claim it. But the district satisfy the... the Constitution for Florida. They are compact. They don't unnecessarily divide counties or local communities of interest. Ron DeSantis came up with a very good compact map. Yes, is it partisan? Absolutely. But does it satisfy the requirements of the Constitution? Yes, it does. All right. So how, I mean, you know, we've talked about it for a number of months now, Florida and California and Virginia and Texas and so forth and so on. How does it all shake out? What does it mean for the midterms in November in terms of the Republicans here? If the Virginia redistricting holds, the GOP might technically pick up four seats. If the Virginia redistricting fails, the Republicans would get about nine seats. There are some other challenges out there as well. That's still probably not enough to hold on to the House of Representatives, but it would give the Democrats a very small margin of victory to play with. Thanks to Eric Erickson for the chat on the Inez says podcast today. That's going to wrap it up for the podcast. Join me on the radio every weekday morning for Orlando's morning news with Scott Innes 5 to 9 a.m on WDBO 107.3 FM and AM 580. I'll see you next time.