Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump is stepping aside from co-chairing the Republican National Committee, as rumors swirl that Donald is working the phones to get her a Senate position.
In a post on X, Lara Trump thanked the president-elect for entrusting her to lead the RNC during a historic election year.
"The job I came to do is now complete and I intend to formally step down from the RNC at our next meeting," she wrote.
Trump appointed his daughter-in-law to co-chair the RNC in March after a series of electoral disappointments under the leadership of Ronna McDaniel.
This year, the RNC successfully built an "army" of lawyers to ensure a smooth election and capitalized on early voting to boost turnout, Lara noted in her post announcing her resignation.
"Serving as the @GOP co-chair throughout the course of the most consequential election in American history has truly been the honor of my life," Lara Trump wrote on X.
Her resignation comes as the Wall Street Journal reports that President-elect Trump is pushing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to appoint her to the Senate seat currently held by Republican Marco Rubio, who Trump picked to be his Secretary of State.
“It is something I would seriously consider,” Lara Trump, 42, told The Associated Press.
“If I’m being completely transparent, I don’t know exactly what that would look like. And I certainly want to get all of the information possible if that is something that’s real for me. But yeah, I would 100% consider it.”
If chosen for the Senate role, Lara would hold the position until 2026, when she would be in prime position to win a full term in a former swing state where her father-in-law won by double-digits last month.
DeSantis has emphasized that multiple qualified candidates are in the running for Rubio's seat, but allies of the governor acknowledged to the Wall Street Journal that appointing Lara would help repair his relationship with President-elect Trump, who clashed with the governor during a bruising primary last year.
While Lara Trump's last name is certainly a plus, she can take credit for being part of what has been widely called the greatest political comeback in U.S. history - as Donald Trump prepares to return to Washington with a popular mandate and Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
In her hopes of moving up to the Senate, Lara Trump has received support from Elon Musk - a close ally of the president-elect who has become a fixture at Mar-A-Lago - and Musk's mother Maye.
“The Senate is an old man’s club. We desperately need a smart, young, outspoken woman who will reveal their secrets,” Maye posted on X.
