This just happened today, and it’s kind of wild.
Florida has a new attorney general, in case you haven’t heard. Our fabulous Ashley Moody was picked by America’s finest governor, Ron DeSantis, to fill the Senate vacancy left when Marco Rubio was nominated for Secretary of State.
DeSantis then chose his chief of staff, a young lawyer and political campaign strategist named James Uthmeier, to become our 39th Attorney general of Florida.
He was sworn in three days ago.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday named his former chief of staff, James Uthmeier as Florida’s attorney general, handing the state’s top law enforcement role to a trusted aide who has helped orchestrate and defend some of his most divisive initiatives.
Uthmeier was sworn in Monday during a ceremony in Tallahassee. The 37-year-old becomes one of the youngest state attorneys general and the latest…