Gaetz won’t get confirmed. He made a lot of enemies with the McCarthy stuff. Say what you want about McCarthy, but the guy is one of the best fundraisers the party has ever seen.
Sen. Thom Tillis’ Halloween party invites last year had Gaetz as an unflattering zombie on it…it’s not just the Murkowski’s and Collins’.
DeSantis could earn back some good will from Trump folks by appointing him to the Senate, because I don’t think he wins the race without an appointment…especially without massive fundraising. If he’s appointed, then RUNS, he gets a lot of that fundraising back as the NRSC, etc have to back the GOP incumbent.
Don’t know if that’s the plan, but it’s what makes the most sense to me.