TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Barron Trump will soon be in the political spotlight.
Trump, the youngest child of former President Donald Trump, who will graduate from high school next week and has been out of the political limelight, was selected by the Florida Republican Party as one of the state’s at-large delegates on Wednesday night. Republican National Convention, according to a list of delegates obtained by NBC News.
“We have a great delegation of key leaders, elected officials and even members of the Trump family,” Florida GOP Chairman Evan Power said. “Florida continues to have a great congressional team, but more importantly, we’re going to win Florida and win big.”
Trump’s position as representative will be his highest-profile political role to date.
Barron Trump, who turned 18 in March, has kept a more private life than his older brothers Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., both of whom will be RNC at-large in Florida, in a family filled with children involved in politics. representatives, along with Trump’s daughter Tiffany.
He made political headlines last month at the start of his father’s criminal trial in New York hush money payments To the adult film star on the eve of the 2016 elections.
Attorneys for the former president argued that he should be granted a recess to attend Barron Trump’s May 17 high school graduation, which Judge Juan Merca agreed to do.
A spokesman for the Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
The Trump family will have a big influence on Florida’s RNC delegation.
Delegation Chairman Eric Trump joined state GOP chairman Power on a phone call with party leaders Wednesday night.
Donald Trump won the state twice, including by more than 3 percent during his unsuccessful 2020 re-election bid, and the party got behind him for the presidency this year before he was officially nominated.
With Gov. Ron DeSantis also running for the GOP presidential nomination, the party is in trouble this cycle, but even with their own state governor in the race, Florida party officials have indicated they will support Trump.
Party leaders in September voted to withdraw A pledge of allegiance requirement requiring GOP presidential candidates to endorse being on the state’s March 19 primary ballot. The proposal was supported by Trump but was publicly opposed by DeSantis’ campaign.
In addition to members of the Trump family, the Florida GOP has confirmed several key supporters of the former president as at-large delegates to the RNC.
Others include Donald Trump Jr.’s fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle; Michael Boulous, husband of Tiffany Trump; former state attorney general Pam Bondi, a longtime Trump ally, runs pro-Trump super PACs; longtime Trump adviser Sergio Gore; former chairman of Marvel Entertainment Ike Perlmutter, a prominent Trump donor; and a number of state-level Republican politicians who risked backing Trump over DeSantis.