Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday appointed state Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill the U.S. Senate seat of Marco Rubio, who has been tapped by President-elect Trump to become secretary of state.

In selecting Moody, who has been attorney general since 2019, DeSantis said he wanted to nominate someone who understands that “the federal bureaucracy has run amok,” who will be willing to shut down the Southern border, cut excessive spending and stop inflation in its tracks.

“In appointing a U.S. senator, I initially put out several different criteria,” the governor said. “One, I want somebody who is going to work with President Trump and deliver on the mandate he earned from the American people. … The final criteria was: I wanted somebody with a demonstrated record of delivering results on those important issues.”