Hours before campaign launch, Senate Democratic PAC blasts ‘self-serving’ Rick Scott

With only hours away from Rick Scott’s highly anticipated U.S. Senate campaign launch, a super PAC dedicated to electing Democrats released a new digital ad highlighting the Republican Governor’s history of “self-serving at the expense of Floridians.”

Part of a six-figure digital campaign throughout the state, Senate Majority PAC produced the 30-second spot — “Won’t Look out for You” — outlining Scott’s track record, which began as a CEO of Columbia/HCA, a hospital company where he made millions while committing “Medicare fraud.”

The ad then discusses touches on Scott’s seven years as Governor, where he “raised Floridians property taxes and/education funding while giving massive tax breaks to corporations and multimillionaires like himself.”

“When his title was CEO,” the ad’s narrator says, “Rick Scott’s company defrauded taxpayers … When his title was governor, he cut 1.3 billion from education, raised property taxes … And refused federal health care aid that would’ve covered almost a million Floridians.”

“History has proved that if you want to predict how Rick Scott will act, figure out what will benefit his political career and his bank account,” said Senate Majority PAC President J.B. Poersch in a statement. “The list goes on and on — leading a company that defrauded taxpayers, rewarding state contracts to companies he had a financial interest in, slashing education funding and raising property taxes. With Rick Scott, taxpayers always take a bath while he reaps the benefits. Floridians see right through Rick Scott, and they know he cannot be trusted to look out for them in the Senate.”

On Monday morning, Scott is expected to announce his candidacy to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, who faces re-election this year. For Republicans, Scott is considered one of the marquee names this cycle during which he will face what many believe is a challenging national environment for the GOP. In 2010, Scott — worth an estimated $150 million — spent $75 million of his own money to win his first term as governor, with another $13 million for his re-election in 2014.