A.G. Gancarski
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott reiterated his adamant opposition to so-called “Blue State Bailouts” on Twitter Monday evening, namechecking the Democratic governor of California.
“Gavin Newsom said yesterday that we have an “ethical obligation” to bail out his state and then turns around and gives taxpayer $$ to illegal immigrants. A bailout of liberal states will result in taxpayer funding for pensions, Planned Parenthood and illegal immigrants,” Scott, a former two-term governor of Florida, declaimed.
The Senator, a Republican in his first term, was referring to a New York Times report about a $75 million program in California that gives 150,000 illegal immigrants $500 each, using nonprofits to vet claims and dole out the funds. Private matching funds are also in play, with $50 million going to especially vulnerable subsets, including those with disabilities and those marginalized because of sexual orientation.
Newsom, who reportedly said “every Californian, including our undocumented neighbors and friends, should know that California is here to support them during this crisis,” announced the program in mid-April
Scott has thundered against bailout money going to Democratic states to defray their high legacy costs throughout this crisis, but the introduction of red meat phrases like “Planned Parenthood” and “illegal immigrants” amps up the fight.
“I’m very concerned about where we’re heading, and about the size of the Federal Reserve balance sheet,” Scott said earlier in May to an Americans for Prosperity town hall. “We’ve got to figure this stuff out.”
The Senator has not been averse to the occasional ad hominem attack against leaders of or from blue states even before Monday’s anti-Newsom tweet.
Earlier this month, Scott slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, comparing him to convicted fraudster Bernie Madoff.
“Schumer is the Bernie Madoff of the Senate: he loves spending money that isn’t his,” Scott quipped on his @ScottforFlorida Twitter reserved for politicking.
The Senator had a running war of words with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. That seems to have abated for now, but it remains to be seen if Scott trolling California’s Governor will have the kind of resonance in the national conservative media to which Scott tailors his appeals.
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Frankie M.
May 19, 2020 at 9:09 am
“Schumer is the Bernie Madoff of the Senate: he loves spending money that isn’t his,” Scott quipped on his @ScottforFlorida Twitter reserved for politicking.
Oh the Chutzpah! I don’t remember Ricky returning a penny of fed guvmint cheese when hurricanes slammed Florida.
Maybe you’ve heard about what was the largest Medicare fraud in history, committed when Rick Scott was a CEO. Or that Scott’s company paid record fraud fines of $1.7 billion dollars. And when Scott was deposed in lawsuits about his company, he took the Fifth 75 times. Meaning, 75 times, Scott refused to answer questions because – if he had – he might admit to committing a crime.
The only people that plead the 5th more than Ricky are mobsters.
I wonder if Tricky Ricky knows what the word “hypocrite” means. Enjoy your glass house Ricky!
Glenn Reihing
May 19, 2020 at 10:42 am
This is rich coming from a person who as a long track record of being as corrupt as they come, but we will put that aside for the minute.
Because of the sheltering in place ALL states have taken a hit in tax revenue. And in Florida where we do not rely on an income tax, revenue from sales has hit us extremely hard. The same damage has also hit the other states as well.
Sen. Scott would like you to believe that it was all their spending on the liberal programs that put them in this position which is a load of crap.
In the last two months. No commerce was moving. No one was earning wages. Over 30 million people have lost their job (Fed Reserve – 40% of people at the $40k income level or below will probably not see their job come back.). People who became sick and lost their job now have no health insurance to cover them. Food banks that stretch for miles.
But Sen. Scott doesn’t care because he is too busy resting on his laurels of being a Medicare fraudster, manipulating his blind trust so he could manipulate his holdings, denying people Medicaid as governor causing people to lose their lives or made them unable to look after their health making them vulnerable to this (But we don’t know the exact stats because the State is not tracking this.), and having invested in companies that had business contracts in Florida only to fail to live up to their agreements causing the State hundreds of millions of dollars. Money which we could really need right now.
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