A.G. Gancarski
Roughly 24 hours after telling a nationwide audience that a Donald Trump 2024 campaign would be “great,” a Florida Senator with presidential ambitions of his own returned to cable news to reiterate his central point and quiet speculation about his own bid.
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, on Wednesday morning’s iteration of Varney & Co., doubled down on his call for four more years of Trump, in four years, and repeated claims that he was not looking at a run for the White House himself in 2024.
Scott told host Stuart Varney that Trump’s “had a good four years” and “he ought to do it again.”
“If that’s what he wants to do,” Scott disclaimed.
“I agree with his policies,” Scott said. “Look at the economy we had before COVID. The economy’s coming back. So if you look at the deregulation, (reduction) in tax, I agree with all these things.”
Varney, who often interviews Scott, asked if he would run if Trump wouldn’t, and for the second time on national television in recent weeks, Scott disclaimed interest in the presidency.
“I’m not planning to run,” Scott told Varney. “I’m a new Senator. I’m working on my job as a U.S. Senator, trying to make sure I’m taking care of everybody in Florida.”
The comments continued a recent theme of Scott sublimating his presumed intentions to run for President in favor of supporting the current, albeit outgoing, occupant of the White House.
Scott, appearing on Tuesday’s iteration of Bill Hemmer Reports on the Fox News Channel, said he thinks “it’s great if he wants to run in ’24.”
It’s worth noting Trump will be 78 years old in 2024, the same age President-elect Joe Biden is now.
“We’re going to have four years, it looks like, of Joe Biden, where he’s going to raise taxes, he’s going to ruin this economy,” Scott added, acknowledging Biden’s victory with his most explicit phrasing on the subject since Election Day.
These comments are consistent with an assurance on CNN last month that Scott was focused on his Senate duties.
“I like my job as U.S. Senator and that’s what I’m going to focus on,” Scott said at the time.
3 comments
Sonja Fitch
December 2, 2020 at 12:56 pm
Liar liar pants on fire! Nazi Rick you know you runnnnnnniiiiiinnnnnggg! Lol
Rosco Beach
December 2, 2020 at 7:43 pm
Is that your signature? It looks like my signature. What’s your question?
He needs to stay in the Senate to vote against the communist Covid relief house bills.
After all, if these people get used to living large on a $600 stimulus check…we will never get them back into the salt mines.
Lil Marco, Ron DeSantis, and Honest Rick will have an all Florida steel cage death match for the 2024 nomination. Can’t see the Donald dodging jail and karma for 4 years. God help us!
PeterH
December 3, 2020 at 11:41 am
Mutual butt kissing is a common occurrence between these two fiscal grifters. Both believe they are gifted to America by heaven above.
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