Rick Scott campaign rips Democrats for failure to stop ISIS-K

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The Southern Border becomes a talking point in the Republican's re-election bid.

A Florida Senator running for re-election is using his campaign apparatus to weigh in on foreign policy.

Specifically, Rick Scott’s political operation wonders why Democrats aren’t doing more to stop the ISIS-K terror group.

For the uninitiated, the group of roughly 2,000 paramilitary fighters “aspires to establish a province in ISIS’s self-proclaimed caliphate by controlling territory in ‘the Khorasan,’ referring to Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan, Central Asia, and Iran,” per the Director of National Intelligence.

The splinter group “primarily fights against the Taliban in Afghanistan while seeking to discredit the governments of neighboring countries, promote sectarian violence, and exploit poor economic conditions and social divisions to attract members. The branch obtains funding from ISIS in Syria and sources in Afghanistan.”

Per an email from Scott’s political operation, worries aren’t about ISIS-K actions in Asia, but closer to home, with warnings of a “major attack on the U.S. after slipping in through the southern border” leading to a “possibility” of an attack on American soil, according to New York Post reporting.

“While our border is being invaded and the potential for a massive terror attack on U.S. soil grows, Florida Democrats’ radical Senate candidate remains silent on the crisis and threats posed to Floridians,” Scott’s campaign argues, though the Democrats have yet to formally nominate his opponent yet and won’t until August.

“The crisis at the southern border is life and death, and Joe Biden, the socialist Squad, and Congresswoman (Debbie) Mucarsel-Powell refuse to act. Individuals on the terror watch list are coming across our open border, and experts are warning a terror attack may be on the way. Biden and Rep. Mucarsel-Powell cannot continue to ignore the fears and the safety of the American people,” a campaign spokesperson adds.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


12 comments

  • Earl Pitts "RON'S OFFICIAL "UNOFFICIAL VPOTUS CAMPAIGN MANAGER" American

    April 13, 2024 at 5:03 pm

    Good evening America,
    Democrats are the worst people on the planet and The Root Of All Evil. Which is why 68.31% of all Regestared Democrats are avoiding going to H€LL by Seceretly voting the Sage Trump/DeSantis POTUS/VPOTUS Ticket.
    Thank you so much my Besty Leftys. I knew if I was nice to you Dooks you would see THE SAGE LIGHT OF EARL’S WISDOM.
    Earl Pitts American

  • Impeach Biden

    April 13, 2024 at 5:29 pm

    The most inept president since Jimmy Carter. No one fears or respects Joe Biden. Wake up you zombies. We are next with Isis K entering the US from the Southern Border.

    • MH/Duuuval

      April 13, 2024 at 6:37 pm

      Perhaps Putin could offer some aid to the US since this group has a presence in Russian Asia.

  • Ocean Joe

    April 13, 2024 at 6:10 pm

    Democrats also did not do enough to successfully prosecute medicare fraud during the Clinton administration and now we are stuck with this guy.

    • MH/Duuuval

      April 13, 2024 at 6:43 pm

      Nor did either party whack the financial wizards who brought down the economy in 2008. None of those malefactors did any jail time.

      The wizards — who didn’t appear to pay many fines, either — gave Scott the cover to eviscerate programs in the state helpful to working people and the poor.

      I have a feeling that Scott is modeling himself on Margaret Thatcher.

  • Phil Morton

    April 13, 2024 at 7:39 pm

    The largest terrorist attack in history “on American soil” occurred when Republicans controlled all three branches of government. People should Never Forget that.

    • Earl Pitts "RON'S OFFICIAL "UNOFFICIAL VPOTUS CAMPAIGN MANAGER" American

      April 13, 2024 at 8:25 pm

      Hello Phil its 2024 you Diggin Up the past is not helpfull.
      This is “Here & Now” Phil and you (Phil) along with all other Dook 4 Brains Leftists have “Blood On Your Hands”.
      Phil you are Guilty,
      Earl Pitts” Says Phil Is Guilty” American
      *FREE BUMPER STICKER* (FOR PHIL’S SUBARU SUV)*
      *HI I’M PHIL AND I HATE JEWS*

      • Rick Whitaker

        April 13, 2024 at 9:20 pm

        earl, was you one of the punks that went to the capitol on jan. 6th to piss and shit on gov. property? you sound like some one that would get off on destruction and degragation. earl you are a punk’s punk as you know i know.

      • rick whitaker

        April 14, 2024 at 7:38 pm

        bumper sticker, EARL SHIT’S, ON HIMSELF

    • MH/Duuuval

      April 13, 2024 at 9:16 pm

      And W had been warned the preceding spring, but they were too busy planning a giant tax cut for the wealthy and corporations.

    • American Taxpayer

      April 14, 2024 at 8:14 am

      All the planning, flying lessons, etc. took place while Billy Bob Clinton was President. Don’t ever forget that.

      • MH/Duuuval

        April 14, 2024 at 10:00 am

        Yep, and Bill missed the AQ encampment in Afghanistan with a mass missile attack by two weeks — distracted by Newt’s panty waving impeachment attempt.

        But, W was asleep at the wheel — never forget that. And after 9/11, W took us into both Afghanistan and Iraq. It took Obama to finally catch up with Osama.

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