Jacob Ogles
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott told supporters at a Sarasota rally that he’s trying to end abuse of power in the U.S. Senate. And it’s not just the Democratic majority he wants out, he said, as he trashed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell by name.
“In the Senate, there’s two dictatorships,” the Naples Republican said. “There’s a McConnell dictatorship on the Republican side, and then there’s the (Charles) Schumer dictatorship.”
Schumer, a New York Democrat, serves as Majority Leader, but by Scott’s telling, Schumer and McConnell effectively decide final policy decisions in private and dictate to caucuses what to support on the floor.
“We have no input,” Scott said. “So this idea that we’re all supposed to represent our states is not working.”
Scott has now engaged in public feuding with McConnell for years. A schism came into view when Scott led the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee in 2022 and released a controversial policy agenda that McConnell quickly rebuked. After Senate Republicans suffered a net loss in seats in the Midterm Elections, Scott ran against McConnell for GOP Caucus Leader, a race he lost less than two weeks after the General Election that year.
After McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, announced he will step down from leadership after this year, Scott declared he will once again run for the post.
At the Republican Party of Sarasota Candidates Rally on Sunday, he stressed the importance that Florida voters first re-elect him as Senator for a second term.
“If we overwhelm them (Democrats) in absentee ballots, in early voting and on Election Day,” Scott said, “if we do that, we’re gonna have the White House, we’re gonna have the Senate, and hopefully when we do that we’ll a new Republican leader from Florida.”
The same event saw speeches from U.S. Reps. Greg Steube and Vern Buchanan, and Scott expressed hope the House members will return to a larger Republican majority in the lower chamber.
He also attacked likely Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for failures overseeing border policy, and for her liberal voting record in the Senate. That was a frequent attack throughout the event.
A close ally of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Scott flogged Democrats for plans to switch nominees late in the election cycle.
“Democrats say that Donald Trump or Republicans are a threat to democracy,” he said. “So think about this. They figured out when they watched the debate that Joe Biden couldn’t win. So they picked somebody that never won a Primary, didn’t go through the process. She didn’t win one Primary.”
10 comments
Kamala is Brat 🥥🌴🥥
July 27, 2024 at 4:07 pm
Are Florida voters really interested in another Rick Scott Senate run? Hasn’t he done enough damage in Washington?
Ocean Joe
July 27, 2024 at 5:03 pm
Ricky shouldve realized when he bought his senate seat that he’d share power with 99 others.
It is good to see him worry about the Democratic party and their new nominee as a threat to democracy while he continues to support all the “stop the steal” garbage spewed out by the biggest spoiled brat of all time.
Ninety Three
July 28, 2024 at 9:37 am
Dems buy seats as well. Of course the Demo machine will throw millions towards Mucarsel-Powell. Wasted money as Scott will win easily.
JD
July 28, 2024 at 10:00 am
““If we overwhelm them (Democrats) in absentee ballots, in early voting and on Election Day,” Scott said, “if we do that, we’re gonna have the White House, we’re gonna have the Senate, and hopefully when we do that we’ll a new Republican leader from Florida.””
Wow – so now mail-in ballots are suddenly apt? This sounds like voter fraud in the making!
ELVIS "THE BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT"
July 28, 2024 at 10:26 am
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Its past time to usher Mitch out the same way The Dook 4 Brains Leftys ushered Dementia Joe out the door.
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Michael K
July 28, 2024 at 11:42 am
The same old Rick Scott with his 11 or 12-point plan to “Rescue” America that McConnell swiftly knocked down? It’s all very personal – and it’s obvious that Scott is still going for the social safety net (Medicare, Social Security). Don’t be fooled. He is simply channeling anger to peddle his lies and feed his sense of entitlement to serve as a US Senator.
KathrynA
July 28, 2024 at 3:18 pm
Michael is absolutely correct about Rick Scott. I’m not a big McConnell fan, but believe he cares about democracy and in tune more with regular people. I just wish he would have supported Trump’s impeachment; so we wouldn’t have this monster and his mafia- like cohorts looming over our country. Scott could care less about his state or country; just his wealthy friends.
PeterH
July 28, 2024 at 4:46 pm
Well said Kathryn. Not impeaching Trump when they had the opportunity left the door open for Trump to not only tie up our court system for half a decade or more …..but to run for president again with the sole purpose of staying out of prison.
Yrral
July 29, 2024 at 9:21 am
Rick Scott has no ethics, stole 100 of millions of dollars from Medicare
Yrral
July 29, 2024 at 10:05 am
Google JD Vance , I Hate Cops
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