Rick Scott rips Democratic presidential ticket as ‘most radical’ in American history
Rick Scott. Image via AP

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'Today's VP pick shows that Democrats are hellbent on bringing California socialism to every state.'

With Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris reportedly selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, the negative reviews keep coming in from Florida Republicans.

“Today’s pick of Tim Walz as the Democrat Vice President nominee solidifies the most radical ticket in U.S. history,” warned U.S. Sen. Rick Scott minutes after the selection was reported.

“Kamala Harris and Walz believe in a Green New Deal, open border, defunding the police, letting children change their gender without their parents knowing, and destroying the middle class,” the first-term Senator from Naples charged.

He then pivoted into economic issues, including Monday’s dip in stock market valuations.

“This week’s economic Kamala Crash is a warning of what is to come with a Harris/Walz ticket. Four years in and Kamala Harris has shown no ability to address the problems plaguing the American people, like the Harris Price Hikes on gas and groceries,” Scott added.

After blaming the Vice President for the economy, Scott moved on to the immigration crisis.

“She failed to close the border and now at least 99 illegal aliens on the FBI terror watchlist have been released into the U.S. after being arrested by Border Patrol at the southern border,” Scott asserted, before bringing it home.

“Today’s VP pick shows that Democrats are hellbent on bringing California socialism to every state. Here in Florida, we’ll fight like hell to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

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


11 comments

  • Tjb

    August 6, 2024 at 10:06 am

    Lizard man is full of hate and misinformation. Scott is always screaming about socialism, but where is his voice condemning Project 2025.

  • PeterH

    August 6, 2024 at 10:08 am

    OK now Rick ….. sit down and take out your crayons and draw some pretty pictures of your three trillion dollar border wall with Mexico. After you’ve completed this exercise, I suggest you gather your radical right wing Florida representatives in Washington ……to join you in the new sound proof Republican Crying Room.

  • Andy

    August 6, 2024 at 10:22 am

    It’s radical to think a ‘Prosecutor’ can hold a ‘Medicare fraudster’ and ‘Felon’ accountable under the premise of the Constitution and ‘Rule of Law’?

  • Michael K

    August 6, 2024 at 10:31 am

    I’d say a convcted felon, adjudicated sexual predator, pathological liar and insurrectionist – and those who support him – are the radical clear and present dangers to America and the world.

    The financial markets are rebounding on this news. .

  • Ocean Joe

    August 6, 2024 at 10:48 am

    Destroying the middle class has been a Republican specialty since the 1930’s. Hey, let’s have another tax cut for the wealthy, let’s repeal the Affordable care Act, let’s allow insurance companies to refuse to cover pre-existing conditions and cap payments while doing nothing about medical costs. Let’s repeal the new caps on insulin and inhalers. Let’s sunset medicare and social security while we increase the military budget. Let’s fight a living wage so folks at the bottom can live like indentured servants. Right, Ricky?

    • Ocean Joe

      August 6, 2024 at 10:49 am

      Unions built much of the middle class, and who has always tried to squelch them?

  • Elmo

    August 6, 2024 at 1:13 pm

    Only someone who is against human rights would say what he said. He is just another scum sucking blow hard like his entire party.

  • Frankie M.

    August 6, 2024 at 5:36 pm

    Even more than Biden/Harris? Say it ain’t so Ric

  • Yrral

    August 6, 2024 at 6:33 pm

    Google Rick Scott Medicare Fraud

  • MarvinM

    August 6, 2024 at 7:57 pm

    Tim Walz is radical?

    Why? Because of free lunch program?

    Geez, JD Vance wants 10 years olds to give birth*. Tim Walz wants 10 year olds to have lunch.

    JD Vance is the radical. And Trump ain’t much better but he’s more a criminal trying to keep himself out of prison. No sense of public service. Trump does not care about you, please get that through your heads. His China tariffs will destroy the economy as will his mass deportation and the [rotten] cherry on top will be tax cuts for rich people and businesses which will ensure a U.S. debt and deficit for years to come.

    * Yeah, yeah “but there are exceptions for rape and incest” except read the legislation – those only apply if you file a police report or have some other way to “prove” you were raped. How the heck is a 10 year old incest victim supposed to do that?

  • Ricky Poo Poo is bald

    August 7, 2024 at 8:12 am

    I doubt that Ricky Poo actually wrote this drivel. But by allowing its publication, Ricky Poo owns it. Just talking points ripped off from Newsman and Fox devoid of any real meaning. Buzz words. “Radical.” Enough already. Let’s have a series of actual live debates. Tramp v. Harris. Vance v. Walz. We the people are so damn tired of these stooge talking heads (or in Ricky’s case bald heads) spewing out BS bromides. Let’s actually hear from the candidates on live TV. Oh, the GOP clowns are too scared to do this. Cowards, traitors, losers – the GOP and Ricky Poo Poo.

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