New Rick Scott spot takes aim at what Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ‘did,’ says GOP will ‘undo’ it

Rick Scott We Did It Joe ad
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One of the best known Kamala Harris soundbites — “We did it, Joe!” — is the jump off for a new U.S. Sen. Rick Scott ad arguing what their legacy is.

The spot is narrated by the first-term Republican Senator from Naples and is running in every media market in the state.

It takes a critical look at what the Joe Biden administration “did,” and promises that Republicans will “undo” it after November’s elections.

On inflation, Scott says “everything is more expensive” now than it was in 2020.

Turning to demonstrations that greeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Washington, D.C., last month, Scott notes “now protesters are chanting death to America and burning our flag.”

Regarding the porous southern border, which is another Biden legacy, Scott notes that “they gave money, housing, and healthcare to criminals bringing drugs into our country.”

A.G. Gancarski

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11 comments

  • Yrral

    August 7, 2024 at 3:40 pm

    JD Vance is just as crazy as Trump is, revealed in his text to Holocaust denier Charles Johnson ,he believes in UFO,Google JD Vance Text

  • Yrral

    August 7, 2024 at 3:42 pm

    The Miami Cuban Cartel smuggles drugs to Florida

    • MH/Duuuval

      August 7, 2024 at 8:53 pm

      And some folks down that way are smuggling firearms to the islands and Latin American.

  • Just Saying

    August 8, 2024 at 12:55 am

    And back in the real world, people are just trying to survive, feed their families and keep a job and roof over their heads. Everyone loves a democrat until the bill arrives and you realize that all you can eat buffet was not for you.

    Anybody who pays taxes, who’s self employed, contractor, gig worker, small business owner, works multiple jobs, or anybody now who struggles to pay their bills plus taxes and still just scraping by, and votes for Harris Walz, obviously doesn’t do their own taxes or has no idea what’s about to happen. Enjoy!

    • Ocean Joe

      August 8, 2024 at 7:41 am

      If you think your tax burden is too high, look at who doesn’t pay their fair share.
      If you think the bill doesnt include military spending you’re wrong.
      If you think senior citizens dont rely on social security and medicate (both created and protected by Democrats) you’re wrong.
      If you think Republicans are better for the middle class remember 2008. And were we around then, 1929. Trickle down, voo doo economics does one thing well: enrich the rich.
      If you think Rick Scott really cares about us, you’ve got to explain his antics with HCA.
      Trump coasted on the Obama economy, an economy that was brought back from the shambles of the mortgage meltdown via government stimulus made possible by a Democratic congress, while Republicans all voted against it.
      A worldwide pandemic cratered supply and scarcity ramped up demand which in turn hiked inflation. Government assistance, heavy under Trump as well as Biden, helped folks pay those higher prices which kept the spiral going. If you blame government for inflation, dont leave your pal Trump out of the mix. Adding trillions to the deficit along the way.

      • Edward C Jackson

        August 13, 2024 at 9:33 pm

        Ocean Joe, you explained the effects thta got us to this point very well. I do remember as we were coming out of the pandemic, the Feds told the American people not to start spending so quickly because the country has to get back on its feet and mant places that are close need to get the personnel to refill the position to get the country going. They di not listen and the idea were to start off to control inflation…so it wouldn’t get too high…we didn’t listen.
        Now, we got what we got. We were told long before it happen and what would happen if we don’t take heed. Suplies and things were stuck in ship containers in harbors with not enough truckers to keep up or they were stuck overseaa not able to get here in time to ward off the crisis, then there was Russia.
        I thought I would add what I’d remembered was said before all what everyone saying happen. The economists predicted how long it will take for us to come out of this…a very good timetable. So far, we on track.

    • MH/Duuuval

      August 8, 2024 at 10:56 am

      Don’t hold your breath for the next Mighty Munificent MAGA tax break which, as in 2017, went primarily to Trump’s wealthy friends and business contributors.

      BTW: The free lunch never materializes in the real world — and only someone obsessed with MAGA disinformation would imagine that is has.

  • Tjb

    August 8, 2024 at 9:25 am

    Can someone tell Scott and his party that even if trump was elected in 2020 there would have been inflation. Over.the past few years the people like Scott and trump talk of reducing inflation, but they never given any details on how they would do it. I would like to know how the Republicans will “undo” inflation when it has already been significantly reduce.

    • MH/Duuuval

      August 8, 2024 at 9:38 pm

      MAGA have selective historical memories of their Beloved Leader’s four years as Prez. It’s as if the economy didn’t crumble beginning in Feb. 2020 and that the Obama years preceding Trump weren’t spent nursing the economy back to health after W crashed it.

  • Mike

    August 11, 2024 at 12:56 pm

    I believe Rick Scott should be required to show his sources and data supporting the claims he made in his approved video:

    1) that worldwide inflation as a result of COVID economic recovery and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, resulting in extremely high fuel costs were any administration’s fault.

    2) that the US government “gave money, housing and healthcare to criminals who were bringing drugs into our country.”

    Most Floridians voting for Senator Rick Scott and Donald Trump don’t understand these issues and simply believe whatever they’re told by their favorite sources of misinformation.

    I wish Floridians would seek the truth from valid sources of factual information.

  • Peter Lesbirel

    August 19, 2024 at 8:20 pm

    I don’t think Rick Scott knows that he isn’t running for President.
    Shouldn’t he be campaigning against Debbie Mucarsel-Powell instead of Kamala in his ad?

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