Rick Scott says Donald Trump leadership endorsement TBD

Rick Scott Jax photo by Gancarski
'I'm hoping he will, right. But he's got an election.'

Former President Donald Trump enthusiastically is endorsing Rick Scott for re-election, but the Naples Republican isn’t saying when or if Trump will back him openly in his battle to lead the Senate.

“Well, I’m hoping he will, right. But he’s got an election. So there’s three people in the race so far to be the Republican leader. So we’ll see, hopefully he’ll endorse me. But, you know, that’s a choice,”  Scott said Saturday in Jacksonville, at a GOTV event at the Duval County Republican headquarters.

Scott had previously said Trump is “excited” that he’s running for the position again, but that he wasn’t sure if Trump would endorse him or not to lead the Senate GOP caucus.

Scott got 10 votes in his challenge to Mitch McConnell in 2022’s leadership fight. This time around, John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of South Dakota represent the competition.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


5 comments

  • Yrral

    August 17, 2024 at 2:38 pm

    Him and Trump will be playing golf in the banana Republic together, Florida got a bad demographic old people and foreigner,not like most states that have a diverse population

    Reply

  • Linwood Wright

    August 17, 2024 at 3:33 pm

    Just a little reminder that Trump raped a 13 year girl at Jeffery Epstein orgy in 1994.

    Each and every single person who supports Trump also supports pedophilia.

    Reply

  • Phil Morton

    August 17, 2024 at 3:58 pm

    Rick Scott will not be in leadership in 2025. Hell, he won’t even be in the Senate. U.S. Senator Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has a nice ring to it.

    Reply

    • Kamala is Brat 🥥🌴🥥

      August 17, 2024 at 4:06 pm

      From your lips to god’s ears….. I hope she’s listening.

      Reply

  • C Lewandowski

    August 17, 2024 at 4:46 pm

    Dearest Rick,
    I really don’t think you’ve groveled enough to win the Orange One’s endorsement! Perhaps if you don some knee pads and stop by Trump’s clown training school in West Palm Beach for say $100K behavior lessons Trump will reconsider!
    Yours truly in Christ,
    Corey Lewandowski

    Reply

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