Scott Claims McConnell Is “Destroying Our Country”

The Hill reports:

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) ramped up his ongoing feud with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday, using a speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference to tear into an “old Republican establishment” that Scott said had capitulated to Democrats for years.

“It’s not just the Democrats in Washington who are destroying our country,” Scott said. “You have heard the famous quote: ‘We have met the enemy and he is us.’ Unfortunately, some of the leaders of our old Republican establishment have been in Washington way too long and forgotten why they came here.”

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BREAKING: At CPAC, medicare scammer Rick Scott, just went full on white nationalist & fascist all at once. He claimed that “wokeness” which is essentially anti-racism and anti-discrimination, is tearing our country apart and must be defeated. He then claimed that we need one… https://t.co/woKcv08xNT pic.twitter.com/9uGnXsw3Y3

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) March 2, 2023

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) at CPAC boasts about challenging Mitch McConnell for Republican Senate leader last year:

“Everybody in Washington said I’m nuts. I might be. But we cannot put up with this b.s. anymore.” pic.twitter.com/uCPutsflLv

— The Recount (@therecount) March 2, 2023