Tag Archives: Rick Scott

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott told Fox Business viewers that he agrees with President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 50% tariff on Brazil, concurring with Trump about the “witch hunt” against former leader Jair Bolsonaro. “Well, the trial is a witch hunt. It clearly is, and you look at what’s happening in free speech in Brazil, it …

“All we have to do is vote for Rick Scott’s amendment. He’s an expert in health care. He’s proposed [against] the most damaging part of Obamacare. That’s the, what they call Medicaid expansion. But what that is — traditional Medicaid pays one, for every dollar state puts in traditional Medicaid, federal government puts in, on average, about $1.33. For the …

Florida Politics reports: Members of Florida’s congressional delegation are launching a push to bring NASA headquarters to Florida. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott led a letter to President Donald Trump signed by 24 members of the Florida delegation from both sides of the aisle encouraging a move. The letter bears the signatures of both Scott and U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, a Plant …

“We have ICE agents getting hurt, all right? The federal government has the ability, has the right, to defend the federal agents. Why does California want to allow people to become violent? I don’t understand why the Mayor and the Governor don’t care about the safety of their citizens. “Democrats have all been okay with criminals and terrorists and narco-traffickers …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott isn’t a fan of the House version of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, in part because it doesn’t go big enough when it comes to budget cuts. “I want the budget balanced over the next three years. So to get that, we need to get the spending for the ’26 budget cycle down to …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Senators are putting their muscle behind a Gov. Ron DeSantis priority regarding the future of NASA. U.S. Sens. Ashley Moody and Rick Scott are introducing the Consolidating Aerospace Programs Efficiently (CAPE) at Canaveral Act to move the headquarters of the space agency on the Space Coast. “Establishing NASA’s headquarters within the Space Coast will bridge the …

“Elon Musk does not have the power to fire people. The president of the United States is Donald Trump, and the agency heads are the ones who manage each of their departments. You do your best every day. What they’re trying to do is rein in government, right? “Are they going to be perfect? No one is perfect. When they …

The Meidas Touch reports: This afternoon, Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott has now come out on Benny Johnson’s show to call for the DOJ to prosecute New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez for aiding and abetting undocumented migrants to avoid ICE detention. When appearing on Johnson’s show, Scott stated: “She violated the law. Need to have equal protection and equal …

“There’s groups that you know believe in violence now as a way to get the change they want and you know you just have to condemn it and hold these people accountable for bad acts. If you look at what’s happened on television – I mean, he’s not been convicted yet – but it sure looks like [the murder] was …

NBC REPORTER JAY O’BRIEN: Senator Scott, what do you make of the President pardoning–. SEN. RICK SCOTT: I haven’t seen all of it but clearly– First off, so many people were unfairly prosecuted– O’BRIEN: What about those that assaulted police officers? SCOTT: I don’t believe anybody– if you violate the law, you should be prosecuted. O’BRIEN: But what about those …

Florida Politics reports: Sen. Rick Scott says he backs potential moves to bring Greenland and the Panama Canal under American control that have been floated recently by Donald Trump. “Well, it would be pretty exciting. If you think about it, we’ve got a President that’s going to focus on our national security,” Scott told Fox Business host Stuart Varney. “It …

“The first thing we’ve got to do is starting on Jan. 6, we’ve got to start going through committee by committee and get Pam Bondi out of the committee, get Pete Hegseth out of committee, to get every nominee done as quickly as possible. Then on Jan. 20, we’ve got to stay here and just be voting on these nominees. …

The Huffington Post reports: CNN’s Jake Tapper pointed out that the woman who accused Hegseth of sexual assault signed a non-disclosure agreement and is not allowed to speak publicly, even though police have confirmed Hegseth was involved in their investigation into the assault. “Do you think Pete should release her from the NDA so that I can ask her the …

Florida Politics reports: “Is Biden serious? Families in Florida and across our nation are waiting for disaster relief after their livelihoods were destroyed from hurricanes, but Biden flees to Africa and hands out tax dollars like candy. We need President Trump and his America first priorities in office ASAP,” U.S. Sen. Rick Scott posted to X. The Naples Republican was …

Via press release from Sen. Rick Scott: It’s past time for big reforms that scale back big government regulation and get our country back on track. Our country is drowning in debt and massive government expansion during Democrat control of Washington is pushing us deeper every day. This is a serious threat to our national security and the American Dream, …

The Hill reports: Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has been elected Senate majority leader, setting the stage for him to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has held the top Senate GOP leadership job for the past 18 years. Thune has served as Senate Republican whip, the No. 2-ranking position in the Senate GOP leadership, since 2019, and largely managed …

NBC News reports: Senate Republicans will meet behind closed doors Wednesday to elect a new leader, capping a battle that has divided the party and pitted a candidate backed by vocal MAGA allies of President-elect Donald Trump against two long-serving senators with institutional knowledge and deep relationships in the body. The three-way race features Sens. John Thune of South Dakota, …

The New York Times reports: Some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s closest allies are privately counseling him to try to block a onetime Republican nemesis from becoming the Senate majority leader, pushing him to impose his will more forcefully on an already compliant G.O.P. Congress. Those advisers believe Mr. Trump should stop Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. …

Politico Playbook reports: This morning, we have a news flash for Scott’s overzealous allies: Congratulations, your campaign appears to be backfiring, badly. MAGA posters began targeting the GOP senators listed as backing Cornyn or Thune, while others openly threatened primaries and called senators “traitors.” There’s just one problem: There’s probably no group of Republicans more insulated from an outside pressure …

The Insider reports: Elon Musk is backing Sen. Rick Scott of Florida to lead the GOP in the Senate. “Rick Scott for Senate Majority Leader!” Musk wrote in an X post on Sunday, a few hours after he posted a poll asking who should take up the position. When this article went live Monday, 1,088,220 votes were registered on Musk’s …