Rick Scott doubles down on McConnell feud in defiant CPAC speech

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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.

Published 3 months ago · Washington, United States

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The Hill

Rick Scott doubles down on McConnell feud in defiant CPAC speech

3 months ago·Washington, United States

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Washington Examiner

CPAC 2023: Rick Scott makes no apology for McConnell leadership challenge

OXON HILL, Maryland — Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said he apologizes to "nobody" for challenging Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for Senate leadership, a move that earned him the ire of establishment figures in the Republican Party.

3 months ago·Washington, United States

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Political Wire

Rick Scott Slams McConnell in Defiant Speech

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) ramped up his ongoing feud with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 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, The Hill reports. Said Scott: “It’s not just the Democrats in Washington who are destroying our country. You have heard the famous quote: ‘We have met the enemy and he is us’…

3 months ago·New York, United States

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Mediaite

Rick Scott Accuses McConnell of Peddling ‘BS’: He’s ‘Lying About Me’

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) fired another salvo in the direction of Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, telling a CPAC audience on Tuesday the Kentuckian has enabled the Democratic Party with his “B.S.” Scott criticized what he said is profligate spending on the parts of both political parties. He then set his sights on McConnell. “In each of these instances, old establishment leaders from our own Republican Party caved in and gave the Democrats th…

3 months ago·United States

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Florida Politics

Rick Scott tells CPAC he's tired of 'the BS'

Rick Scott’s 23-minute speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference doubled down on the ‘unpardonable sin’ of 2022’s failed GOP leadership challenge. The Florida Senator said he’s set to become the “least popular person in Washington,” and — in fiery remarks punctuated by applause on multiple occasions — the outsider Republican said he’s making progress toward that goal by pushing back against big-spending corruption on both sides of t…

3 months ago

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