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Rick Scott: “Government needs to give information and stop these…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Republican Sen. Rick Scott on the crisis at the border | Morning in America

Published | Video Starts at 06:23

I didn't tell pregnant women you couldn't travel to an area. I said, if you travel that area, there's a greater chance of transmission of Zika. Guess what? People acted in their own best interests. Government needs to give information and stop these mandates. And do you include the conversations around police officers, firefighters, military members having to be mandated to get the vaccine? Do you have an opinion on that? (06:23–06:27)

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Asserts that the government should provide information rather than enforce mandates.

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