Rick Scott: “The Iranian government wants to destroy our lives.”

“That's what he doesn't have to have a formal war declaration. So this president has that right and he's doing the right thing. I mean, think about this. The Iranian government wants to destroy our lives. They have been destroying American lives. And so these Democrats that say, no, we don't want this president to protect American lives, it's the same Democrats that wanted open borders, same Democrats that don't want illegals out of the country.” (02:07–02:11)

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