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Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships'

Published October 10, 2024 | Video Starts at 13:46

How it's broken. Try. They don't even try. They don't even bother trying anymore because they know. Right? Well, because here's why. Because. Here's why. Because Two people in the Senate get to decide what's in the spending bill. McConnell and Schumer, they decide. You. You know, I don't, I don't. I'm. I'm a US Senator from the third biggest state, okay? No influence, because I'm not the leader. And so those two. (13:46–13:53)

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Asserts that Senate leaders McConnell and Schumer have significant control over spending bill contents.

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“Medicare [is] going bankrupt in four or five years, [and] Social Security in 12 or 13 years.”
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“In 2023, one out of every 44 Americans was subject to a violent crime.”
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“We've got a great Republican Party in Florida, but you come up here and they sort of forgot what they ran on.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 02:01-02:10
“How do we get to $35 trillion of debt, open border, no accountability of the executive branch.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 02:10-02:18
“It looks like they're trying to get us another omnibus in December.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 02:36-02:40
“You're paying for a new opera house in Pennsylvania.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 02:49-02:52
“This is not sustainable, $35 trillion worth of debt.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 05:56-05:59
“Interest rates for mortgages have skyrocketed in the last three and a half years.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 07:24-07:27
“We're spending $2 trillion, 40% more than we collect every year.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 07:46-07:50
“We don't have meetings about the numbers we have. We have meetings about climate change.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 08:57-09:01
“The Biden administration comes and explains their budget. They don't even know anything about their own budget.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 09:14-09:20
“We don't pass appropriations bills, they don't bring them to the floor.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 10:21-10:33
“They'll have a big omnibus in December. I will not have seen it. They want me to vote on it.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 10:32-10:43
“Omnibus can't pass without at least 10 Republicans voting for it.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 14:55-15:03
“We have dictatorships. We have the McConnell dictatorship and the Schumer dictatorship.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 17:48-17:53
“We want to make sure the border's secure.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 19:39-19:42
“We have to preserve Medicare. We have to preserve Social Security.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 19:44-19:48
“It's not sustainable to have $35 trillion to debt.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 20:56-21:00
“They know it's not sustainable that we'd have no accountability of the executive branch.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 20:59-21:04
“I ran against McConnell. He's not going to help me.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 22:02-29:16
“We don't have appropriations bills done.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 22:32-22:35
“Bills aren't going through committee.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 22:35-22:37
“The continuing resolution... didn't go through any committee.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 22:39-22:43
“In our bylaws, we're supposed to have a legislative agenda.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 25:32-25:36
“I've been up here six years. There's no legislative agenda.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 25:36-25:39
“McConnell didn't help me. The NRC didn't help me.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 27:28-27:31
“Stephen Law runs the Senate Leadership Fund, which is McConnell's fund.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 28:47-28:54
“The NRC and SLF, they're generally investing in the same races.”
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“They're not investing in my race.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 29:06-29:08
“It pushes people to vote with Schumer on the Democrat side and it pushes people to vote with McConnell on the Democrats.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 30:25-30:30
“It's work to raise money. Right. And I mean, it's a lot of work.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 30:59-31:04
“Are you going to vote against somebody that might spend $40 million in your race?”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 31:13-31:17
“It looks like the only tough races to defend are Ted Cruz's in mind.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 33:55-34:00
“If we can keep those win West Virginia and get three or four others, then we would have. It would be easier to pass legislation.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 34:00-34:11
“You still have to get to 60 votes, but it would be easier to pass legislation and easier to get reconciliation done.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 34:10-34:18
“Get a majority is number one priority because that gives you the ability to decide what we vote on.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 34:26-34:32
“If Trump doesn't have a majority in the House and the Senate, it's going to be difficult for him.”
Rick Scott — The Senate Is Run by 'Dictatorships' | Uploaded October 10, 2024 | 34:53-34:58
“If we don't have a majority in the House, they'll impeach him over something because they don't care.”
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“If we have a bigger majority, we could have two more votes on every committee.”
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“Democrats seem to have more money, so you're going to have to try to do your best to raise more money.”
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“I'm the only Republican that won in, in 2018 in a swing state in the Senate because I got my vote out.”
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“If you want a better education system, Republicans believe that you should have choices, Democrats don't.”
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“Republicans are going to secure the border.”
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“If you don't want America to be at war, you better get a president that wants us to get out of wars.”
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