Rick Scott: “Wages all across the country, including Florida, have not…”

“Well, I know people are struggling. Florida has not been adding jobs, you know, for this last year, I think it lost 55,000 jobs. I think Wages all across the country, including Florida, have not stayed up with the inflation that was caused by Joe Biden's administration. So I clearly, the increase in gas prices is a direct hit to Florida families. And the goal should be that we win this conflict as quickly as possible and we'll be able to get gas prices down even below where they are.” (06:15–06:21)

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