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Rick Scott: “We added 1.7 million jobs [in Florida].”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Senator Rick Scott Addresses CPAC 2026 - 03/28/26

Published | Video Starts at 15:40

I competed with Rick Perry every day. So. But Texas generally won as the only I. The only time I beat Rick Perry was the two years after he left. But We added 1.7 million jobs [in Florida]. and we became with Texas, the two states that everybody wanted to move to because we had great economies. But guess what? Great economies don't last forever. (15:40–15:43)

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Asserts that 1.7 million jobs were added in Florida during his time as governor.

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