Posted on 05/22/2024 4:28:00 PM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Wednesday announced he will join the race to replace retiring Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), throwing a wild card in the race to head a potential new Senate GOP majority in 2025.
Scott’s decision to jump into the race gives his Senate Republican colleagues a more conservative alternative to Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), who announced their ambitions to succeed McConnell earlier this year.
While Thune and Cornyn are highly respected conservative senators, they haven’t been as willing to challenge McConnell’s leadership as Scott, who has urged Senate Republicans to develop a bold governing agenda and work much more closely with conservative House Republicans.
“This is not a time to make small adjustments, I believe we need a dramatic sea change to save our country and that’s why I’m running to be Republican leader,” Scott announced in a “Dear Colleague” letter circulated Wednesday afternoon.
Scott included a list of eight pledges he is making to his colleagues if elected GOP leader.
He promised to never surprise them with legislation or ask them to vote on something they haven’t had the chance to thoroughly review.
He promised to lead the Republican conference in developing “a positive, aspirational agenda that outlines our legislative goals and what Senate Republicans stand for.”
And he vowed to never pressure colleagues to vote against what they campaigned on or what is not in the interests of their constituents.
Scott said he thinks the GOP leader should be limited to a six-year term and that the appropriations process should follow a “realistic schedule” to keep Congress from relying on continuous resolutions and omnibus packages to fund government.
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Once the curtain has been pulled away from the McConnel/China connection Americans will be outraged!
Rick Scott would be a terrific leader! Start making phone calls folks!
All 3 of them are traitors to America and support the occupation of what was our country.
Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Johnson and perhaps a few others are not owned.
He’s toast. I’m not sure he can get many votes out of the 49 GOP senators. Many be the other two will split the vote and he could win that way.
+6 right now. But Democrats don’t have a candidate yet. Also trump will add to Scott’s 6 points.
What a wonderful experience you have had with Rick Scott. So unusual for a politician to go out of his way for a real people. I love it. Thank you for sharing. I do get a good feeling about Rick Scott and I hope that he ends up the the Leader.
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