U.S. Sen. Rick Scott on Thursday lashed out at “self-appointed ‘smart guys’ in Washington” who are alleged conservatives but serve as agents of the Democratic Party when they “trash talk” GOP congressional candidates in the upcoming midterm elections.
In an op-ed for The Washington Examiner, the Florida Republican denounced these alleged GOP insiders as traitors to the conservative cause, and contemptuous of the party’s own voters who backed these candidates in state primaries.
Scott, who serves as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the organization responsible for getting GOP candidates elected to the Senate, noted that the GOP’s 2020 defeats opened the door for the misery and chaos created by President Joe Biden.
Since that time, Biden and congressional Democrats have “opened our southern border for an invasion and a massive flow of illegal drugs, engaged in enough deficit spending to drive inflation through the roof, took away America’s energy independence, drove America into a recession, and implemented soft-on-crime policies that have led to a national epidemic of violent crime,” Scott wrote.
“Unfortunately,” he added, “many of the very people responsible for losing the Senate last cycle are now trying to stop us from winning the majority this time by trash-talking our Republican candidates,” the senator added. “It’s an amazing act of cowardice, and ultimately, it’s treasonous to the conservative cause.”
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“Giving anonymous quotes to help the Washington Post or the New York Times write stories trashing Republicans is the same as working with the Democratic National Committee.”
Scott said it was fine for these critics to talk about how the GOP needs to raise more money to promote its candidates.
But, he added, “If you want to trash-talk our candidates to help the Democrats, pipe down. That’s not what leaders do. And Republicans need to be leaders that build up the team and do everything they can to get the entire team over the finish line.”
When supposed Republicans “complain and lament” that the GOP has fielded bad candidates, he wrote, “what you are really saying is that you have contempt for the voters who chose them.”
“Much of Washington’s chattering class disrespects and secretly (or not so secretly) loathes Republican voters.”
“These self-appointed ‘smart guys’ in Washington think they (not the voters) should be able to choose our candidates. The D.C. crowd should not choose candidates, and they do not, and they will not.”
Scott argued that the Republicans have “great candidates, chosen by the voters in their states,” adding that “our job is to help each one of them win.”
“And, once a candidate wins, Washington will (as usual) immediately change its collective mind and say, ‘I was secretly on the senator’s side the whole time.’”
The senator argued that GOP candidates such as Dr. Mehmet Oz, Herschel Walker and J.D. Vance are “incredible people” who will win in November.
“The truth is,” Scott wrote, “all our candidates are great in this regard: They all oppose inflation, recession, open borders, violent crime, and 87,000 new IRS agents brought to America by Biden and this crop of Senate Democrats.”
“And I will fight for all of them.”
Scott said he gets “a lot of crap” from the “D.C. crowd” who eagerly tell him his optimism is misplaced.
But, he noted, “each one of our candidates presents a stark contrast to the failed agenda of Biden and the Democrats.”
“Let me be clear — we will overcome the Washington naysayers and their anonymous quotes, we will beat the Democrats, and we will take control of the Senate this fall. Write it down,” he added.
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“And when we do, we will be in a position to stop this confused and ridiculous president from further damaging our great country and present a positive agenda that will be good for all of America. As a side benefit, we will be able to ignore the fools who have been trash-talking Republican candidates and Republican voters.”
“That’s a win-win in my book.”
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