Florida Sen. Rick Scott touted his expertise in enterprise when requested why his Republican colleagues ought to again him for Senate Majority Chief.
“I constructed companies all my life,” Scott mentioned throughout an look on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. “I constructed the most important hospital firm, I constructed quite a lot of manufacturing corporations, I ran the state of Florida.”
The feedback come as Scott finds himself in a three-way race to grow to be the GOP Senate chief, battling fellow Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of South Dakota for the job held by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., since 2007.
Scott, whose bid for the place is seen as a protracted shot by some observers, has earned the endorsement of Republican Sens. Invoice Hagerty of Tennessee, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida.
“I might be voting for my Florida colleague @ScottforFlorida to be our subsequent Senate GOP chief,” Rubio mentioned on X on Sunday.
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Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks at a marketing campaign watch social gathering on election evening, Nov. 5, 2024, in Bonita Springs, Fla.
However the Florida Republican can also be seen by some because the friendliest candidate to President-elect Trump, one thing Hagerty famous when making his endorsement of Scott.
“Any chief of this new majority should have the ability to work hand-in-hand with President Trump to advance his America First agenda,” Hagerty posted to X on Sunday. “That is why I wish to see a Senate Majority Chief who can be a part of me in embracing the Trump agenda, which is able to unify Senate Republicans. On Wednesday, I might be voting for Rick Scott.”
Scott himself hinted on the alignment with Trump throughout his look on “Sunday Morning Futures,” arguing that the Republican Senate ought to mirror the desire of the voters.
“Washington must characterize the Republican voters across the nation,” Scott mentioned.
“We now have a mandate for change … who’s going to characterize all of the Republican voters? I ran two years in the past as a result of I knew we would have liked to make a change within the Senate.” he continued, referring to his failed 2022 try and oust McConnell for the Senate GOP’s prime job “I’ve talked to my colleagues, I feel everyone realizes we have to make a change. So the query goes to be: Who’s going to verify we get these issues finished?”
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Scott has expressed hope that Trump will publicly endorse his bid for the highest job, although some experiences have indicated the president-elect has been hesitant to weigh in on the race.
Thune, in the meantime, has inspired Trump to remain out of the race.
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. (AP Photograph/Susan Walsh/File)
“Clearly, if he needs to, he might exert a substantial quantity of affect on that, however truthfully, I feel my choice can be, and I feel it’s in all probability in his greatest curiosity, to remain out of that,” Thune, who has at instances had a rocky relationship with Trump, mentioned throughout an look on CNBC final week.
“These Senate secret poll elections are in all probability greatest left to senators, and he’s set to work with all of us when it’s all mentioned and finished,” Thune, who presently serves as Senate minority whip, added, “however no matter he decides to do, that’s going to be his prerogative, as we all know.”
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Cornyn, who additionally beforehand served because the Senate’s GOP Whip, has touted he held the position when Trump’s tax cuts had been handed by way of the Senate, arguing he would as soon as once more have the ability to work with the president-elect to assist move his agenda.
Republicans return to Washington this week, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is anticipated to host a discussion board with the candidates on Tuesday. The election, which is completed by secret poll, will happen on Wednesday with incoming GOP Sens.-elect Bernie Moreno of Ohio, Tim Sheehy of Montana and Jim Justice of West Virginia additionally with the ability to take part within the vote.
Solely a easy majority is required for a winner to be chosen. If no candidate achieves a easy majority within the first spherical of ballots, the candidate with the least variety of votes might be eradicated and there might be one other spherical of voting between the highest two candidates.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures)
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Scott argued {that a} vote for him on Wednesday can be a vote for a candidate who might “deliver individuals collectively.”
“What it’s going to take is anyone goes to take the time to take a seat down and produce individuals collectively. We’ve obtained to get, for lots of issues, 60 votes within the Senate, so we have got to have anyone that’s going to take a seat down with Democrats and say, ‘How can we steadiness a finances? How can we do these items?’” Scott mentioned. “That’s all I’ve finished. I’m a deal man. That is what I did all my life.”
