Despite a “rocky start” as NRSC Chair that has Republicans alarmed, Senator Rick Scott is continuing to double down on his recent disqualifying vote to throw out Electoral College results. Asked by CNN yesterday whether he regretted his vote to throw out Pennsylvania’s results, Scott flatly said “no” twice and inaccurately tried to compare the 2020 presidential election to his 2018 race. Even when pressed on the fact that his Electoral College objection came after a deadly insurrection at the Capitol, Scott stood by his indefensible position.
Rick Scott is continuing to face intense backlash in his new role as NRSC Chair. Even Republicans are worried Scott’s decision to object to Pennsylvania’s election results after the violent insurrection at the Capitol is “complicating the party’s prospects of retaking the Senate in the next election” and has created “a vexing complication for Senate leaders.” As a result, Scott has already become a potential liability in a divided GOP struggling to recuperate from losing the Senate majority.
“By doubling down again on his indefensible vote to overturn November’s election results, Senator Rick Scott is proving how much more he cares about his own personal ambitions than our democracy and making clear he is unfit to continue in any leadership position,” DSCC spokesperson Stewart Boss. “Rather than apologizing for his role in propagating the dangerous lies and false conspiracies that fueled the violent mob attack on the Capitol, Rick Scott is hurting his own party and creating an untenable dilemma for Senate Republicans if they leave him in charge of the NRSC.”
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