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Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2025 an X post

Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”

By Samantha Putterman • October 8, 2025

Rick Scott
stated on March 9, 2025 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

“The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025

Rick Scott
stated on May 4, 2024 an X post

“Joe Biden flew hundreds of thousands of illegals into Florida last year.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 9, 2024

Rick Scott
stated on October 31, 2023 an X post

Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.

By Sara Swann • October 31, 2023

Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2023 an ad

President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2023

Rick Scott
stated on January 26, 2023 a page about elections in his Rescue America plan

Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."

By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2023

Rick Scott
stated on October 30, 2022 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

“All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2022

Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2022 a television interview

Kamala Harris said about Hurricane Ian that “if you have a different skin color, you're going to get relief faster.”

October 3, 2022

Rick Scott
stated on February 15, 2022 a statement to reporters

"The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.”

By Bill McCarthy, Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2022

Rick Scott
stated on October 5, 2021 a tweet

"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."

By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on July 30, 2021 a press release

Says Joe Biden and Democrats “have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling to keep up with inflation.”

By Jon Greenberg • August 4, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2020 a television interview

Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 4, 2020

Rick Scott
stated on January 29, 2020 a TV ad in Iowa

"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.

By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020

Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2019 a speech

Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2019 an Orlando Sentinel op-ed

The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."

By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on January 19, 2019 a tweet

"I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers."

By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on June 13, 2018 an ad

Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.

By Allison Graves • July 5, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on April 30, 2018 a press release

Says Bill Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages."

By Allison Graves • May 4, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2018 a press conference

Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."

By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on September 27, 2016 a Facebook post

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening."

By Joshua Gillin • September 29, 2016

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