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ICYMI: ‘Florida Sen. Rick Scott missed Senate votes for private jet trips and Trump rallies’ [American Journal]
New reporting from American Journal News shows that Rick Scott has repeatedly missed votes to kiss up to Donald Trump and remind everyone how he oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in history.
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- Florida Sen. Rick Scott skipped a vote on the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act and other measures, presumably because he was campaigning for former President Donald Trump.
- Scott was absent from the Senate July 9 through July 11. The Senate was on recess from July 15 to July 22. According to publicly available flight data, a private jet owned by Scott made frequent trips and stops on these dates.
- Scott missed four votes on July 10, including a cloture motion to advance the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act. The bill would create federal protections for abortion access similar to what existed prior to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
- Scott has previously backed a 20-week nationwide abortion ban and endorsed a Florida law banning abortion at six weeks gestation.
- On the morning of July 10, Scott’s jet flew from Naples to Bozeman, MT. In 2020, Roll Call reported that Scott owns an estate in Troy, MT. The following day, Scott missed two Senate votes; a federal judge confirmation and a joint resolution concerning humanitarian aid to Gaza.
- On July 16, Scott’s jet flew from Bozeman to Milwaukee, WI where he appeared at the Republican National Convention.