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ICYMI: Rick Scott has Deep Ties to Project 2025 Leaders
Yesterday, new reporting from Daily Kos revealed Rick Scott’s deep ties to the architects of Project 2025, specifically, Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation — the far-right organization behind Project 2025. Scott and Project 2025 share many priorities, including banning abortion nationwide, and terminating the National Flood Insurance Program that insures 1.7 million Florida homes.
Scott has long praised and collaborated with the Heritage Foundation, which endorsed his signature plan to end Social Security and Medicare as we know them.
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- To really get the wrecking balls flying, Project 2025 would also need some quislings in Congress. And few are more open about their support for the Heritage Foundation than Florida Sen. Rick Scott.
- Scott is deeply connected with both Project 2025 and Roberts. It’s not just a matter of Scott praising Roberts (although that has certainly happened), or of Roberts praising Scott (although … that too).
- Scott has appeared on Roberts’ podcast to criticize investigations into Trump, and Roberts has praised Scott’s plan for fighting “woke extremism.” It’s no wonder why: With its nationwide ban on abortion, plan to replace public education with a voucher scheme, and of course “keeping men out of women’s sports” talking point, Scott’s 12-point agenda (which actually includes over 100 policy proposals) contains a lot of the same ideas as Project 2025.
- When he was governor of Florida, Scott hired the author of Project 2025’s chapter on election reform, attorney Hans von Spakovsky, to help conduct a purge of Florida’s voter rolls.
- Two years ago, Scott and Roberts were side by side to promote Scott’s “plan for rescuing America.”
- Considering his [JD Vance] deep association with the Heritage Foundation and Roberts, there’s no doubt that Vance would be there every step of the way to try and implement Project 2025’s nationalist takeover if he and Trump win the election in November. And he’ll surely have help from some in Congress—including Rick Scott.