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WHAT TO KNOW: Rick Scott’s Extreme, Self-Serving Agenda is Wrong for Florida
Ahead of Florida’s primary tomorrow, here’s what you need to know about Rick Scott and his extreme, self-serving agenda: Scott oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in U.S. history, wrote the plan to raise taxes on the middle class and gut Social Security and Medicare, and endorsed Florida’s dangerous abortion ban that rips away reproductive health care before most women know they’re pregnant, with no real exceptions for rape, incest, or health of the mother.
What to know about Rick Scott’s extreme, self-serving agenda:
Scott supported a national abortion ban and says he would support “any” anti-choice bill.
- Rick Scott: “If I was the sitting governor, and the six-week abortion ban came in front of me, I would sign it. I’ve always said I would sign it.”
- On the day Florida’s abortion ban took effect, Rick Scott said he would sign “any” anti-abortion legislation.
- Scott voted against protecting access to contraception and IVF treatment and then lied about it.
Scott’s signature plan to end Social Security and Medicare as we know them would spike costs for seniors and families and rip away hard-earned benefits.
- Mitch McConnell on Rick Scott’s disastrous signature plan: “A bad idea.”
Scott plans to raise taxes on the middle class while lowering taxes for corporations and the wealthy, like himself.
- Fox News: “…that would raise taxes on half of Americans and potentially sunset programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.”
- Scott’s plan would raise taxes on 40% of Floridians, including working families and active-duty military.
- Gainesville Sun: “Florida Gov. Rick Scott was in Washington this week not to seek to improve the legislation for most Floridians, but to fight for the tax cuts benefiting a small sliver of the state population — including himself.”
Scott “took responsibility” for overseeing the largest Medicare fraud in U.S. history.
- Scott’s company was fined $1.7 billion and plead guilty to defrauding the government.
- Scott walked away with a $300 million golden parachute he used to buy his way into public office.