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ICYMI: ‘Sen. Rick Scott leaves hurricane-ravaged Florida to fundraise and campaign for Trump’ [American Journal News]
New reporting from American Journal News shows that Rick Scott was fundraising in Connecticut and campaigning for Donald Trump in Montana while Floridians were reeling from the destruction left by Hurricane Debby. Previously, Scott deserted Floridians facing catastrophic flooding to spend time with far-right extremists at Turning Point USA. Scott has also 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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- A private jet owned by Florida Sen. Rick Scott flew to Massachusetts mere hours after Scott toured hurricane wreckage in his home state.
- On Aug. 6, Scott held press events in Manatee and Taylor counties. In a social media post, Scott claimed he was working to secure federal disaster relief funding and shared photos of himself meeting with local law enforcement.
- Less than two hours later, according to publicly available flight records, Scott’s private jet flew from nearby Cross City, FL to Nantucket, MA. Scott’s jet flew to White Plains, NY on Aug. 7 and returned to Massachusetts on Aug. 8.
- During this period, Scott’s campaign reported $16,750 in new campaign contributions from donors with Connecticut addresses. All of these addresses were within 30 miles of White Plains.
- On Aug. 9, Scott’s jet flew from Massachusetts to Bozeman, MT, where former President Donald Trump was holding a rally. The following day, Scott spoke at a conservative media event in Atlanta, GA. In his remarks, Scott acknowledged that he attended the Bozeman rally to support Trump and Montana’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy.