{"id":1341912,"date":"2022-02-25T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1341912"},"modified":"2022-02-25T11:39:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:39:02","slug":"report-trump-urges-rick-scott-to-run-for-senate-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-trump-urges-rick-scott-to-run-for-senate-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Trump Urges Rick Scott to Run for Senate Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-trump-urges-rick-scott-to-run-for-senate-leader%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1341912&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Election-2018-Trump-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Donald Trump has reportedly urged Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for Senate leader after the November midterms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should run for Senate majority leader,\u201d Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2022\/02\/25\/scoop-trump-tries-to-recruit-scott-for-majority-leader-00011720?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=0000014f-dd3c-d39a-ab4f-ff7f8c7a0000&#038;nlid=630318\">pitched<\/a> Scott at\u00a0Mar-a-Lago this week, according to Politico Playbook. Scott reportedly did not oppose Trump\u2019s idea, perhaps putting in motion\u00a0designs to replace establishment McConnell with conservative Scott.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have to focus on winning\u201d the Senate back, Scott reportedly responded to Trump. \u201cMy only focus is on winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott, who is the chairman of the\u00a0National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and responsible for money for GOP Senate campaigns, is a former Florida businessman that won his Senate seat in 2018 by 10,000 without the Republican Party\u2019s support. Before winning the Senate seat, he was governor of Florida. In 2010, the Republican Governors Association verbally opposed Scott in the GOP gubernatorial primary race.<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, Scott has been careful not to make unnecessary alliances that may have detrimental strings attached. On Tuesday, Scott\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/22\/rick-scott-11-point-plan-republicans-win-elections-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a>\u00a0an 11-point vision to be put into action if Senate Republicans reclaim the chamber in November. The plan was released in his personal capacity from his own campaign and not as the NRSC chairman.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRoaring inflation, the dangerous mismanagement of our border, the disastrous escalation of spending and debt, the shamefully inept withdrawal from Afghanistan, the use of public schools for left-wing indoctrination, and the incredible lawlessness on our streets\u2026 Americans are angry, and rightfully so,\u201d Scott said as he released an opening excerpt of the plan to Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<p>Before releasing the plan, Scott reportedly notified Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who supported the plan, and McConnell. Scott told Breitbart News McConnell liked the plan. Scott also told Breitbart News he is not directly itching for engagement with McConnell. But Scott\u2019s release of a plan does oppose McConnell\u2019s view that no political promises should be made to the public, and this has reportedly \u201cinfuriated\u201d some McConnell allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRick Scott doesn\u2019t give a fuck about what McConnell world thinks,\u201d\u00a0a <em>Politico<\/em> source said about the interplay between Scott and McConnell.<\/p>\n<p>Scott will champion his plan at this weekend\u2019s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). He will reportedly promote a broad vision of what the GOP will aim to accomplish if Republicans take back the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s encouragement of Scott opposing McConnell for GOP Senate leader comes as McConnell has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/25\/mitch-mcconnell-braces-to-keep-leadership-role-after-midterms\/\">braced<\/a> himself against America First Republicans who oppose renewing his Senate leadership position.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Missouri candidate Eric Greitens and\u00a0Trump-backed Alaskan candidate Kelly Tshibaka have both announced they would not support McConnell for GOP leader if they win in November. In response,\u00a0McConnell\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/01\/25\/politics\/mitch-mcconnell-midterm-strategy\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">told<\/a>\u00a0CNN in January that he will wait to \u201csee what happens\u201d after the midterms before crowning himself leader.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout McConnell\u2019s leadership, illegal immigration has flourished, the national debt has\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/national-debt-by-year-compared-to-gdp-and-major-events-3306287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">grown<\/a>\u00a0by nearly $20 billion, and real wages for American workers have remained stagnant since the 1970s. Obamacare was enacted in 2010. Big financial institutions were bailed out in 2008, and social media companies have \u201cdisappeared\u201d individuals without repercussions. Dr. Anthony Fauci remains unaccountable for allegedly lying twice to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow this guy can stay as Leader is beyond comprehension\u2014this is coming not only from me, but from virtually everyone in the Republican Party,\u201d Trump\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/17\/gop-trump-oust-mcconnell-525207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0in December. \u201cHe is a disaster and should be replaced as \u2018Leader\u2019 ASAP!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000017d-bc88-dee4-a5ff-fe98cf200000&#038;nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=0000014c-2414-d9dd-a5ec-34bc527c0000&#038;nlid=630318\">reveals<\/a> Trump is far more popular than McConnell. Only 41 percent of Republicans approve of McConnell, while 83 percent approve of Trump.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\">Gettr<\/a>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has reportedly urged Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for Senate leader after the November midterms. \u201cYou should run for Senate majority leader,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1341912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1341912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1341912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1341912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1341912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1341912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1341912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}