{"id":2268290,"date":"2024-06-14T23:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T03:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-successor-hopeful-rick-scott-slams-minority-leader-for-caving-to-democrats\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T23:06:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T03:06:52","slug":"mcconnell-successor-hopeful-rick-scott-slams-minority-leader-for-caving-to-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-successor-hopeful-rick-scott-slams-minority-leader-for-caving-to-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott criticizes McConnell for yielding to Democrats, eyes leadership role"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmcconnell-successor-hopeful-rick-scott-slams-minority-leader-for-caving-to-democrats%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=2268290&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--><p>Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has announced his candidacy to replace Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as the Senate Minority Leader. During a speech at the People\u2019s Convention in Detroit organized by \u2064Turning Point USA, Scott criticized McConnell for cooperating with Democrats, particularly referencing Republican support for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/safety-last-dem-senators-celebrate-infrastructure-bill-on-maskless-bus-ride\/\" title=\"SAFETY LAST: Dem Senators Celebrate Infrastructure Bill on Maskless Bus Ride\">controversial infrastructure bill<\/a>. He emphasized the need for new leadership in the Republican Party, signaling his intent to bring a more \u2062confrontational approach to the role. McConnell,\u200b meanwhile, had previously declared his intention to step down from the leadership position.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rick-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rick Scott<\/a> (R-FL), who has put himself in the running to replace Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY), attacked the GOP grandee on Friday for \u201ccaving to Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have Republicans in the Senate that are caving to Democrats for all sorts of horrible bills. Now, remember this so-called infrastructure bill?\u201d Scott asked a crowd during an event at the People\u2019s Convention in Detroit. \u201cThat required Republican votes. Guess who gave it to them? Mitch McConnell.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>McConnell announced earlier this year that he is passing the baton as Senate GOP leader. Scott told the Turning Point USA-organized event that fresh leadership is needed to take the Republican Party forward. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are changing the Senate. And I\u2019m running again. \u2026 There will be a leadership race, and we are going to win,\u201d Scott proclaimed at the Detroit conference. Former President Donald Trump is set to speak at the event on Saturday. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana, file)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump had four years. He\u2019s gonna have another four years. What\u2019s going to slow him down? Washington insiders. Cause he needs \u2014 he\u2019s gonna need a House and a Senate that supports his agenda,\u201d Scott said. \u201cIf we don\u2019t get new leadership, we\u2019ll get the same old stuff: more spending, more debt, higher interest rates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s comments come after he recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3016390\/rick-scott-says-mcconnell-retaliated-against-him-over-abortive-leadership-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>claimed<\/a> that McConnell removed him from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-says-mcconnell-retaliated-against-him-over-abortive-leadership-run\/\" title=\"Rick Scott alleges that McConnell retaliated against him following his failed leadership bid\">influential committee position<\/a> after his first failed 2023 challenge to remove the then 80-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">party leader<\/a>. \u201cI got kicked off of Commerce [Committee]. I mean, that\u2019s clearly retaliation, no ifs, ands, or buts about it,\u201d Scott said in May. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott also publicly butted heads with McConnell\u2019s choice of strategy during Georgia Senate hopeful Herschel Walker\u2019s campaign. The Scott camp allegedly questioned the party leader\u2019s commitment to pulling off a win in Georgia, criticizing McConnell for waiting until the eleventh hour to invest funds into the Walker campaign. Walker lost the race by under 3% of the vote.  <\/p>\n<p>Scott is joining Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and John Cornyn (R-TX) in the contest to take on McConnell\u2019s leadership mantle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), aiming to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), criticized him on Friday for yielding to Democrats. &#8220;We have Senate Republicans supporting terrible Democrat-led bills. Recall the so-called infrastructure bill?&#8221; Scott questioned an audience, highlighting his opposition to McConnell&#8217;s leadership approach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2268291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP22320380847260.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP22320380847260.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268290","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2268291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}