{"id":2366828,"date":"2024-11-10T11:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-pitches-himself-for-senate-majority-leader-as-one-whos-built-businesses-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-10T11:51:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T16:51:47","slug":"rick-scott-pitches-himself-for-senate-majority-leader-as-one-whos-built-businesses-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-pitches-himself-for-senate-majority-leader-as-one-whos-built-businesses-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott pitches himself for Senate majority leader as one who\u2019s \u2018built businesses\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Frick-scott-pitches-himself-for-senate-majority-leader-as-one-whos-built-businesses-washington-examiner%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=2366828&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) is seeking to be elected \u2064as the Senate Majority Leader, highlighting\u200b his business experience as a significant\u2063 asset. \u2064As the Republican Party \u2063gains control of the Senate \u200cand\u200b the White \u200dHouse, \u200bthe role will be crucial\u200c in influencing forthcoming\u2062 legislation. \u200cScott is competing against Senators John Thune (R-SD) and John Cornyn (R-TX) for the leadership position, which will succeed Mitch McConnell. In an interview on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures,&#8221; Scott emphasized the \u2064need for a \u200dchange in\u200b leadership, stating that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">successful leadership involves defining<\/a> an \u2062agenda, building a team, creating a plan, \u2063and rigorously measuring progress to \u2063achieve goals.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rick Scott pitches himself for Senate majority leader as one who&rsquo;s &lsquo;built businesses&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1874205\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rick-scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rick Scott<\/a> (R-FL) is citing his <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">business acumen<\/a> as reason to be elected as <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-gop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate Majority Leader<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>With the Republican Party gaining the majority in the Senate and White House, the leader to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell will wield a lot of influence over the legislation passed. Scott is currently facing off against Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and John Cornyn (R-TX) to be McConnell&rsquo;s successor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3220444\/voters-send-history-making-candidates-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>VOTERS SEND HISTORY-MAKING CANDIDATES TO CONGRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think everybody realizes that we&nbsp;need to make a change.&nbsp;So the question&rsquo;s going to be&nbsp;who is going to make sure we get&nbsp;these things done,&rdquo; Scott said on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/foxbusiness.com\/shows\/sunday-morning-futures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sunday Morning Futures<\/a><\/em>. &ldquo;I built businesses all my life,&nbsp;and here&rsquo;s the process: you go&nbsp;there, you say, what&nbsp;is my agenda, how to do you&nbsp;build a team, how do you create&nbsp;a plan?&nbsp;You measure the living daylights&nbsp;out of it to get things done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2689206&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=c97e3fc7e14e0422f0d547db01b23a52\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before his service in the Senate, Scott was the governor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Florida<\/a>, where he cited that 1.7 million jobs were created in his tenure. Before that, Scott founded hospital corporations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve probably done, I don&rsquo;t know, done 500 economic deals in my life. That&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ve done. I&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-sound-of-freedom\/\" title=\"Review: &#039;Sound of Freedom&#039; - A must-see film.\">ve brought people<\/a> together, found common ground,&rdquo; Scott went on. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s what whoever the leader&rsquo;s going to be, to get Trump&rsquo;s agenda done, you&rsquo;re going to have to bring everybody together and have a plan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scott was recently reelected in Florida, and pointed out that both he and President-elect Donald Trump won the historically blue county of Miami-Dade with about the same number of votes.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-and-trump-teams-discuss-possible-endorsement-behind-the-scenes\/\" title=\"McConnell and Trump teams discuss potential endorsement privately\">senate term expires<\/a> in 2026. The Kentucky senator notoriously did not help fund Scott&rsquo;s reelection campaign. This is Scott&rsquo;s second attempt to become majority leader after challenging McConnell two years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1874205\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1874205\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Scott promotes his business experience for Senate majority leader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2366830,"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\/11\/rick-scott-gop-leader-elcetion.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[44720,5894,39607,44719,32076],"class_list":["post-2366828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-business-leader","tag-politics","tag-rick-scott","tag-senate-majority-leader","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rick-scott-gop-leader-elcetion.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366828","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366828"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366832,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366828\/revisions\/2366832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}