I'm willing to give Rick Scott the benefit of the doubt. Namely, that he's sufficiently politically acute to know that Florida voters don't really care who their US Senators are as long as they're Republicans. Scott could be hit by a bus or a lightning bolt tomorrow, and Floridians would roll with whomever DeSantis appointed.
I'm willing to give Rick Scott the benefit of the doubt. Namely, that he's sufficiently politically acute to know that Florida voters don't really care who their US Senators are as long as they're Republicans. Scott could be hit by a bus or a lightning bolt tomorrow, and Floridians would roll with whomever DeSantis appointed.
OTOH, any public separation from Trump would render him a RINO at best, but more likely a Democrat in MAGA clothing. IOW, politically suicidal. In contrast, stridently dissing McConnell would cause no issues at all among Florida voters, so just failing to defend McConnell is NBD at all.
Plus Scott has obvious presidential ambitions, and the only path to the GOP nomination requires sucking up to MAGA, which is inconsistent with saying ANYTHING critical of Trump.
I'm willing to give Rick Scott the benefit of the doubt. Namely, that he's sufficiently politically acute to know that Florida voters don't really care who their US Senators are as long as they're Republicans. Scott could be hit by a bus or a lightning bolt tomorrow, and Floridians would roll with whomever DeSantis appointed.
OTOH, any public separation from Trump would render him a RINO at best, but more likely a Democrat in MAGA clothing. IOW, politically suicidal. In contrast, stridently dissing McConnell would cause no issues at all among Florida voters, so just failing to defend McConnell is NBD at all.
Plus Scott has obvious presidential ambitions, and the only path to the GOP nomination requires sucking up to MAGA, which is inconsistent with saying ANYTHING critical of Trump.