Last week, Florida Senator Rick Scott won an astounding victory over his Democratic opponent by 13 points, when most of his wins have been less than 3 percentage points.
Scott is running for Senate Majority Leader. He has conservative credentials and has been more fiscally conservative than other members of his party. He’s got the backing of some in the Trump world, like Elon Musk, and Republican party co-chair Lara Trump says that as the majority leader, Scott would do an amazing job. But instead of focusing on fiscal issues, some conservatives don’t think Scott should be elected as GOP Senate leader because of his last position on a gun bill back in 2018.
The National Review’s Charles Cooke pointed out that in 2018, then, Gov. Scott signed into law a gun control measure gun-control raising the age of gun ownership from 18 to 21.
National radio host Dana Loesch attacked all three top candidates running for the majority leader and their past positions on issues, including gun control.
At one time, Loesch was a spokesperson for the National Rifle Association.
“Rick Scott is a big government moderate who backed (Barack) Obama’s amnesty, signed due process-destroying red flag legislation,’” said Loesch.
Former Florida State Rep and talk radio analyst Matt Caldwell sees it differently. In 2018, Caldwell was one of the few who opposed Scott’s bill raising the purchasing age to buy a long rifle from 18-21. “Yeah, I disagreed with him on this bill, but he was still a good governor who cut spending, taxes, and regulations. Scott would be the best choice to lead the senate,” said Caldwell.
Some Republicans blame Scott for the dismal 2022 election results, in which the projected GOP red wave never occurred. Scott ran the National Republican Senatorial Committee that year. But others said it wasn’t Scott’s fault; instead, it was the GOP Senate primary candidates that Trump endorsed who lost.
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