Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., tells ‘Fox & Friends’ people still need to ‘be careful’ as vaccine distribution gets underway.
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State and local assistance is
state and local assistance is
absolutely essential
if we dont give states,
counties and cities some relief
from their loss of revenue and
the actual expenses of Covid 19,
they are faced with some grim
choices.
States also need them not
about the states being Amorphis.
What is this for?
This is for the very people
helping us in the pandemic.
We talk about providing
federal aid, so the states dont
have to cut essential services,
were talking about saving lives
and were talking about
saving jobs
Steve as lawmakers continue to
negotiate over what should be in
a new coronavirus relief bill.
Democrats issue here are pushing
to give bailout money to states
largely blue states, which
Senate Majority leader Mitch
Mcconnell has rejected
in a new op ed. Our next guest
says Republicans must not cave
on blue state bailouts
joining us right now, Florida
Senator and former governor of
current senator former governor
of Florida Rick Scott Rick
Good Morning to you
good morning.
We cant blink on this
think about it.
I got elected with Andrew Cuomo
back in twenty ten as governors
his budget today before Covid
was double per person. Ours in
Florida
hes never watched his money.
I dont believe Florida taxpayer
s ought to pay for the
excesses of New York or
California or Illinois New
Jersey and by the way, RON
Johnson from Wisconsin, and I
have sent letters to these
governors and say tell us how we
spent the trillion dollars weve.
Given you access to
first off the letter this month,
doesnt tell us anything because
they dont want to give you the
information,
the one we did in June. Only ten
governors signed it
the governors that basically
opened their economies, their
unemployment rate is way down.
It just dropped in half and by
the way, look at who were giving
the money to
of the ten states. Eight are
democrat and by the way they
always say. Oh, the revenues are
horrible,
thats a lie.
According to Wall Street Journal,
Californias revenues
are ten dollars billion above Projection
S, and New Yorks in
September were four percent above two thousand and nineteen. So
these states just want it.
They dont need it;
they just want to free ride with
our money
Steve, but you heard what those
Democrats just said
senator
essentially they were saying if
you dont help bail us out, then,
when theyre talking about
essential services, theyre
talking about youre talking
about were going to have to cut
healthcare workers first
responders were going to have
to lay off teachers stuff, like
that.
How dare you mean Republicans? Do
that?
Well lets see on health
care. We gave them what
one hundred and seventy five dollars billion with our schools.
We gave them thirty dollars billion. We
gave them fifty dollars billion for
Medicaid weve. Given them,
you add it all up weve, given
them access to a trillion
dollars, and so this is not about
covid.
This is about Democrats, want to
bail out their buddies, their
buddies that cant live within
their means.
I mean Cuomo cant balance a
budget, he doesnt know how to do
it and think about it. The guy is
saying even without the covid
money were, raising your taxes
again
well, thats been pretty
consistent. Whatever these guys
can think of whatever the crisis
is gosh, I got to raise your
taxes.
Do you know what thats why
people are leaving these states
in droves and coming to Florida
I mean you wouldnt, believe the
number of homes getting sold
in Florida from people leaving
California and Illinois and New
York and New Jersey, because they
are sick and tired of these
democrats raising their taxes,
Steve its also beautiful
weather down there. I think that
has something to do with it, but
speaking of Covid senator the
White House has a report
that is now designating Florida
as a red zone and says that you
got to do more to mitigate the
problems,
masks and stuff like that. So
you look at the difference
between New York, where im
sitting right now, where theyre
talking about perhaps having
another complete shutdown very,
very soon or Florida,
which is not shutdown, its white
open.
Well, first off look
its our responsibility!
Wear your mask social distance!
Wash your hands! You know be
careful
thats what we have to do if
youve been around somebody or
tested positive, like I did a
month or so ago, youve got to
quarantine, which I did so
thats what you have to do, but
we got to get this economy going.
Go back.
These states that have the bad
unemployment thats what they
are doing. They keep shutting
these things down.
How can people put food on the
table if they dont have a
job? And you know these guys
like Cuomo, they dont care,
theyre, doing fine
hes, always done fine,
its everybody else that hes
hurting the poorest families in
his state.
We arent going to do that in
Florida,
Steve, but the Senate has got to
do something you guys have got,
and I know you want to do
something with the covid bill.
Is that going to happen?
I hope
what we need to do is help the
people who have lost their
jobs and help our small
businesses.
We got to make sure we continue
to ramp up our testing and get
this vaccine out.
Think what this economy is going
to do.
People are so excited about this
vaccine.
I want to thank the President
and his whole team for getting
this out, so its going to really
help our economy and be great
for people
Steve. Indeed, it is
its going to be a life saver,
Rick, Scott Senator from Florida.
Sir. Thank you very.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-17.