Rick Scott attempted to oust Mitch McConnell as the top Republican in the Senate following last year’s midterm elections. He failed, and now McConnell has yanked Scott from the influential Senate Commerce Committee. Scott is not happy.
as the top Republican in the Senate following last year’s midterm elections. He failed, and now McConnell has yanked Scott from the influential Senate Commerce Committee. Scott is not happy.on Wednesday, adding that he felt McConnell booted him because he “ran against him.”
He continued to whine on Thursday. “I opposed him because I believe we have to have ideas, fight over ideas,” he told CNN. “He tookand I off the committee. … I don’t think it made any sense. I’m responsible for the third biggest state in the country. I probably run the biggest company in my career of anybody’s in the Senate right now or before. So, I mean, I bring a lot to the table. But that’s a decision he made.”.
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