Rick Scott jumps into race for Senate GOP leader

[demmiblue]

Source: Axios

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) jumped into the race for Senate Republican leader on Wednesday night and asked his colleagues for their support, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will step down from the position next year, setting up a fight over who will lead the party in the chamber.

Scott mounted a failed bid against McConnell during the last leadership election in 2022. This time, he will be up against Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), who has been favored so far, and John Cornyn (R-Texas).

Scott is likely to an attractive choice for more conservatives, as both Thune and Cornyn are viewed as McConnell allies.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/05/22/rick-scott-jumps-into-race-for-senate-gop-leader

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[RockRaven]

1. Perpetrator of the largest Medicare fraud in history as Senate GQP head?

What could go wrong?

[GB_RN]

4. Largest In History At The Time.

Not defending the unindicted felon, or that abomination of a “healthcare” company, HCA (Hospital Corporation of America), but there have been larger scams since. Skeletor got away with bloody murder, and should still be in the fucking slammer for what he did.

Here’s the latest one:
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/billion-dollar-medicare-fraud-bust-040919

And here’s a Wikipedia page for the largest scams.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud#:~:text=in%20Medicare%20history.-,Columbia%2FHCA%20fraud%20case%2C%201996%2D2004,business%20and%20Medicare%20billing%20practices.

As a nurse, I have to do annual education and Medicare fraud is a big part of those educational modules, so this stuff comes up. The HCA case was widely discussed when I was in nursing school although, neither Dickhead Scott, nor any of the other board members were mentioned by name in the course material. But, let’s just say that being the political…junkie…that I am, you can be sure that I made sure that this piece of shit’s name was well known.

[PortTack]

2. Worse than turtle?? In my book he would be

[riversedge]

3. I agree.

[pecosbob]

5. Sure, you can take over for Mitch...as Senate Minority Leader Mitch's job is to sit down and shut the fuck up.