WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Puts Rick Scott “On The Spot”
Today, the Debbie for Florida campaign launched the “Rick Scott For Leader” website, highlighting Rick Scott’s toxic record and the extremist policies he would push as Senate GOP leader: passing a national abortion ban, slashing Social Security and Medicare, ripping away affordable health care, and raising taxes on middle-class families in Florida and across the country – all while lining his own pockets.
Politico Playbook: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Website Puts Rick Scott “On The Spot Over Key Issues”
- Democratic Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell’s campaign purchased the ScottforLeader.com domain to parody incumbent GOP Sen. Rick Scott, where it links off to negative articles about the senator and puts him on the spot over key issues, including abortion rights and opposition to Medicaid expansion.
- The campaign is hosting an accompanying event in Miami today where Mucarsel-Powell will sign a pledge to never cut Social Security and Medicare.
Florida Politics: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Launches Website Mocking Rick Scott Senate Leadership Bid
- The site lampoons the Senator’s own campaign site in many ways, with fake quotes that parody Scott’s own positions.
- “Hardworking families in Florida and across the nation know just how catastrophic Rick Scott would be as Senate GOP leader,” said Campaign Manager Ben Waldon.
- “For years, radical Rick has pushed extreme abortion bans, put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block, and advocated to raise taxes on the middle-class. We cannot afford to let this extremism win. It’s never been more important for Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to win this race: for working Floridians and for Americans across the country.”
- “I’ve always been a proud champion of stripping women of their reproductive freedoms. I have proudly pledged to sign any anti-abortion bill into law as leader of the Senate,” the Scott persona claims on the mocking website.
- “In the Senate, I’ll fight to raise taxes on middle class Americans while pushing for policies that will increase my own personal wealth,” reads another such quote.
