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The Erick Erickson Show

2024 The Gathering - Senator Rick Scott (FL)

The Erick Erickson Show

Erick Erickson

News, News Commentary

4.5874 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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0:00.0

So my next guest, let me tell you about him. When he ran for governor in the state of Florida

0:04.5

was a health care executive, and he really, and I want to get into this with him on stage if you're not

0:08.4

familiar with the story, is the epitome of the American dream, rose to be a health care executive

0:15.5

in this country, ran for governor in the state of Florida, and every single conservative out there, I think,

0:22.3

what was for his opponent. And a buddy of mine reached out to me, was like, look, they're trashed

0:27.1

this guy. Here's his story. Can you at least throw a kind word his way? And I was like,

0:31.8

how are we as Republicans not supporting a guy like this and his background against a career

0:37.3

politician at the time.

0:38.9

And thankfully, he got elected governor of the state of Florida. And in our fourth gathering,

0:44.3

we actually went to Jacksonville and he hosted us and threw a party on a boat on the river

0:48.6

in Jacksonville and then got elected to the United States Senate where he has been one of the

0:54.0

leading conservative voices in the United States Senate, where he has been one of the leading

0:54.4

conservative voices in the United States Senate for not just like conservatism or the right,

0:59.6

but just plain common sense.

1:02.0

And it's a plain common sense that came from his upbringing.

1:05.7

And again, like the epitome of the American dream, it is I am so delighted that he could

1:10.0

come this year and be on stage with me.

1:12.5

The Senator, former governor, the state of Florida, Rick Scott.

1:21.8

You're probably only nice word anybody said about being that private.

1:26.2

You know, you say that about your first campaign for government.

1:30.2

And really, it was, it was, I'll tell you, it was my friend Greg Mueller, who reached out to me,

1:35.3

and he was like, you've got to look at this guy's biography.

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