Rick Scott issues travel advisory for 'socialists,' warning Florida is 'openly hostile' to them | The Hill
By: Sarah Fortinsky (The Hill)
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by Sarah Fortinsky - 05/23/23 1:43 PM ET
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) issued what he described as a "formal travel advisory for socialists visiting Florida," on Tuesday, warning that the state was "openly hostile" to socialists and their enablers.
"The state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by Socialists and others who work in the Biden Administration," Scott, who is also the state's former governor, said in a press release.
"Let me be clear - any attempts to spread the oppression and poverty that Socialism always brings will be rebuffed by the people of Florida," he added. "Travelers should be aware that attempts to spread Socialism in north Florida will fail and be met with laughter and mockery."
Scott's statement is a mocking response to recent travel issued by social justice groups declaring Florida an unsafe state for certain minority groups.
Over the weekend, the NAACP issued a travel advisory warning that Florida has become "hostile to Black Americans" under Gov. Ron DeSantis. The League of United Latin American Citizens (a civil rights organization) and Equality Florida (an LGBTQ rights group) also issued travel warnings in recent weeks.
Scott, who has often served as a political foil to President Biden, used similar language found in the NAACP's advisory, seeming to mock the dangers outlined by the civil rights group by drawing parallels to Biden.
He said the counteractive travel advisory came "in direct response to the Biden Administration attempts to erase capitalism and the system that has brought prosperity to Florida and the entire United States."
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LOL, if Scott understood there are many European countries that are considered socialist and they present a very large number of tourists to Florida.
I would assume that the dumbass is referring to Cuba and Venezuela which actually are dictatorships not socialist-led countries.
Perhaps Senator Scott can return to private enterprise and form another company that had to pay the largest fines in history for Medicare fraud. Damn socialist program deserved to be looted by a fearless commie and socialist fighter like Scott.
Not only is Florida where ''woke goes to die'' per DeSantis but it's where intelligence also goes to die and thank you Senator Scott for proving that fact.
Perhaps it's time for sane people to avoid traveling to Florida altogether? At least until you guys can start electing less dickish people to office.
Well, we do have white nationalists, KKK, League of the South, Proud Boys, and a large number of other nuts/racist cases but they are perfectly acceptable to Scott, it's those damn socialists that are the problem.
he made his money the old fashioned republican way, fraud ...
Not only fraud but the largest fraud against Medicare in history, go large is Scott's motto.
then why is he not in prison?
The two tiered justice system?
I expect NT's town crier to comment about this exact thing any minute...LOL
crap. I hate when this group stinks of mackerel...
Because GOPERS always skate when it come to 'the big money'.
rwnj's put white collar criminals on pedestals to be worshiped, not in jail...
That seems to be the case.
there's only one proven way to end a kleptocracy ...
which coincidentally, is the same way you end a theocracy...
Good thing my brother and I sold our golf condo in Pembroke Pines long ago.
He's almost as big of an asswipe as DeSantis is, but without the MAGA cred.
Like the car commercial he has to try harder to be number one.
Out of The White Album. "Number Nine--Number Nine--Number Nine--Number Nine."
he should be in a federal prison, not the senate...
BillKristol: “The whole idea behind ‘the Free State of Florida’ isn’t freedom. It’s exclusion. It’s the promise that Florida is a place where the in-group has achieved enough power so that it can punish and hopefully expunge the out-group.”
Pretty much true.
What's it like to live in a country that is so divided it's one step away from a civil war between the factions?
Must be Better than a lot of places, we can't keep people from other countries out
That kind of makes me think of Jean Valjean when he stole a loaf of bread.
Yeah, we just want the old fashioned oppression and poverty that Capitalism creates.
But it's the right kind of poverty and supported by the God, capitalism. /s
It's kind of funny to see these comments. So many people with their panties in a wad.
Oh no, it's a comedy and Scott is the clown master.
And if anyone's panties are in a wad it would be Scott's. Talk about overreaction and not knowing what socialism is our fearless Senator leads the way.
Funny that you cannot see Scott being made fun of.
Panties in a wad? He is a complete joke.
Well, that's true but he is a much better Pinata.
Just one more twist for panties that are always in a wad.
It is pretty gay.
I thought it was pretty damn funny!
Nah, just kinda gay. Complete theater, not actually doing or addressing anything, will be blocked by courts, but that is Desantis thing. Doesn't actually DO anything, just punches down on those who can't really fight back and tries to get his name in the papers.
That is true the majority of the time when he did take on an equal he got his nose bloodied by a mouse.
Rick Scott, the walking dead....
Scott, the gop Nosferatu, is an undead hater!
Lock him up in a castle in Transylvania.
Brain dead most likely.
Jeez O' Katy, Scott. Capitalism is dead. Murdered by Supply Side Economics.
Besides. You, Senator Scott are one lucky SOB. You skated right through that multi-million dollar Medicare scam a few years ago and you're still skating. Got something set up in the Caymans maybe? Or is Abu Dhabi more to your taste?
When will Republicans realize that the tourism industry in Florida will take anyone's dollar. When tourism dries up so does Florida's economy. There will never be any state that will comply with all these extremist policy proposals when it means any corporation going along with it will lose almost as much money long term that the Republican tax giveaways won't cover.
When the donor class tells them they are losing money.
Does that mean that Florida is "openly hostile" against people receiving Social Security?
perhaps if the recipients are socialists!
If they are old people taking a check from the government...
which, of course, doesn't make them socialists.
So what exactly is socialism?
Are they on SSI and retirement? if they get SSI they're dependent on socialism...
This is hilarious!
Way to go, Scott!
Wow, gay.
You have to give Scott credit, he came up with his SS plan that even the Republicans shot down.
they were mad at him for saying it out loud...
it was supposed to be a surprise after they took the white house and congress...