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>> Shannon: REPUBLICAN VOTERS
ARE EAGER TO SEE THEIR PARTY
TAKE BACK CONTROL OF CONGRESS IN
THE FALL MIDTERMS, BUT THERE ARE
CONCERNS IN RECENT WEEKS THAT
SOME OF THE SENATE CANDIDATES
RUNNING IN AND EVEN THOSE
WINNING REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES
COULD DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
THESE FEARS COMING AS FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TEASES A
THIRD WHITE HOUSE BID,
POTENTIALLY ANNOUNCING BEFORE
MIDTERMS, OR EVEN OVER.
JOINING US NOW, FAR TO
SENATOR RICK SCOTT, WHO LEADS
THE SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGNS.
WELCOME BACK TO
"FOX NEWS SUNDAY."
>> Senator Scott: ALWAYS GREAT
TO BE WITH YOU, SHANNON.
WE’VE GOT GREAT CANDIDATES, IT’S
GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR.
WE JUST HAVE TO RAISE OUR MONEY
AND RUN OUR RACES, BUT THE BIDEN
AGENDA IS HORRIBLE.
THIS INFLATION -- I MEAN, WHAT
JARED BERNSTEIN TALKED ABOUT,
HE’S NOT TALKING TO REAL PEOPLE.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR CARS
REPOSSESSED, PEOPLE HAVE TO GO
TO FOOD BANKS.
GAS PRICES, FOOD PRICES.
AMERICAN PUBLIC ARE FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE THIS IS HURTING SO MANY
PEOPLE IN MY STATE, SO I THINK
THIS IS GOING TO BE A BLOODBATH
FOR THE DEMOCRATS THIS YEAR.
>> Shannon: SO ASSUMING THAT
YOU HAVE A GOOD YEAR, AND
REPUBLICANS TAKE BACK THE SENATE
AND THE HOUSE, THE QUESTION IS
THEN WHAT WILL YOU ALL DO TO
MAKE THINGS BETTER?
AN OPINION PIECE OVER AT MSNBC
SAYS THE G.O.P. KEEPS SLAMMING
BIDEN OVER INFLATION, BUT IT HAS
NO SOLUTIONS TO OFFER.
IT SAYS WE ALL GET HOW POLITICS
WORKS, THE PARTY OUT OF POWER
BLAMES THE PARTY IN POWER FOR
EVERYTHING THAT’S BAD, BUT IN
THIS CASE, INFLATION IS DIRECTLY
IMPACTING THE LIVES OF ALL
AMERICANS.
WHAT IS THE G.O.P. PLAN TO
REDUCE IT?
AMERICANS DESERVE AN ANSWER.
SO SENATOR, WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER
TO THE QUESTION?
>> Senator Scott: SURE.
I PUT OUT A PLAN, RESCUE
AMERICA.COM.
BUT HERE’S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
THIS IS CAUSED BY RECKLESS
SPENDING.
EVERY PROPOSAL DEMOCRATS HAVE IS
SPEND YOUR MONEY.
SPEND MORE MONEY.
WE’VE GOT TO REDUCE TAXES,
REDUCE FEES, REDUCE THE SIZE OF
GOVERNMENT.
WE’VE GOT TO BECOME ENERGY
INDEPENDENT.
DON’T GO TO SAUDI ARABIA AND
BEGGED THEM FOR FUEL.
IF WE GO TO TEXAS AND ASK THEM
TO GET MORE FUEL.
FIX THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
THE BIDEN DEMONSTRATION IS A
BUNCH OF DO-NOTHING PEOPLE THAT
ALL THEY DO IS BLAME.
BALANCE THE BUDGET, START WITH
THAT.
THAT’S THE SIMPLEST THING WE
HAVE TO DO.
IF YOU FIGURE HOW TO BALANCE OUR
BUDGET, WE CAN DO IT AND REDUCE
THE COST OF GOVERNMENT.
IT’S WAY TOO HIGH.
STOP SPENDING MONEY.
>> Shannon: THE GOVERNMENT IS
GOOD AT THAT UNDER REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE.
THERE IS A SPENDING FEVER HERE
IN WASHINGTON AND YOU MENTIONED
LOWERING TAXES.
BECAUSE THAT POINT HIM UP, I
WANT TO BRING UP WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID IN CLEVELAND JUST
A FEW DAYS AGO, TALKING ABOUT
TAGGING YOU WITH THE ISSUE OF
TAXES.
HERE’S WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAID.
>> President Biden: RICK SCOTT
FROM FLORIDA, WHO HEADS UP THE
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
PUT OUT THE PLAN.
WHAT DOES THE PLAN DO?
IT MAKES THE SYSTEM LESS FAIR BY
WANTING TO TAX EVERYBODY MAKING
UNDER $100,000 SIGNIFICANTLY
MORE ON AVERAGE A LOT MORE
MONEY.
IT ACTUALLY RAISES TAXES ON
THOSE WORKING FAMILIES BECAUSE
HE THINGS YOU DON’T PAY ENOUGH
IN TAXES ALREADY.
>> Shannon: YOUR RESPONSE TO
THE PRESIDENT?
>> Senator Scott: FIRST OFF,
I’VE ALWAYS CUT TAXES, NEVER
VOTED TO RAISE TAXES.
THE DEMOCRATS AND BIDEN EVEN NOW
WANT TO RAISE TAXES IN EVERY TAX
BRACKET.
HERE’S WHAT I BELIEVE.
WE’VE GOT TO GET AMERICANS BACK
TO WORK.
IF YOU ARE ABLE BODIED, YOU HAVE
YOUNG CHILDREN, YOU KNOW,
INCAPACITY DEPENDENT, GET TO
WORK.
WHEN YOU GO TO WORK, GUESS WHAT?
YOU PAY TAXES, YOU PAY INCOME
TAXES AND YOU PAY SALES TAX AND
YOU BUY THINGS.
BUT WITH THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
DO IS EVERY PROPOSAL HE HAS IS
TO RAISE EVERYBODY’S TAXES.
MY PROPOSAL, DO WHAT I DID AS
GOVERNOR, GET PEOPLE BACK TO
WORK.
WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR WE HAVE
1.7 MILLION JOBS.
THAT’S HOW YOU GET EVERYBODY TO
HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME.
BUT THE DEMOCRATS, THEY WANT TO
SPEND YOUR MONEY.
THEIR IDEA ON HOW DO WE DO --
REDUCE PREMIUMS FOR SOMEBODY?
IT’S NOT TO CREATE A BETTER
DELIVERY SYSTEM IN HEALTH CARE,
NO, IT’S TO RAISE YOUR TAXES.
AND WE ARTY HAVE $30 TRILLION
WORTH OF DEBT ON THE BIDEN
AGENDA IS TO TAKE IT TO 45.
IT’S WHY WE HAVE THE INFLATION
WE HAVE.
THAT’S WHY GAS PRICES ARE UP.
WHY IS GAS UP SO MUCH?
IT’S BECAUSE BIDEN AND THE
DEMOCRATS, THEY HAVE -- THEY
HAVE AN AGENDA TO GET RID OF
FOSSIL FUEL.
THAT’S HORRIBLE FOR THIS
COUNTRY.
WE SHOULD BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
>> Shannon: TO TAKE ON THE
AGENDA CHANGE THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SEE WILL REQUIRE MORE
G.O.P. SENATORS IN THE SENATE.
LET’S TALK A BIT SOME OF THE
HEADLINES AS YOU ARE WORKING TO
LEAD THAT EFFORT.
"USA TODAY," RICK SCOTT LEADS
THE REPUBLICAN BID TO REGAIN THE
SENATE.
MOST CANDIDATES ARE STRUGGLING.
"WASHINGTON POST," CANDIDATE
CHALLENGES, PRIMARY SCARS HAVE
G.O.P. WORRIED ABOUT SENATE
CHANCES.
NEW YORK MAGAZINE SAID SIX OFF
ORAL G.O.P. CANDIDATES WHO COULD
SAVE THE DEMOCRAT ACCENTED.
AND AXIOS SAID THIS, CONFIDENT
ABOUT WINNING CONTROL OF THE
MIDTERMS FEAR THEY WILL BLOW IT
AFTER SEVERAL DEPOT THOUGHT
CANDIDATES AND ONE OF THE
STATES.
ACCORDING TO STRATEGISTS,
POSTERS AND OTHER OFFICIALS.
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS?
IS THERE OVERCONFIDENCE AMONG
REPUBLICANS?
>> Senator Scott: WELL,
THERE’S AN ELECTION, WE HAVE TO
WORK HARD.
BUT WE HAVE GREAT CANDIDATES.
WE COULD POTENTIALLY PICK UP SIX
SEATS.
WE’VE GOT GREAT CANDIDATES ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
THE BIDEN AGENDA IS HORRIBLE.
LOOK, WE HAVE TO RAISE OUR
MONEY, THE DEMOCRATS ARE RAISING
MONEY.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP, TEXT WIN TO
55404.
WE HAVE GREAT CANDIDATES.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
YEAR.
IT’S NICE OF THE DEMOCRATS TO
TALK ABOUT HER CANDIDATES BUT
RAPHAEL WARNOCK.
THEY’VE ALL LIED ABOUT THE
POSITION, ALL OF THEM, THEY ARE
ALL MODERATES, AND THEN THEY
VOTE WITH CHUCK SCHUMER 100% OF
THE TIME, SO THEY HAVE TO GO
HOME, THEY HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY
THEY VOTE WITH CHUCK SCHUMER AND
WHY THEY VOTE TO CAUSE GAS
PRICES GO UP, WHY THEY VOTE FOR
MORE GOVERNMENT SPENDING.
THAT’S WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
YEAR.
>> Shannon: YOU MENTIONED
FUND-RAISING.
AXIOS TOOK NOTE OF THIS
YESTERDAY AND THEY SAID THE
SENATE G.O.P. MONEY FLOCK, THAT
WAS THEIR HEADLINE.
THEY SAID TOP SENATE CANDIDATES
TURNED IN POOR NUMBERS AND KEY
RACES FROM ARIZONA TO
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
AS IF G.O.P. DONORS DON’T
REALIZE A SENATE MAJORITY IS IN
REACH OR WRONGLY THINK IT’S A
SURE THING AND IT’S CLEAR THEY
DON’T LIKE A LOT OF THE TRUMP
CANDIDATES.
THAT COMES IN CONTRAST TO
DEMOCRATS HAVING SOME MAJOR
HALLS.
SO WHERE ARE YOU ON
FUND-RAISING, WHY THE DEFICIT
COMPARED TO THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES?
>> Senator Scott: HISTORICALLY
DEMOCRATS HAVE RAISED MORE MONEY
THAN US BUT WE HAD RECORD
FUNDING AT THE NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE, WE ARE
GOING TO RAISE MORE.
I’M TALKING TO OUR CANDIDATES
EVERY WEEK, THEY ARE OUT THERE
RAISING MONEY.
BUCKET RON JOHNSON, HIS
FUND-RAISING.
YOU LOOK AT HERSCHEL WALKER AND
MARCO RUBIO.
WE HAVE GREAT FUND-RAISING, BUT
WE NEED MORE.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING A
GOOD JOB THIS YEAR RAISING
MONEY, THAT’S WHY I TELL PEOPLE
YOU’VE GOT TO HELP US.
WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
WE CAN WIN.
PEOPLE ARE FED UP, JUST FED UP
WITH THE BIDEN AGENDA.
THEY ARE SICK AND TIRED OF $5
GAS, FOOD PRICES UP, ALL THIS
STUFF.
THEY ARE SICK OF IT.
SO WE JUST GOT TO RAISE OUR
MONEY AND GET OUR MESSAGE OUT.
>> Shannon: ONE OF OUR
BRAND-NEW FOX NEWS POLL’S,
LAYING OUT A LOT OF THESE
EXCLUSIVELY THIS MORNING, IS WHO
CARES MORE ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE
YOU.
WE ASKED VOTERS.
THEY CAN BE -- GIVE THE EDGE TO
DEMOCRATS, SAYING MORE OF THEM
CARE ABOUT VOTERS THEN DO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, SO HARD HE
WORKED TO CHANGE THAT PERCEPTION
AT A TIME PEOPLE ARE REALLY
HURTING, AND THAT MATTERS GOING
TO THE MIDTERMS.
>> Senator Scott: I THINK
FIRST OFF YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP.
I KNOW WHEN I’VE DONE MY RACES,
YOU SHOW UP, TALK TO AS MANY
PEOPLE AS YOU CAN, YOU LISTEN TO
THEIR PROBLEMS.
I DID IT ALL DAY YESTERDAY AT A
VARIETY OF EVENTS, LISTENING TO
PEOPLE’S ISSUES, BUT THAT’S HOW
WE HAVE TO DO IT.
I SHOOK HANDS WITH HALF A
MILLION PEOPLE WHILE I WAS
GOVERNOR.
YESTERDAY PROBABLY SHOOK HANDS
WITH TWO OR 300 PEOPLE, TALKED
ABOUT THEIR ISSUES.
WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT HISPANIC
EVENT YESTERDAY, HISPANICS ARE
GOING TO VOTE OUR WAY BECAUSE
THEY ARE FED UP WITH THE
GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE FED UP WITH
A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEY ARE
FED UP WITH THE GOVERNMENT
THAT’S BECAUSE THEIR PRICES TO
GO UP SO WE JUST GOT TO GET OUT
THERE AND TALK TO THEM.
WHEN WE DO, WE WIN AND WE ARE
GOING TO EMIGRATE WIN THIS
NOVEMBER.
>> Shannon: LET’S TALK ABOUT
ONE OF YOUR MOST PROMINENT
CONSTITUENTS DOWN THERE, FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING
ESSENTIALLY HE’S MADE A DECISION
ABOUT 2024.
HERE’S ONE OF THE HEADLINES
ABOUT THE TIMING POTENTIALLY OF
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
IT’S AS DONALD TRUMP LOOKS TO
FALL LAUNCH FOR 2024,
POTENTIALLY UPENDING MIDTERMS
GOING ON TO SAY SOME REPUBLICANS
FEAR AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL
UNDERCUT THEM AT A TIME THEY
HAVE A STRONG CHANCE OF RETAKING
THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
IT GOES ON TO QUOTE PROMINENT
REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST.
IT SAYS ABOUT THE SELFISH THINGS
HE DOES EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY
DAY, IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE
MOST, EVERYTHING WE’RE DOING
THAT IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
ECONOMY IS GOING TO BE A
DISASTER.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THE
PRESIDENT’S DECISION, OF HIS
TIMING, AND ARE YOU WORRIED
ABOUT HOW IT IMPACTS THE
MIDTERMS?
DOES IT TURN IT INTO A
REFERENDUM ON HIM VERSUS THESE
ECONOMIC ISSUES?
>> Senator Scott: THIS YEAR IS
GOING TO BE A REFERENDUM ON
BIDEN.
IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE.
MIDTERMS ARE REFERENDUM ON THE
PRESIDENT STRATEGIES, WHICH ARE
HORRIBLE, SO THIS IS NOT GOING
TO BE ABOUT ’24, IT’S GOING TO
BE ABOUT ’22 AND A TELL PEOPLE
ALL THE TIME WE GOT TO CONTINUE
TO FOCUS TO WIN THIS NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
WE CAN WIN BUT THIS IS GOING TO
BE ABOUT GAS PRICES AND FOOD
PRICES AND THE DEMOCRATS WANTING
TO DEFUND THE POLICE AND
CRITICAL RACE THEORY, THINGS
LIKE THAT.
IT’S GOING TO BE ABOUT THREE
ISSUES.
INFLATION, MY KIDS GETTING A
GOOD EDUCATION, LIVING IN A SAFE
COMMUNITY.
AND THE DEMOCRATS ON THE WRONG
SIDE OF THOSE ISSUES, EVERY
DEMOCRAT, THEY VOTED ON THE
WRONG SIDE OF THAT ISSUE FOR
YEARS.
>> Shannon: DOES
PRESIDENT TRUMP CHANGE THE
TOPICS, CHANGE THE TOPICS BEFORE
THE MIDTERMS?
>> Senator Scott: SHANNON, I
THINK IT’S ALL GOING TO BE ABOUT
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN YOUR FAMILY
RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON WHAT
HAPPENS TO THEM.
I MEAN, THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR
JOB AND THE INFLATION.
TAKE FLORIDA AS AN EXAMPLE.
THE COST OF LIVING -- THE COST
OF LIVING IN FLORIDA IS UP $770
A MONTH.
A MONTH!
ALL RIGHT, INFLATION IN FLORIDA
IS UP ALMOST 14% SINCE JOE BIDEN
GOT ELECTED.
THAT’S THE ISSUE THAT PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO FOCUS ON.
THEY KNOW THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE
CAUSING THIS WITH RECKLESS
SPENDING AND SHANNON, THEY WANT
TO SPEND MORE, THEY GOT A
VARIETY OF BILLS, THEY WANT TO
SPEND MORE MONEY.
PEOPLE KNOW YOU CAN’T KEEP DOING
THAT.
FAMILIES CAN’T DO IT.
WHY WOULD ANYBODY BELIEVE YOUR
GOVERNMENT CAN DO IT?
>> Shannon: THE POLLS SHOW IS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, INCLUDING
THE NEW PULSE WITH GOT UP TODAY,
THE PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND THEY
BLAME THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
AT THIS POINT.
WE KNOW YOU’RE WORKING
AROUND-THE-CLOCK ON THOSE FALL