Rick Scott is feuding with Chuck Schumer in increasingly personal terms over Puerto Rico
Rick Scott campaigned on standing up for Puerto Rico. But with President Donald Trump warning senators not to provide more aid to the island, the Florida Republican is caught between his party and his promises.
Sunday evening. “Our bill doesn’t strip funding for P.R. It includes $600 mil in nutrition assistance funding for P.R. that I fought to get in the bill.”Monday: “We all know @realDonaldTrump took all aid for Puerto Rico but nutrition assistance out of the bill. The bill has none of the long-term recovery & resilience aid PR has asked for repeatedly. Stop the bull. Stand up to the President.
During his successful campaign against incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson , Scott said he disagreed with Trump’s baseless suggestion that Democrats inflated the number of people who died from Hurricane Maria. Scott cited his comments, made on Twitter, in a Spanish-language commercial. According to sources who track media buying, Scott spent $4.7 million on Spanish-language TV and radio during his campaign.
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