Florida Sen. Rick Scott said that he does not 'condone violence' after Donald Trump lashed out at Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell and suggested McConnell had a 'death wish' — but Scott stopped short of condemning the former president.
October 2, 2022, 3:32 PMBloomberg via Getty Images, FILEsaid Sunday that he does not "condone violence"
Trump, in a post on his Truth Social website last week, wrote that McConnell must have a "death wish"Trump went on to criticize McConnell's wife in racist terms, writing that he should "seek help and advise [sic] from his China loving wife, Coco Chow!" Trump was referring to Elaine Chao, who is Taiwanese. Chao served as Trump's transportation secretary until she resigned after Jan.
"I can never talk about and respond to why anybody else says what they said," Scott said. "But here's the way I look at it is I think what the president is saying is there's been a lot of money spent over the last two years. We've got to make sure we don't keep caving to Democrats, it's causing unbelievable inflation and causing more and more debt."Scott then shrugged off the insult about Chao.
"But here's what I know: We've got to watch how we spend our money, we got to stop this inflation," he said. "I don't condone violence, and I hope no one else condones violence."Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE
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