Let's see what Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott has to say about DeSantis...
Scott-DeSantis feud starting to boil over
https://www.politico.com/newsletter...no-corcoran-running-away-from-reporter-490001
Enjoy the silence — The long-simmering feud between Sen. Rick Scott and Gov. Ron DeSantis — which has only gotten worse amid the months long coronavirus pandemic — is close to boiling over.
Everything counts — Over the last few months, the Republican governor has repeatedly criticized Scott over the state’s deeply flawed unemployment website for crashing repeatedly this year as hundreds of thousands of desperate Floridians sought to apply for jobless claims. As the frustration and anger rose, DeSantis ordered his inspector general to investigate why Florida spent nearly $78 million on the system that came online in 2013.
It’s no good — DeSantis said back in April that he thought the system was “designed” to fail. Then, this past week he went further even though he stopped short of saying Scott was directly responsible. In a television interview this week with CBS Miami, he said the system was built to create “roadblocks” for people seeking help and “internally constructed” to lower the number of claims being paid out.
People are people — Scott fired back on Wednesday that basically said DeSantis was spending too much time blaming others instead of doing his job. "It’s a tough time to be a governor,” Scott said on Fox Business. “Some people are leaders. Some people take responsibility. Some people solve problems, and some people blame others.” When pressed, Scott said “go solve problems, quit blaming others.”
Walking in my shoes — We know both men are potential contenders for 2024 and we’ve cataloged the previous times they have clashed, going all the way back to the transition period before DeSantis was sworn in. Scott has also thrown a bit of shade over how DeSantis has dealt with coronavirus, but without mentioning him by name.
Just can’t get enough — In the months to come — especially after the November election — this will likely only intensify. There’s an investigation still underway. We have no idea how quickly Florida can retool the unemployment system if Congress passes another relief bill that greenlights payments once again. And eventually, Florida will probably spend tens of millions to replace the system it put in place just seven years ago. Lots of time for everyone to play the blame game.
POINTING FINGERS — ‘Some people blame others,’ Sen. Rick Scott fires back at Gov. Ron DeSantis comments on state’s troubled unemployment system,” by CBS Miami: “Sen. Rick Scott has fired back at a comment Gov. Ron DeSantis made about the state’s troubled unemployment system. In a one-on-one interview with CBS4’s Jim DeFede, which was DeSantis’ first sit-down interview since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the governor said it looked like it was designed to frustrate users.”
Scott-DeSantis feud starting to boil over
https://www.politico.com/newsletter...no-corcoran-running-away-from-reporter-490001
Enjoy the silence — The long-simmering feud between Sen. Rick Scott and Gov. Ron DeSantis — which has only gotten worse amid the months long coronavirus pandemic — is close to boiling over.
Everything counts — Over the last few months, the Republican governor has repeatedly criticized Scott over the state’s deeply flawed unemployment website for crashing repeatedly this year as hundreds of thousands of desperate Floridians sought to apply for jobless claims. As the frustration and anger rose, DeSantis ordered his inspector general to investigate why Florida spent nearly $78 million on the system that came online in 2013.
It’s no good — DeSantis said back in April that he thought the system was “designed” to fail. Then, this past week he went further even though he stopped short of saying Scott was directly responsible. In a television interview this week with CBS Miami, he said the system was built to create “roadblocks” for people seeking help and “internally constructed” to lower the number of claims being paid out.
People are people — Scott fired back on Wednesday that basically said DeSantis was spending too much time blaming others instead of doing his job. "It’s a tough time to be a governor,” Scott said on Fox Business. “Some people are leaders. Some people take responsibility. Some people solve problems, and some people blame others.” When pressed, Scott said “go solve problems, quit blaming others.”
Walking in my shoes — We know both men are potential contenders for 2024 and we’ve cataloged the previous times they have clashed, going all the way back to the transition period before DeSantis was sworn in. Scott has also thrown a bit of shade over how DeSantis has dealt with coronavirus, but without mentioning him by name.
Just can’t get enough — In the months to come — especially after the November election — this will likely only intensify. There’s an investigation still underway. We have no idea how quickly Florida can retool the unemployment system if Congress passes another relief bill that greenlights payments once again. And eventually, Florida will probably spend tens of millions to replace the system it put in place just seven years ago. Lots of time for everyone to play the blame game.
POINTING FINGERS — ‘Some people blame others,’ Sen. Rick Scott fires back at Gov. Ron DeSantis comments on state’s troubled unemployment system,” by CBS Miami: “Sen. Rick Scott has fired back at a comment Gov. Ron DeSantis made about the state’s troubled unemployment system. In a one-on-one interview with CBS4’s Jim DeFede, which was DeSantis’ first sit-down interview since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the governor said it looked like it was designed to frustrate users.”
