Democrats rip 'roadblock' Rick Scott for pushing back against foreign aid package

Democrats rip 'roadblock' Rick Scott for pushing back against foreign aid package

Florida Democrats aren’t holding back when it comes to U.S. Sen. Rick Scott voting against a $95 billion package of aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.

Despite the nuance in Scott’s “no” vote against what he called “a perfect example of this broken way of doing business that has become the norm in Washington,” the opposition party is painting it as an abrogation of his foreign policy duty, a position led by his likely opponent in November’s Senate race.

“Today is not the first, but the SECOND time this year that Rick Scott has voted against aiding our Democratic allies in Israel and Ukraine to further the interests of Putin and China,” said Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

“Floridians are tired of the...

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