Republican Sen. Rick Scott, who was not born wealthy but is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to his public filings, said he agrees lawmakers shouldn’t be trading stocks. But he defended the ability for members of Congress to be rich, and called attacks on the wealthy “disgusting.”
“He made a reference to billionaires, okay?” Scott said of Hawley. “I don’t know when in this country it became a negative to make money. But somehow, if you’ve made money, you’re supposedly — I think Senator Hawley suggests — you shouldn’t be serving, because you might trade stocks.”
“Anybody want to be poor? I don’t.” Scott continued. “Right? So this idea that we’re going to attack people because they make money is wrong. Is absolutely wrong. We should cherish all of our different backgrounds. … So, I think it’s disgusting what is going on here.”
I think Senator Hawley suggests — you shouldn’t be serving, because you might trade stocks.
I added emphasis to show how Scott even managed to rebut his own argument with a single word. He’s admitting he’s supposed to be “serving”. That’s because he’s supposed to be a servant. He’s supposed to be a public servant. Even if it’s possible to get rich, obviously, a public servant’s first priority is to the public, right?
He’s like a fucking butler trying to defend why it’s okay that he took the silver serving trays.
Either you’re “serving” or you’re not. Rick Scott is obviously not serving. He’s eating from the buffet while everybody else is starving.
This piece of shit LMAO
I added emphasis to show how Scott even managed to rebut his own argument with a single word. He’s admitting he’s supposed to be “serving”. That’s because he’s supposed to be a servant. He’s supposed to be a public servant. Even if it’s possible to get rich, obviously, a public servant’s first priority is to the public, right?
He’s like a fucking butler trying to defend why it’s okay that he took the silver serving trays.
Either you’re “serving” or you’re not. Rick Scott is obviously not serving. He’s eating from the buffet while everybody else is starving.
The point is where the money comes from, but he knows that. He just feels called out. Victim millionaires.
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