Bartiromo to Rick Scott on Senate Leadership: How Are You Different Than Thune? Cornyn?

 FNC's Maria Bartiromo asked Florida Sen. Rick Scott why he thinks he would be better than Sens. Johns Thune or Cornyn as Senate Republican Leader:

BARTIROMO: How are you different than John Thune? How are you different than John Cornyn?

SCOTT: Well, both my colleagues have been there for a long time, and so they have got a lot -- like, they have got a lot of experience in the Senate.

In my case, I bring a business background. I know that -- I know that, to get things done, you have to say -- you got to look yourself in the mirror and say, what do we have to do differently? We can't keep doing what we're doing. We have to be the change.

That's what Donald Trump got elected to do, to be the change. That's what business guys do. I had to do it when I became governor of Florida. And we were losing people. We were losing jobs. So, when I became governor, we lost 800,000 jobs. In my years, we added 1.7 million jobs. We balanced a budget every year.

Florida had not its budget but once in 40 years. So all these things are doable. But it's going to take somebody that is a deal-doer, knows how to sit down with people and find common ground. I have got a great working relationship with Mike Johnson.

BARTIROMO: Do you John Thune and John Cornyn will bring to the floor the pieces of legislation that -- the ideas that President Trump wants to get executed?

I mean, I know that there were issues around Mitch McConnell. He would not even bring certain issues to the floor because he was against them. I want to know how likely it is that Trump's agenda can get through, either with you, John Thune, or John Cornyn. Tell me that.
SCOTT: So, number one, you're going to have to -- you're going to have to make sure you get his nominees done. That means you're going to have to have a plan to get those done.

Number two, to get the legislation done, and it's not just bringing it to the floor. You have got to figure out how you bring people together to get it done. That means you're going to have to sit down with people, and understand their agenda.

So that's what I have done my whole life. I have probably, I don't know, done 500 economic deals in my life. That's what I have done. I have brought people together. I found common ground. And that's what -- whoever the leader's going to be, to get Trump's agendas done, his agenda done, you're going to have to bring everybody together to get that done and have a plan.

So, have a plan to get the nominees done. Have a plan to get the budget done. We don't need any more of these omnibus bills that have massive spending and no accountability. We need to make sure we hold the federal government accountable. So we're going to have to have somebody that cares about looking at, how is the FBI operating?

How is Homeland Security operating? So are they doing the right things? So you have got to have somebody that's willing to go do all those things. And I'm clearly willing to do that.

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