Rick Scott Compares Border Agents To Vietnam Vets While Defending Trump Tweets

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol January 17, 2019. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) deflected to a bizarre defense of Border Patrol agents on Sunday when asked about President Donald Trump’s racist tweets about Baltimore.

After Trump attacked Rep. Elijah Cummings via Twitter for supposedly letting his district in Baltimore become a so-called “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” NBC News reporter Chuck Todd asked Scott if the tweets were good politics for the Republican Party.

The Florida senator pivoted to what prompted Trump to post the tweets: a House Oversight Committee hearing with acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, during which Cummings angrily confronted McAleenan over the filthy conditions under which Border Patrol agents are keeping migrant children.

“Let’s look at what [Trump] said and why he did did it,” Scott responded. “Congressman Cummings sat there and attacked our Border Patrol agents, all right? This reminds me of what happened to soldiers coming back from Vietnam.”

“That justifies a a racial resentment tweet in response?” Todd asked. “Is that presidential leadership?”

Scott stuttered for a few seconds before saying, “Well look, I didn’t do the tweets, Chuck.”

“I can’t talk about why he did what he did,” the GOP lawmaker continued. “But I’m very disappointed in people like Congressman Cummings who is attacking Border Patrol agents that are trying to do their job but the Democrats won’t give the resources to do it.”

Watch Scott below:

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  1. Dimwit cracker say what?

  2. Avatar for quin quin says:

    There is nothing that Rump does that a Republican POS will not defend. Vietnam vets indeed.

  3. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    He apparently had nothing to say about the kids living in filth and degradation or about Trump’s racism and racist policies that make it so. When you’re sending Rick Scott, you’re not sending your brightest bulb.

  4. People like Congressman Cummings are attacking Border Patrol agents that are trying to make America safe again. But they aren’t dealing with white people, they’re animals. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. Border Patrol agents are trying to do their job but the Democrats won’t give them carte blanche authority to shoot to kill.

    Citation, please :smirk:

  5. By the time I finished reading that article, I was standing on my head trying to figure which way is up. lol
    Putting the name trump and Vietnam Vets in the same article is like stubbing your big toe right before you fall off the cliff…

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