Republican candidate for United States Senate and current Governor or Florida, Rick Scott, appeared before over 100 supporters in Sarasota, Florida Thursday afternoon.
Nicole Rodriquez, a reporter at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, approached Scott afterwards and asked him a basic question: if were elected to the Senate, would he would support legislation that would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller?
His response was less than elegant.
“I think what’s important with regards to — when the federal government is sort of doing and reviewing things — is that we as Americans need to know what’s going on and it needs to be full transparency, and we make sure in whatever investigation there is that the facts get out,” Scott said.
I asked Senate candidate and Florida Gov. Rick Scott if he supports legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Here’s what he said: pic.twitter.com/XUVRz6fi7R
— Nicole Rodriguez (@NicRodriguez) April 12, 2018
Notably, he did not come close to answering the question.
Scott, who was once referred to as the “master of political doublespeak,” frequently botches questions like these. If elected U.S. Senator of Florida, however, it would be Scott’s job to take clear stances on these issues.
U.S. Senators will soon be taking up legislation that would protect Mueller.
On Wednesday, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA),said he wants a vote as soon as possible on legislation to limit President the president’s ability to fire Mueller.
According to Grassley, if Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, agrees the measure will “be ready for action a week from tomorrow.”
Earlier in the week Grassley said it would be “suicide” for the Trump to fire Mueller.