During an interview with NBC News’ Chuck Todd on Sunday, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott revealed that he believes the recipe for Republicans winning back the Senate in 2022 is be to accept endorsements from former President Donald Trump, if it is offered.
While Scott’s claims seem to conflict with the reality of the success of Virginia governor-elect Glenn Youngkin – who largely built success off of resisting Trump – Scott claimed that that he hopes that “Democrats continue to be obsessed with Donald Trump” since they are clearly avoiding the issues that matter most to voters.
“I think what we have to do is we have to say we would love Donald Trump’s endorsement,” Scott said. “If you’re a Republican, you want his endorsement, but you’re going to win on the issues. And if you listen to Ron Klain and you listen to Phil Murphy, they didn’t get it. What, what Americans are fed up with, they’re fed up with inflation. They’re fed up with their kids being indoctrinated in their schools and they’re fed up with defunding the police. And those are the issues that people care about. And so, I think this obsession with Donald Trump is going to be good for Republicans next year.”
“I think you’d be foolish not to want and accept Donald Trump’s endorsement, but you’re going to win not because somebody endorses you,” he continued. “You’re going to win because you focused on making sure inflation gets stopped, making sure people get a job, making sure your kids aren’t indoctrinated on critical race theory, making sure we have safe communities. That’s going to be the issues that people care about.”
