Democratic leaders are already deriding Scott for his stance, with Orlando state Rep. Anna Eskamani tweeting, "Hostage is not a term that should be used lightly, or in sensationalized political rhetoric."Hi, I'm Rick Scott. As you may have heard, I've been taken hostage, along with 99 other people, in the U.S. capitol. We are receiving only milk and water, and we are being subjected to the cruel and unusual punishment of listening to the rantings of Adam Schiff, a person from a parallel universe.
On a slightly more serious note, everything that is happening in Washington around this impeachment fiasco is political theater. None of it is real and nothing will come of it. This entire drama, which has consumed our fed government for months, should have been conducted at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, not at the U.S. Capitol.
Oh and one more thing, you the taxpayers, you're funding this entire production, but there's no plot twist in this drama; it's all very straightforward, the Democrats hate Donald trump. They don't just dislike the guy, they hate him. They decided to impeach him even before he took office.
The case they presented to the Senate was embarrassingly weak, therefore they want to use the Senate to go fishing for more evidence, by calling more witnesses. They have admitted to the jury that their case is lame. My message to this [sic] Democrats is simple. I listened to your case and listened and listened. It's absurd, goodbye, go home. We have an election in nine months, go give that a shot.
But I will promise you this, if we end up having witnesses in the U.S. Senate, Joe Biden will be called to testify. And if that happens, he will be too cowardly to show up. But if he did show up, here's what I will ask him: Mr. Biden, why did you as vice president of the United States, threaten a foreign country and force them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating the company that was paying your son $83,000 a month? Also, Mr. Vice President, are you proud that you got away with that? And do you think the American people are that stupid? We all know what went on here. You are not fooling anyone.
Thanks for listening, I'm going to go back to my diet of milk and water. Please send help."
I'm Rick Scott, one of the jurors in the U.S. Senate. I'd like to thank the Democrats for badly botching this impeachment charade, and for spending so much time in a cover-up for Joe Biden. The real story here is the corruption Joe Biden got away with. Vice President Biden threatened the foreign country and forced them to fire prosecutor who was investigating a company paying his son 83,000 dollars a month. Biden got away with it and his son got paid. I'm Rick Scott and I approve this message.We are required first to ask whether Scott's claims are true, which is part of the strategy of the videos. By pushing his position that "both sides" are corrupt – not just the U.S. president but a former V.P. running for president – Scott shifts attention away from Trump's well-documented abuses of power, the ones actually up for judgement before him in a Republican-controlled Senate.
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