Sen. Rick Scott EVISCERATES Senate Republicans for CAVING to Democrat demands in the government shutdown battle
"What's our leverage?! The Democrats get EVERYTHING they want! Everything! They get all their earmarks, they get everything they want, and we're sitting here when the biggest issue we have in this country is securing our border and making our communities safe right now, and it doesn't get funded!"
"This makes NO sense to me."
WILL CAIN: "I don't know that your question is simply rhetorical, is it? What is your leverage? How are you going to keep this from happening?"
SCOTT: "There's NONE! There is no leverage. I mean, I'm not going to support this, but I'm one vote! I mean, I tell people, you've got to get...Americans have to get, you know, riled up about this!"
"The fact that ICE might not be funded in two weeks, but in the meantime, you know, TSA, FEMA, I mean, this makes no sense. We have no leverage after this."
CAIN: "And just to be clear, it sounds like you have no leverage DURING this either. And so the only real check on the Democrats' ability to control the negotiation for the continued funding of our government is public outcry? Is public pressure? Is constituents saying, 'how dare you shut down our government to get Kristi Noem fired?'"
SCOTT: "Right. That's it. The only leverage is the American public says enough is enough. We're tired of earmarks. We're tired of wasteful spending. And we want to make sure ICE is fully funded so we can secure this country."