Sen. Rick Scott Calls Out the Scope of Dems’ ‘Staggering’ Spending Spree: ‘Inflation Is Not Going to Slow Down’

Florida Republican Sen. 👤Rick Scott said Friday that rising inflation will not slow down the “staggering” amount of taxpayer dollars that Democrats are spending.

During an interview Friday morning with Brian Kilmeade on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” Scott said it’s important to look at what happened Thursday in the three-month debt ceiling extension.

“Democrats raised the debt ceiling to about $29.2 trillion, and think about this. They raised it by $480 billion, just for two months,” Scott said.

“That means they’re spending, what, $3 trillion more per year than we collect,” he said.

Scott also noted the temporary measure did nothing to help in other areas of the nation’s economy.

“Democrats did nothing to save Social Security. They did nothing to protect Medicare. And by the way, look at this inflation that’s just hurting the poorest families, like my mom growing up. They did nothing to stop this inflation,” the senator said.

He noted that these financial obligations don’t include the Democrats’ efforts to pass a $3.5 trillion spending bill.

“Those numbers are without their $3.5 trillion, which is really a $5.5 trillion bill,” Scott said. “The amount of money the Democrats are spending is staggering.”

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