Brit Hume, chief political analyst at Fox Information, steered Monday the push from President-elect Trump’s allies to raise Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) into GOP management might not go the best way they deliberate.
“I think this press from Trump World to support him is likely to backfire,” Hume mentioned Monday on Fox Information’s “Special Report.”
“Senators are jealous of their authority, their powers,” he continued in remarks highlighted by Mediaite. “They don’t like to be told what to do. And I think that the other two candidates are more likely to win. I couldn’t tell you which one, but I think Scott’s a long shot.”
Throughout the previous few days, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, former impartial presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) — who is predicted to be named the subsequent secretary of State — endorsed Scott to interchange Senate Republican Chief Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who introduced earlier this 12 months he would step down from management.
Nonetheless, Hume mentioned he thinks Scott is a “long shot” as a result of the senator’s marketing campaign has already sparked backlash.
“I really suppose Senator Scott’s sort of a protracted shot,” he said Monday. “The reason is that, for instance, he was head of the Republican Nationwide Senatorial Committee within the ’21-’22 election cycle, raised a ton of cash [but] as it’s possible you’ll recall, Republicans had a horrible lead to these midterm elections.”
“Remember the red wave was supposed to come? It never broke,” he added.
Scott predicted that the GOP would win round 55 seats within the 2020 midterm election, however as a substitute ended up shedding a seat — leaving the celebration with 49 — amid complaints from McConnell about “candidate quality.”
The Florida Republican had challenged McConnell — a boogeyman of the Trump wing of the celebration — for his management function on the time and failed, profitable solely 10 votes to McConnell’s 37.
The Hill has reached out to Scott’s workplace for remark.
