So… quiet part out loud again, huh?

Rick Scott is a very special kind of stupid. Back to your cave Rick! You can only come out at night.

Just another one of trumps dirtbag oligarchs.

George, will this little beauty do

Ripping off Medicare wasn’t enough for him.

Scott is corrupt so of course he would defend stock trading 🙄

As someone who lives in FL, Mr. Scott, I would like to say fuck you, and fuck your millions. No one wants to be poor, especially hard working families. You are supposed to be PUBLIC SERVANT. The mere fact that you are worth millions means you are a lobbyist schill and not a public servant.

And got that way from defrauding seniors and Medicare ! Where was doge on this asshat?

"Where is my stockbroker? Grrrrrr, I want more, more, more, money!"

If they need to invest it should be in funds where their up front knowledge will not benefit them

Ready for the lukewarmest take ever?- If you are in politics to make money than you are not a person who should be in politics. If your focus is on things that benefit you then you aren’t likely to make decisions that benefit anyone else.

Remember, he had to bilk the government to make the money to buy his way into the government. The Ross Perot model, only successful.

We would have proper legislation against stock trading by politicians if they weren't making money doing it.

His wealth increased by 200 million in just the past couple years.

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The issue isn't that people make money. It's that the government shouldn't do the bidding of the uber-wealthy. Oh, and Senator Businessman, how did you make your big bucks? That's right. Medicare fraud.

Doesn’t want to be poor …. But is morally Bankrupt.

Why would anyone listen to a guy who perpetrated Medicare and Medicare fraud, pled the 5th, walked away with hundreds of millions? Except of course the moron voters of Florida who apparently love the fraudster

Scott is a poster boy with what is wrong with the country. He likely has a gilded copy of the Powell memo in his home office.

Divine right of the wealthy to increase their advantage to increase their privilege and power - Who still believes this is still a government “of, by and for the people”? Which people?

This guy's approval has been shit in Florida for years yet he keeps on winning elections? Occams Razor.

And may I just say, Congress is full of dickheads, but this guy actually looks like one.

Rick Scott, being pressured by a tiny hand.

#Epstein #RIPGOP

Fuck you 🖕

Well he's used to defrauding taxpayers of millions, having started with Florida Medicare...

Rick Scott, formerly the CEO of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, was involved in a major Medicare fraud scandal that resulted in the company paying a record $1.7 billion in fines to the federal government.

rick scott. Florida. What else do we expect ??

hey, a girl's gotta eat

Poor like some of your constituents? Whom you defrauded in the private sector?

He is scum. He made his fortune from Medicare fraud. He should be in prison!

How does a senator convicted of Medicare fraud get elected. You would think he would have to hide in shame the rest of his life, but not if you’re a Republican. By republican in mean Rino.

I don’t want to see him ripped; I want him jailed and barred from office. In China they would have executed him (just a reminder since he likes non democratic governance so much.)

he ripped off Medicare and now he wants to rip off Americans who trade stock

When I was growing up in late 18th-century France, we'd say "That man has a guillotine neck if ever I saw one!"

Two words...blind trust

He’s a de facto felon. Of course that’s his POV. He’s the human version of an oleaginous reptile.

Amazing how tone deaf those “with” become… not to mention that any sitting elected official should recognize the foundational conflict of interest.

#onapike

Let's not forget that this is the same jackass who perpetrated the largest medikare fraud Murika has ever seen. Of course, he would support some underhanded fuckery as insider trading

Just another white collar criminal. 😡

That ghoul has plagued my state for decades.

He’s always been a snake.

I mean he looks like skeletor, but he's way more evil on the inside

Sad for Rick Scott. The same Rick Scott in charge when the whole HCA / Medicare fraud case went down. Yup, that same honest, upstanding, unselfish politician Rick Scott who works for The People. #sarcasm

The clear and obvious conflict of interest inherent in Congressional stock trading is indefensible and inexcusable. It should never have been allowed and must be stopped.

But I don't want to be poor

He looks like a zombie Lurch.

One of our biggest fraudsters. Why would this crook give up a grift?

If they make a fucking dime off the office that the people who elected them to, the people should get a cut of that money. If their salary isn't enough, find a new job. Their job is to represent the people who voted for them. If they can't do that, we'll find someone who will. When we say jump...

Dante couldn’t conceive of a circle of hell that fit someone like Scott.

Skeletor doesn’t want to be poor? Cheating the government out of Medicare funds didn’t provide enough of a livelihood?

The stock buying is an outrageous flaunting of privilege among those who make decisions that affect businesses. Conflicts of interest have been thrown under the bus. Florida's most reptilian senator making his excuses- a few years after running a fraudulent "Health Care". He should be in jail.

Can these guys hear themselves?

As a Federal employee, I was limited as to what kinds of stocks I could hold. I can tell you that I didn't make nearly as much money at a Congressperson!

Here you go, George!

Pre-resurrection Voldemort looking mother fuckers be like, "Uh, actually I think government corruption is really cool because it made me rich."

Florida voters are the DUMBEST of all….

We shouldn’t be surprised that a man who would commit Medicare fraud would blatantly engage in insider trading and then complain about not being able to get rich. Who. Is. Voting. These. Self-indulgent. Fuckers. Into. Office?!?!

Never trust someone without eyebrows!

They act like they're going to be in power forever. They are not, and when we're back in, they're going to pay a price...

The headline is too short: Millionaire MAGA Senator And Medicaid Fraudster Ripped After Offering Eyeroll-Worthy Defense Of Congressional Stock Trading

He’s another idiot.

F’ing Crooks! All of them! Repug or Democrat if they trade in stocks with insider knowledge!

Skeletor defrauded Medicare of hundreds of millions and got away with it! Now he wants to end SS and Medicare! He got his so the rest of us can buzz off! Same with insider trading. It’s illegal, but that won’t stop Rick Scott!

Yeah, nobody themselves want to be poor, but they're more than happy to make other people be poor...

They misspelled Maggot.

"plays"🎻

"but... But...I like money!" Is a real, real bad defense bud

Governor Greg Abbott just said the Dems who fled the state to block a quorum for redistricting may face a "SECOND DEGREE FELONY" bribery charge. "It would be BRIBERY...these legislators sought money to skip the vote."

No one wants to be poor, and if our government wasn’t so corrupt a lot less people would be poor due to medical debt.

Fakkin crooks!

Aw, and there is my Senator, standing right behind him. #SenRogerMarshall needs to go.

Never forget that he remains one of the biggest Medicare fraudsters in the program's history. #RickScott #Columbia\HCA

He looks (and I suppose, sounds) like a bobble-head figurine.

Wtaf. Surely he didn’t actually say that….Did he? My contempt for these people knows no bounds

... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsnq...

It’s amazing how arrogant and disconnected these people are from who they supposedly serve.

Asshole should be in jail. He stole hundreds of millions from Medicare.

He’s worth 200 million

Rick Scott is the epitome of the Greedy Bastard who stole the people's money and got promoted.

It would be nice to be rid of him also. How did he get re elected again also. Amazing how Floridians continue to vote against their best interests.

Go Fuck Yourself Rick Scott.

Why are people so surprised when we elect criminals that that's what we get?

Scott has always used his "public service" role to enrich himself. I wouldn't expect a corrupt crook like him to ever vote to limit opportunities for corruption in Congress.

Gawd. I hate his pic. He always reminds me of Skeletor! 🤮

Criminals gonna crime

Government won't be fixed until people stop seeing it as a lucrative gig. It's public service, not personal enrichment.

What a POS

Not to be rude but he is a bald headed chicken f#@ker

Who the hell votes in these criminals?

He’s a fool. A crooked insider trading fool.

The fact that he is still using up our oxygen irritates me.

'Your time has expired, Senator Scott.'

I think he is viewing the wrong chart as to what is 'poor'. Poor is like golf....only lowest score loses.

Suggesting somehow “ I can’t do things the right way,” says Medicare-fraudster Rick Scott. The arrogance!

I would comment on this story, but instead I plan to invoke the 5th amendment 75 times.

Why are they 100% scumbags??

While the violin is out, can you shove it up this orc’s butthole? Thank you in advance!

anyone else wish that the archipelago of Florida would detach and align more properly with Cuba in communism ??

I'd rather use a 12 gauge. Sweeter music.

Maybe he should not be a Senator. He has lost sight that Senators are there as servants of the people and not to line their pockets with gold.

Aholes in florida, thanks for this pos.

He never lost sight; he never had any intention to be a servant. He's there to grift!

Of all the pieces of shit in the Senate, Rick Scott is absolutely one of them.

Rick Scott "Don't fuck with my money."

There is no bottom to their level of depravity

Proof positive that having a criminal past doesn't matter an iota as long as you're wealthy and your victims weren't.

And they don't even know what poor is that's the scary part PS there should be an integrity test to be in any representative seat

Then there wouldn't be ANYONE ,republican or democrat in Washington, they are all corrupt

One can hope that somebody was raised right or broke Free from this corruption caused by power and greed one can hope

They're not even trying to look ethical anymore.

Keep in mind that the company he headed ripped off Medicare and Medicare and had to pay a $1.7 billion fine. The low-life needs to recoup those funds somehow.

Senator Rick Scott (FL-R) was called out after he defended his position that members of Congress should be allowed to trade stocks - saying it's okay because he doesn't "want to be poor." Sen Scott confirms GOP truth: Enrich the rich (net worth over $260 mil), even if it is illegal for all of us!

he looks like he's been crying

I have suffered this fool for too long here in Florida. Depravity knows no bounds with these clowns.

He should be in jail, not the Senate. Sit down criminal!

Found 2 good ones.

Tots & pears.

Senator Medicare fraud is at it again.

Scrotum head strikes again

How to say “I am totally disconnected from regular people” without having to say it.

Isn't that one of the Haunted Mansion's hitchhiking ghosts?

Medicare fraudster doing what fraudsters do.

Hmm - maybe because he knows darn well how badly the current administration is targeting healthcare, food support, etc for poor people…

>> I own operating businesses but somehow it's suspect because I made money. << Nah, Senator. You're suspect because you oversaw the greatest Medicare insurance fraud in the history of the United States. www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

That man is a scum of the Earth

How about a small prison cell instead?

Sounds like the perfect place to play a nano sized violin 🎻 bsky.app/profile/curi...

That his MO. he’ll plead the 5th that is also his MO

Why do these super-rich people need any more money? They have more than they will ever need. Their greed has twisted their minds to the point they are willing to inflict harm on the nation and other people so they can hoard even more wealth.

That's the thing. Too much is not enough.

They're addicts for money.

You're there to do a job asshole. Typical republican jerk. Has a history of major thieving so maybe he should just shut his mouth and go get a new job.

Judge Doom defends Congressional Stock Trading!!

I beat you to it with the world smallest record player... I wouldn't put in the energy to play a note myself.

I can hear the music from here.

Ethical blackholes…

Some have really lost the script that they chose a public service job, not some manifestation of the Prosperity Gospel.

Senator Slick Snot

"Essentially, Rick Scott was the CEO of a company that was found responsible for a massive Medicare fraud scheme. While he wasn't personally charged, the company paid substantial fines, and Scott resigned amidst the controversy."

Terrible technique - bowing below the bridge - I expected better of a waterbear. And that's a wee cello based on the instrument orientation. 😄

You’re doing the same thing Martha Stewart went to prison for. What’s the difference except you have a penis!?

Because that is how Republicans think about public office, it is just about enriching themselves.

A billionaire and a MAGA whining about being poor. How much money does this Alfa Hotel (a**hole) need and when does it become too much?