.MaddowBlog: Sen. Rick Scott picks the wrong adjective to defend Pres. Trump on scandal.
When Donald Trump’s Ukraine scandal first started coming into focus in the fall, the public learned of an abusive scheme in which the president extorted a vulnerable ally in the hopes of receiving domestic political assistance. Republicans experimented with a variety of underwhelming talking points, but Sen. Rick Scott seemed fond of one in particular.
Yesterday, the GOP senator appeared on Hugh Hewitt’s conservative talk show and once again repeated a familiar line. SCOTT: Absolutely. I mean, the Democrats have proven the guy’s, Trump’s innocence. The only guy that’s been transparent during this is Trump. Just for the sake of conversation, let’s put aside the broader questions about whether senators should value the rule of law and have a problem with presidents who are so eager to cheat in an election that they extort allies. That’s obviously the fundamental concern at the heart of the scandal, but it appears Rick Scott is unfazed by the core allegations.
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