Chris Wallace Perfectly Shames GOP Senator for Deficit Hypocrisy With Blunt Question

After Rick Scott cites debt concerns as the reason he won't support infrastructure legislation, Chris Wallace asks him if the Trump tax cuts should be repealed, since they will increase the deficit by $2t. Scott says no, he wants lower taxes and spending should be cut instead.pic.twitter.com/eo2kWDSUeC

— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1635691004

Criminal Rick Scott says:\n\nSpending on programs directly benefiting Americans most in need\u2026 No.\nToo expensive.\n\nCost of tax cuts on the rich, a larger deficit than proposed programs\u2026 are okay.\n\nIn fact, we PAY for that but providing LESS funding for Americans.\n\n[vote for him?] https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1454819635040243712\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/UCe80yFh5L

— W\u1d36E\u1d3cB\u1d31B \u270c\ud83c\udffc (@W\u1d36E\u1d3cB\u1d31B \u270c\ud83c\udffc) 1635700238

Voldemort's geeky kid brother is intellectually inconsistent and a gigantic hypocrite - and supported overturning an American election.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1454819635040243712\u00a0\u2026

— Jeff Timmer (@Jeff Timmer) 1635694589

Republican politicians think we should spend trillions on tax breaks for their super-rich donors, but refuse to invest in the infrastructure that working people and small businesses need.\n\nWe're not falling for this scam. #ncpolhttps://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1454819635040243712\u00a0\u2026

— Scott Huffman for NC \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f (@Scott Huffman for NC \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f) 1635698806

What Scott essentially implies here is that larger deficits are acceptable when they\u2019re the product of corporate tax cuts.\n\nBut they\u2019re not when it\u2019s the result of federal spending on popular things like fixing roads, bridges, providing access to childcare, etchttps://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1454819635040243712\u00a0\u2026

— Joseph Zeballos-Roig (@Joseph Zeballos-Roig) 1635695276

These craven morons just want to avoid taxes for themselves and their wealthy friends. Dude doesn\u2019t even skip a beat.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1454819635040243712\u00a0\u2026

— Bad Faith \u271d\ufe0f\ud83d\udc34\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 (@Bad Faith \u271d\ufe0f\ud83d\udc34\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2) 1635698559

.@SenRickScott doesn't support #BuildBackBetter b/c he'd have to pay more taxes on the profits he makes off constituents.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1454819635040243712\u00a0\u2026

— Old School SciFi (@Old School SciFi) 1635694010

In just the *pre-covid* portion of his presidency, Trump signed $4.7T of new debt into law. Roughly half of that new debt was from tax cuts; other half, from spending increases.\n(Even more spending was later signed into law as a result of covid, of course)\nhttps://www.crfb.org/blogs/president-trump-has-signed-4-7-trillion-debt-law\u00a0\u2026https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1454819635040243712\u00a0\u2026

— Catherine Rampell (@Catherine Rampell) 1635691505

Republicans like Rick Scott have been peddling the fantasy of trickle-down economics for 40 years now.\n\nReagan, Bush and Trump all cut taxes, and the deficit skyrocketed.\n\nClinton raised taxes, and the deficit shrank.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1454819635040243712\u00a0\u2026

— Keith Boykin (@Keith Boykin) 1635695846

This is the guy who wanted drug tests for all SNAP recipients. The estimated fraud in that program is 3%. Testing cost taxpayers millions more than it saved. Oh, wait, he also owned that drug testing company. #gophypocrisyhttps://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1454819635040243712\u00a0\u2026

— She Sounds Hideous (@She Sounds Hideous) 1635691475