Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Imagine a Senator suggesting states refuse the covid-aid money.

"Celebrity Medicare fraudster/Florida Senator Rick Scott, bless his pus-pumping, reptilian heart, actually wants state governments to reject and return the aid, and I confess I’d quite like to watch, say, Ron DeSantis run for re-election on a “bravely and principledly refused to allow the fire department to extinguish the blaze consuming your home” platform."

Gotta remember he is a fraudster, as Trump is.

"Scott is a graduate of the University of Missouri–Kansas City and the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University. In 1987, after serving in the United States Navy and becoming a law firm partner, he co-founded Columbia Hospital Corporation. Columbia later merged with another corporation to form Columbia/HCA, which eventually became the largest private for-profit health care company in the United States.[8] Scott was pressured to resign as chief executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997. During his tenure as chief executive, the company defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and other federal programs. The Department of Justice ultimately fined the company $1.7 billion in what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history.[9][10] Following his departure from Columbia/HCA, Scott became a venture capitalist and pursued other business interests. In 2009, Scott founded Conservatives for Patients' Rights.

Scott ran for governor of Florida in 2010. He defeated Bill McCollum in a vigorously contested Republican primary election, and then narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Alex Sink in the general election.[11] Scott was re-elected in 2014, defeating former governor Charlie Crist. He was barred by term limits from running for re-election in 2018, and instead ran for the United States Senate that year.

Scott won the 2018 US Senate election, defeating Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. The initial election results were so close that they triggered a mandatory recount. The recount showed that Scott had won by 10,033 votes; Nelson then conceded the race. Scott took office following the expiration of his term as governor of Florida on January 8, 2019.

In January 2021, Scott voted to object to the counting of Pennsylvania's electoral votes as part of an attempt to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott

He wouldn't have made that suggestion as governor.

"Scott's net worth was estimated at US$219 million in 2010, $84 million in 2012, and $133 million in 2013.[189][190] On July 1, 2015, it was reported that Scott's net worth had grown to $147 million,[191] $149 million on December 31, 2016,[192] and $232 million on December 31, 2017.[193] As of August 2018, his net worth is estimated at $255 million.[2] As of August 2020, it was reported that Scott's new worth had grown to $555 million.[194]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott#Net_worth_and_investments

I guess being a multi-multimillionaire out-of-touch with the street makes it easy to suggest states should send the covid-aid money back.