Tallahassee Democrat Article RatingFormer Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to challenge Rick Scott in 2024 Senate race
Aug 22, 2023 View Original Article
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| "His stump speech criticizes President Joe Biden, Democrats and their reckless spending, open borders and woke socialists' policies.If we continue down this path, the future of Florida and the country will be filled with high prices and woke socialism, Scott tells voters." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "In a video, Mucarsel-Powel attacked Scott on his support for limits on abortion access, threats to cut Social Security and Medicare, and his record as the head of a chain of hospitals." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "Democrats criticized the plan and Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell dismissed it, saying the Republican Party would not have as a part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half the American people and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years.Scott went on to clarify that the proposal did not apply to those two programs." | Negative | -80% Liberal |
| "Scott's Democratic challenger will carry the baer for a party that was routed in last year's election - the GOP wiing all statewide elections and supermajorities in the Florida House and Senate." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Scott is a specialist in the strategic deployment of money he made as a hospital executive to win close elections." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Scott aounced his reelection campaign earlier this year with a pledge to visit all 67 Florida counties." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Former Democratic Miami Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powel aounced Tuesday morning that she will challenge Republican Sen. Rick Scott in 2024." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "A year ago, Scott proposed a plan to sunset all federal legislation." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Phil Ehr, a 26-year U.S. Navy veteran who ran against North Florida MAGA Congressman Matt Gaetz last year, aounced on social media in July he is a candidate, but has yet to file the paperwork." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Phil Ehr, a 26-year U.S. Navy veteran who ran against North Florida MAGA Congressman Matt Gaetz last year, aounced on social media in July he is a candidate, but has yet to file the paperwork." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Democrats have been looking for a candidate to challenge Scott." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Three people have filed to run in the August Democratic Primary to face Scott in November 2024." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Instead, Driskell said she intends to stay in Tallahassee to hold the line against Gov. Ron DeSantis' agenda." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Former Congresswoman Mucarsel-Powell is a radical socialist who voted 100" | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Former Congresswoman Mucarsel-Powell is a radical socialist who voted 100" | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "She lost the seat two years later when Republican Carlos Gimenez rode former President Donald Trump's coattails to victory." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "She lost the seat two years later when Republican Carlos Gimenez rode former President Donald Trump's coattails to victory." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "His stump speech criticizes President Joe Biden, Democrats and their reckless spending, open borders and woke socialists' policies.If we continue down this path, the future of Florida and the country will be filled with high prices and woke socialism, Scott tells voters." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "His stump speech criticizes President Joe Biden, Democrats and their reckless spending, open borders and woke socialists' policies.If we continue down this path, the future of Florida and the country will be filled with high prices and woke socialism, Scott tells voters." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "He then launched an unsuccessful challenge to McCoell for the Senate leadership position." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "In 2018, Scott wrote a check for $63.6 million - more than three-quarters of the $85 million he raised from supporters - to unseat three-term Sen. Bill Nelson." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "In 2018, Scott wrote a check for $63.6 million - more than three-quarters of the $85 million he raised from supporters - to unseat three-term Sen. Bill Nelson." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Despite national Democrats lobbying her to challenge Gimenez in 2022, Mucarsel-Powell went to work to combat misinformation in Spanish-language media, which she said played a role in her defeat." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Scott left the company with a $300 million severance package." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Mucarsel-Powell is considered an underdog against Scott, who has won three statewide elections by deploying millions of dollars he made as a health care executive." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Scott is also being challenged in the primary by Melbourne lawyer Keith Gross, a political newcomer in Florida who ran for office previously in Georgia." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "I've already fought guys like Rick Scott and beat them." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "The Mucarsel-Powell video also referenced Scott's tenure as the CEO for the hospital chain Columbia/HCA, which was part of a Justice Department fraud investigation." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Though no charges were brought against Scott, Columbia/HCA was required to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to resolve whistle-blower lawsuits that alleged HCA systematically defrauded Medicare and Medicaid." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "The Scott campaign immediately responded to the Mucarsel-Powell challenge with a statement that called her a radical socialist and tied her to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The Scott campaign immediately responded to the Mucarsel-Powell challenge with a statement that called her a radical socialist and tied her to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The week before the 2014 election, Scott dropped more than $12 million in an ad buy and defeated former Gov. Charlie Crist by 1" | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The week before the 2014 election, Scott dropped more than $12 million in an ad buy and defeated former Gov. Charlie Crist by 1" | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "He came out swinging in April, accusing Scott of getting rich by hiding fraud and corruption." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "In a video, Mucarsel-Powel attacked Scott on his support for limits on abortion access, threats to cut Social Security and Medicare, and his record as the head of a chain of hospitals." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Democrats criticized the plan and Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell dismissed it, saying the Republican Party would not have as a part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half the American people and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years.Scott went on to clarify that the proposal did not apply to those two programs." | Negative | -56% Liberal |
| "Democrats criticized the plan and Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell dismissed it, saying the Republican Party would not have as a part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half the American people and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years.Scott went on to clarify that the proposal did not apply to those two programs." | Negative | -56% Liberal |
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42% : His stump speech criticizes President Joe Biden, Democrats and their "reckless spending, open borders and woke socialists' policies.""If we continue down this path, the future of Florida and the country will be filled with high prices and woke socialism," Scott tells voters.23% : In a video, Mucarsel-Powel attacked Scott on his support for limits on abortion access, threats to cut Social Security and Medicare, and his record as the head of a chain of hospitals.
10% : Democrats criticized the plan and Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissed it, saying the Republican Party would "not have as a part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half the American people and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years."Scott went on to clarify that the proposal did not apply to those two programs.
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