Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) suggested to former President Trump that he stay out of Senate primary races next year, during an interview on Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show” on Tuesday.
Asked about what role he sees Trump playing during next year’s midterm elections, Scott said Trump will campaign for the candidates he supports, but suggested to the former president that he take his foot off the pedal during Senate primaries.
“Well I think he’s going to campaign for candidates that he believes in,” Scott said. “What I’ve suggested to him is to let the citizens in that state pick their primary winner. And then help those that win that he believes in.”
Scott went on to praise Trump for having the same grievances that he does, before adding that he looks forward to the former president “supporting the candidates that he likes.”
Scott’s remarks come a month after he awarded Trump with the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s first-ever “Champion for Freedom Award” on the same weekend the former president hurled insults at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) during the RNC’s spring donor retreat.
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