Rick Scott Vows To Defund The UN As Senate Leader

Florida Politics reports:

Florida’s junior Senator wants to lead the Republican Caucus if he’s re-elected next month. And he also vows to try to defund the United Nations (U.N.) if that comes to pass.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott promised to “force a vote to halt ALL funding to the UN — which gives a global stage to the world’s worst human rights abusers and terror sponsors and for years has supported Iran-backed Hamas terrorism” if Republicans retake the Senate.

Scott’s vow came in the form of a quote tweet of Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who declared U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres “persona non-grata” for his failure to “unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done.”

Read the full article. Scott is considered a longshot to succeed McConnell as he is only slightly less disliked than Ted Cruz.

As Senate Majority Leader I will force a vote to halt ALL funding to the UN – which gives a global stage to the world’s worst human rights abusers and terror sponsors and for years has supported Iran-backed Hamas terrorism. Enough. https://t.co/LhTVxRudDt

— Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) October 2, 2024