"The security of our Republic is being questioned and we as a nation need answers."
That's the sobering conclusion a Florida Senator draws, and in that context he wants a hearing this month in wake of the assassination attempt of GOP nominee and former President Donald Trump.
"The assassination attempt on President Trump and murder of an innocent American demands immediate answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Secret Service," said Rick Scott Saturday night.
"It is a miracle that President Trump is alive and well but absolutely inexcusable that the deranged would-be assassin had a direct line of sight to the former president and the leading candidate for President of the United States. The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) has an oversight responsibility and an obligation to the American people to demand answers from DHS and the U.S. Secret Service on how this happened and what steps are being taken to investigate this assassination attempt and make sure it never happens again," Scott added.
That hearing must happen before Aug. 1, Scott adds, with "testimony from these agencies (who must) deliver the answers that we as U.S. Senators and the American people demand and deserve from our government."
Scott offered other unambiguous comments in the wake of Trump's shooting, including taking the current President to task for an insufficient response to the incident.
"Biden's speech was not the inspiring, unifying speech that's necessary from the president of the United States in this moment. He can't even say it was an assassination attempt. That's not leadership," Scott said.
He also blamed the political left and the press for stoking tensions.
"Democrats and liberals in the media have called Trump a fascist. They've compared him to Hitler. They've tried to lock him up. They tried to remove his Secret Service protection. Just this week, Biden said he wanted to put Trump in the crosshairs. This isn't some unfortunate incident. This was an assassination attempt by a madman inspired by the rhetoric of the radical left," Scott added.
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