Florida Senator Rick Scott slammed Democrats for the current federal government shutdown on national news. Republican Senator Rick Scott joined Fox and Friends to call out Democrats for shutting down the government “over their liberal trillion dollar wish-list,” while Republicans push for a clean proposal to fund the government and serve the American people. How do you hurt Trump?” Senator Scott said on FoxNews. Senator Scott has been fighting to pass the No Budget, No Pay Act in the Senate since 2019 as a key part of his Make Washington Work Plan. Watch Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott slam Democrats on the government shutdown: