It looks like Sen. Lindsey Graham isn’t the only treasonous Republican who President Joe Biden won’t pick up the phone for.
Last night, Sen. Rick Scott went on Laura Ingraham‘s show to bitch about how no one at the White House will take his calls.
“It’s so bad, Laura,” the Florida congressman said. “I called the White House this week over something that’s going on in Cuba and they hung up on me. I said, ‘I’m a sitting U.S. Senator. You won’t take a message or anything?’ They said, ‘No. It’s disrespectful to say that.’ And they hung up on me!”
Rick Scott claims he called the White House this week and got hung up on pic.twitter.com/mOPdtD0qQy
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 17, 2021
Scott, who famously refused to use the words “gay” and “LGBTQ” when acknowledging the Pulse shooting in 2016, implied that the reason the White House wouldn’t speak to him was because he’s a Republican.
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While that certainly could be why, we’re guessing his attempts at overturning the 2020 election results, his opposition to the January 6 investigation, his undying support of Donald Trump, and the fact that he never misses an opportunity to attack Joe Biden or Kamala Harris in the press might have more to do with it. But who knows?
Of course, that’s also assuming Scott is even telling the truth. Given his track record, there’s a very likely chance none of this ever happened and he’s making the whole thing up.
Now, the responses…
It’s probably a lie that the WH hung up on Rick Scott, but I kinda hope it’s true. I know I’d hang up on him.
— Abigail (@TrueBlueResists) December 17, 2021
To be fair, most people would hang up on rick scott.
— John Smith (@JsmithITGuy) December 17, 2021
Biden’s approval just went up another 3 points.
— Presidents Are Not Kings & Plaintiff Is Not Pres. (@OK_Dumbass) December 17, 2021
“Hi, I’m Rick Scott.” pic.twitter.com/Mw2oV0Ievg
— James Ivan PItts (@JamesIvanPitts1) December 17, 2021
Ancient lore tells a tale that once every four hundred years, the planets align beneath the North Star and for that ONE night, underneath that spectacular starlight, conservatives stop whining like little babies at every single slight, real or imagined.
— Jay Black (@jayblackisfunny) December 17, 2021
Even if this is 100 percent true, why would he call the WH directly anyway? POTUS doesn’t owe this guy anything.
— @willedit4food (@willedit4food) December 17, 2021
Strangely I don’t believe him.
— 999FunnyUsername000 (@OrionWinning) December 17, 2021
He probably dialed the other White House being republican. pic.twitter.com/eX2qcg97hM
— Blanche ⁷ 블랑쉬💜방탄, 아미의 우주 💜 방탄과 아미 영원히💜#방탄소년단💜 (@BlancheKnox5) December 17, 2021
I guess “1-800-for-coup” is no longer a direct line to the Oval Office?
— Janice Hough (@leftcoastbabe) December 17, 2021
The President’s public schedule is online. Maybe don’t call when he’s visiting disaster sites in KY or awarding Medals of Honor.
— Judith Sanders (@nazani14) December 17, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Vince
This Medicare defrauder and scarecrow deserves nothing but scorn like the women who confronted him last year in the starbucks.
Fahd
Maybe the article author is not an American, but I don’t think it is appropriate to refer to a Senator as a congressman (see above).
It doesn’t say much for the electorate of Florida that Scott keeps getting elected in the state. Very shady, but one of his worst deeds was when governor of Florida he played an active role in denying voting rights to felons who had served their time, no matter how much evidence there was that the individual had reformed and turned his life around.
Shame on Scott! I’d block him too.
cliche guevara
Congressman is correct. Congress = Senate + House of Representatives. So congressman/congresswoman would apply either. Senator or Representative would add specificity to which if the two congressional houses the person was in.
Jaquelope
@Cliche Guevara : You are absolutely correct. It’s just a matter of semantics, and @Fahd just seems to be acting like a semantics N@zi.
Fahd
@cliche & jaquelope. You are correct that a senator is a member of the U.S. Congress, but I honestly have never heard of a Senator being referred to as a congressman. In my experience, usually,members of the House of Representatives are referred to as congressman/congresswoman/or congressperson and Senators are referred to as senator. Your experience may be different, and there probably are manuals of style to guide a writer on this matter. but in any case, I certainly won’t resort to name calling to make my point ( @jaquelope “semantics Nazi” ? very mean-spirited, indeed!).
HavanIronOak
Congress is correct. Congress consists of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate
petej
the WH doesn’t take calls from any republicans????
jcool
i think it’s more they don’t take calls from the House of Slytherin
Brian
How is that your conclusion?! One man — just one! — has made a claim about one phone call. (And even this is probably a lie.)
McConnell and other Republicans have openly chatted about their phone calls with the president. You’re ignoring all else and leaping to broad conclusions based off of just one man’s rant.
Ugh, this is so depressing. The electorate really lacks the ability to think critically, to weigh evidence, and to reason through things. That’s how we get insane ideas about Tom Hanks eating children and Jews shooting lasers at California. Too many dim bulbs.
fredk3
Is “Sitting U.S. Senator” government code for Scary Alien From Outer Space?
Jaquelope
Too bad we can’t upvote comments on this site.
Sqwoah
It seems melodramatic to call that a hissy fit. Think the author wishes it were a hissy fit.
Also, “hissy fit” is considered by many to be misogynistic language. Unless the author wants to abnegate his sanctimonious moral high ground on every subject under the sun, perhaps he should turn his lens inward.
jcool
so, is it melodramatic or misogynistic? who’s sanctimonious, hank. keep it simple, you’re overwhelming yourself.
Phillip
“I called the White House this week over something that’s going on in Cuba and they hung up on me. I said, ‘I’m a sitting U.S. Senator. You won’t take a message or anything?’ They said, ‘No. It’s disrespectful to say that.’ And they hung up on me!”
If I was the POTUS or any of his staff I wouldn’t be taking any calls from a convicted Medicare fraud con or want to have anything to do with a person of his ilk. One noticed he immediately ran to FOX NOISE to cry on their shoulder and complain about it so the right-wing world would know. This loser needs so much attention and in my opinion after defrauding Medicare, he shouldn’t have been allowed any governmental position, ever!
m
Skeletor says what?!
HavanIronOak
Exactly MY question
barryaksarben
I live in FLorida and this pos is such a criminal I can not believe they voted this guy in. He has been stealing our tax monies for years. HE SHOULD BE IN PRISON FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN Jan 6
redzebra1
I hope its true. He’s just a hack for Trump & the donor class shafting the 99%!
woodroad34
Well there’s an ego at play. If it were true, the expectation that the world wouldn’t stop rotating or the seas wouldn’t part when he calls. I thought his name ‘Rick’ not ‘Dick’.
cuteguy
What is the matter with Florida? They voted in this loser plus the current giver Deathsantis. Plus don’t get me started on that closet case Rubio.
kboi808
There is something inherently wrong when we cannot even convict real criminals in this country and then elect them to office. How is he even allowed to run???
cuteguy
It’s Florida
Tombear
I won’t take his calls either!