Scott Defends Trump's Iran Policy, Criticizes Democrats

0:00It's April 19th. From coast to coast, this is U.S. News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Senator Rick Scott from Florida laid it out clear on TV this weekend, defending President Trump's authority to hit back at Iran if it means protecting. American lives. He stressed that every President since Truman has backed using military force for that, and Trump is straight up exercising that right amid the Heating Middle East situation. But hammered Iran's track record, calling out their 47 years of straight hostility toward the U.S. from funding terror outfits like, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis to straight-up targeting our people overseas. Democrats in Congress are pushing resolutions to curb Trump's war powers, but Scott calls that nonsense, saying it's inconsistent when they back. Protection on borders and cops? Basically, they can't have it both ways on keeping folks safe. Americans are spiking with Iran's threats in the strait of Hormuz, fragile sea spires on the line, and worries over their nuclear push and missiles.

1:03Scott praised Trump for finally stepping up to block that, and hold the regime accountable after decades of broken deals. Meanwhile, Scott looped in home front fights, pushing voter ID as a no-brainer with massive public support, and commonsense tweaks to FISA. Surveillance to guard civil liberties without weakening terror defenses, Republicans locking in behind strong national security as divides deep in.