TALLAHASSEE — Rick Scott left the governor’s mansion in 2019 for the U.S. Senate and seven years later, he’s not happy with the state’s economic numbers, nor the recent decisions at its flagship university.
Scott has slammed the state’s economic and jobs numbers, an issue he was focused on during his time in the governor’s mansion from 2011-2019, as Florida tried to recover from the Great Recession.
“Florida’s unemployment rate is ABOVE the national average and it’s only GROWING,” Scott posted on X last month when the March jobless rate was at 4.6 percent. “The latest state jobs numbers show we lost over 43k jobs all in critical industries. Florida had one of the worst performing job markets over the past year. Our state needs to stay focused on adding private sector jobs and driving down cost of living — just like President Trump is trying to do across the country.”…