Sen. Rick Scott's artificial intelligence will surely keep socialists and commies out of Florida

Well! It seems Florida’s Rick Scott, the U.S. Senate’s foremost hologram, has royally gotten his motherboard wires into a jumble of knots. By now you have probably seen Scott channeling his inner Tail Gunner Joe McCarthy’s demagogic fervor in a series of commercials decrying the threat socialists and communists pose to our fair state.

See? And you thought the greatest challenge confronting us was every moment the Florida Legislature is in session. What else can one say except to paraphrase the certifiably nuts McCarthy tormentor Joseph Welch: “At long last, senator, have you no common sense?”

In the commercials, Scott issues a dire warning that socialists and communists are not welcome in Florida. Don’t even think about coming here. Don’t even indulge in a brief sense of whimsy about beaches, or Mickey Mouse, or the bucolic charms of I-4. Nay, we say unto you. And nay again.

Who knew? Who knew Florida was on the brink of doom, should a socialist or a communist get the urge to partake of a Cuban sandwich in Ybor City, or experience the romance of Gatorland, or simply spend a wild and zany few days in Two Egg?

Scott’s manifesto noted those socialists and assorted reds need to know: “We’re the free state of Florida.” And indeed we are — unless you want to read a book, or get an abortion, or enroll your child in a Medicaid program, or love whomever you wish, or feel safe walking down the street without bumping into some Florida man with a gun, or believe in diversity, equality and inclusion, or want to learn more about critical race theory, or perhaps enjoy your constitutional First Amendment rights, which include expressing socialist and communist view points.

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2024/05/11/sen-rick-scotts-artificial-intelligence-will-surely-keep-socialists-commies-out-florida/