Rick Scott: Name the Wall After Trump | CPAC

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Jul 10, 2026
Sen. Rick Scott discusses the political changes he believes have reshaped Washington, arguing that President Donald Trump's leadership helped drive a new direction for the Republican Party. Speaking at CPAC, Scott outlines his vision for government reform, border security, education, election integrity, and the future of the conservative movement.
CPAC hosts incredible guests and speakers including Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire, Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA, Steve Bannon of War Room, Donald Trump Jr., Vivek Ramaswamy, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Dan Bongino, and many more leading voices in conservative media and politics.
So, good afternoon. Welcome to the Capitol. What do you think about Kash Patel? You know,
I told CPAC leadership that next year's event should be down in my home state of Florida.
You know, we also have a great view of the Gulf of America. By the way, the weather is a little
bit better. I think it's about 75 degrees. So, the first thing I want to do is I want to thank
you. I want to thank CPAC for all your friendship and support. You know, last year I ran to be
Senate Majority Leader, and many of you very vocally supported me, and I'll be eternally
grateful. Your vocal support changed the Senate. You did it. Now, for too long, Washington has
been known for all the wrong things. Big spending, no results. Waste and inefficiency. Washington is
about enriching politicians like Nancy Pelosi, bureaucrats like Anthony Fauci at the expense
of the American people. Washington was always about protecting the status quo because the
politicians in Washington made money off of it. Washington was about a radical social
environmental agenda, about forever wars, open borders, lies and no accountability.
Washington was about Washington. It wasn't about the American people who simply want to
lead their lives without bureaucrats telling them what the hell to do. All of that is changing,
and it's changing fast because of one person, Donald J. Trump being in the White House.
Now, President Trump is bringing common sense back to Washington. He's bringing transparency
and accountability back to Washington. He's working with great leaders like Elon Musk to
bring efficiency back to Washington. And the Democrats are complaining like crazy,
but he's changing Washington in record time. He's bringing the voice of the American people
back to Washington. President Trump is making America great again. Now, what's he deserve?
But what does he get instead? He gets lies and obstruction from the Democrats,
the mainstream media, and even some establishment Washington Republicans
desperately clinging to relevance. Mitch McConnell supports Merrick Garland's nomination
for attorney general. He's already voted against three of President Trump's cabinet nominees.
AOC, she's yelling about fascism. CNN is blasting, blaring that the Trump administration is a threat
to democracy and ushering in a constitutional crisis. Guess what? Here's the good news.
They're the past. Their voices no longer matter. Their shadow can no longer hang over politics.
They lost, the American people won. What happened last fall? President Trump and an army of
supporters like you all across this great country started a movement, one that changed the country
and reset our future for a golden era. The future is about you and your hopes and your dreams,
about us. It's about amplifying the voices of the American people and finally giving the
government they're paying for and that they deserve. A couple years ago, in the midst of
Joe Biden's disastrous presidency or whoever was in charge, I put out a plan with some ideas to
rescue this country from the radical Democrats who are trying to destroy our values and bankrupt
us in the process. Now, the way Democrats and establishment Republicans responded, you would
have thought I broke the law. And the craziest part of it, I couldn't tell who hated it more,
Joe Biden or Mitch McConnell. Now, think about it. I proposed some really crazy ideas. So just
think about these. Teach our students about the U.S. Constitution. That's a hard one. The Bill
of Rights, our founding fathers, have their kids recite the Pledge of Allegiance and salute the
flag. Eliminating the Department of Education, banning the federal government from asking
American citizens to disclose their race or skin color on government forums. Funding our police
and enforcing all of our laws. Securing the border, build a wall, name the wall after Donald Trump.
Start growing the American economy, not the Washington economy. Enacting term limits for
member of Congress and federal bureaucrats. Protecting the integrity of the American
election. Protecting, defending, promoting the American family at all costs. Believing in
science. Guess what? Men are men. Women are women. Unborn babies, they're babies. Sorry,
Democrats. I was tarred and feathered for proposing such crazy ideas. It was worth it
because it was time for Republicans, at least the true, honest, conservative Republicans,
to stand up and fight the hell back.
