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turbinetree

(27,912 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:21 PM 9 hrs ago

MAGA senator spurs uproar pushing 7-day workweek: 'I'd laugh if I didn't want to cry'

By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published July 16, 2026 12:46 PM ET

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) left the internet stunned on Thursday when he suggested that Americans should work seven days a week.

Scott made the comment during a Fox News interview about a new bipartisan tariff measure.

"Americans work five days a week, the minimum we ought to work is seven days a week," Scott said. "I'm a business guy. Business people have to work every day. We need to work every day to get this stuff done."

https://www.rawstory.com/maga-senator-ridiculed-for-saying-people-should-work-7-days-a-week-on-fox-news-interview/


Pound sand ................how many recess have you and your maga party had so far this year ( 77 days in the senate and in the house 82 days off).............and how does it feel to rip off seniors on Medicare............is that how a business man does it with that goofy fucked smile on your face from Florida ..............well by golly.................. yes it is to the tune of over 300 million with fucking M............... you should be in jail a**hole.................

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MAGA senator spurs uproar pushing 7-day workweek: 'I'd laugh if I didn't want to cry' (Original Post) turbinetree 9 hrs ago OP
And how many days off do Senators get each year? sinkingfeeling 8 hrs ago #1
I could work seven days a week if, like Scott, I had servents and housekeepers to do all my shit for me. Intractable 8 hrs ago #2
lawyers aren;t working hard enpugh rampartd 8 hrs ago #3
There's a reason they're attacking "communism" when capitalism is at its most rampant Prairie Gates 8 hrs ago #4
Fucking criminal ripoff artist. johnnyfins 8 hrs ago #5
The "minimum" we should be working according to Mr. Fraud is 7 City Lights 8 hrs ago #6
An honest Republican Johnny2X2X 8 hrs ago #7
Is this assclown up for reelection in 2026? Chasstev365 8 hrs ago #8
These guys are not going to stop until FalloutShelter 8 hrs ago #9
This guy sedwin 8 hrs ago #10
Where do Republicans dig up... BH liberal 8 hrs ago #11
Don't forget Stephen Miller. yardwork 8 hrs ago #13
Miller is another prime example... BH liberal 8 hrs ago #15
I think he is suggesting that senators should be working 7 days a week newdeal2 8 hrs ago #12
I think you're right but I'm in favor of piling on anyway. yardwork 8 hrs ago #14
Scott is living in Never-Never Land if he expects... BH liberal 8 hrs ago #16
the minimum we ought to work is seven days a week. patphil 8 hrs ago #17

Intractable

(2,676 posts)
2. I could work seven days a week if, like Scott, I had servents and housekeepers to do all my shit for me.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:26 PM
8 hrs ago

He's a very wealthy man.

rampartd

(5,977 posts)
3. lawyers aren;t working hard enpugh
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:26 PM
8 hrs ago

so lets send the coal miners down every day.

i think this was all covered in genesis chapter 1 .

Prairie Gates

(8,834 posts)
4. There's a reason they're attacking "communism" when capitalism is at its most rampant
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:28 PM
8 hrs ago

and destructive.

They've spent 60 years and untold billions on the ideological project of separating workers from an understanding of their class and condition. Now they're going to realize that investment, they think. One last push against the communists. One last push and they're through, they think.

johnnyfins

(4,248 posts)
5. Fucking criminal ripoff artist.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:28 PM
8 hrs ago

Rick? You are nothing but a thief and a fraud. GFY. Have a great day.

City Lights

(26,196 posts)
6. The "minimum" we should be working according to Mr. Fraud is 7
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:29 PM
8 hrs ago

days a week? Uh, what would the maximum be, child? Should we work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Ricky?

Johnny2X2X

(24,656 posts)
7. An honest Republican
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:29 PM
8 hrs ago

This is their way, they'd roll back the idea of a 5 day workweek if they knew they didn't have to face voters again.

FalloutShelter

(14,806 posts)
9. These guys are not going to stop until
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:33 PM
8 hrs ago

We are chasing them down the streets with rocks and bottles.

sedwin

(9 posts)
10. This guy
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:36 PM
8 hrs ago

Yes, Rick Scott the guy who was involved in the largest Medicare fraud in US history where as CEO his company had to pay $1.7 BILLION dollars in fines for the theft of US taxpayer dollars. Don't fret though he didn't have to pay a cent of his own, but his company did right before giving Scott a golden parachute. To be clear, Scott always votes to give himself a raise as a senator even though Senators only work about 160 days out of 365. These are guys who cut $1 trillion dollars from our pensions (social security) and our healthcare (Medicare) the premiums of which are taken out of our paychecks automatically in the form of FICA taxes but are always sure that THEY get full pensions and full health insurance. Any opinion this guy has is not only worthless but by definition hypocrisy. Scott should be in prison for his theft of medicare funds but instead Republicans elected him to office as they have with many other criminals like Trump.

BH liberal

(232 posts)
11. Where do Republicans dig up...
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:39 PM
8 hrs ago

cadavers like Scott, Ron Johnson, Trey Gowdy, et al? They look like zombies and move like zombies. Hell, they must be zombies!

newdeal2

(5,718 posts)
12. I think he is suggesting that senators should be working 7 days a week
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:42 PM
8 hrs ago

Not to defend the guy too much. He probably wants Americans to work every day too.

yardwork

(70,378 posts)
14. I think you're right but I'm in favor of piling on anyway.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:45 PM
8 hrs ago

Particularly piling on Rick Scott. I'll bring snacks.

BH liberal

(232 posts)
16. Scott is living in Never-Never Land if he expects...
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:50 PM
8 hrs ago

his fellow Republicans to work on anything that will benefit the majority of Americans. It's not what they do, no matter how much or how little they work.

patphil

(9,408 posts)
17. the minimum we ought to work is seven days a week.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:51 PM
8 hrs ago

Rick Scott isn't up for reelection until 2030, so he can say shit like that and be fairly certain everyone will forget he said it by the summer of 2030. Democrats need to give continuous memory jogs to the voters of Florida so they will remember his words and the absolute disdain for working people he has.
I wonder what he thinks the maximum days people ought to work each week?

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