Rick Scott has no opinion about a Senate candidate accused of strangling his wife

Earlier this month, the spouse of Sean Parnell, who’s operating for the Senate from Pennsylvania with the backing of Donald Trump, supplied sworn testimony in a baby custody listening to that he had “choked her till she bit him to flee, that he hit their younger youngsters, and that he lashed out at her with obscenities and insults,” according to a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Parnell known as his spouse’s testimony “lies” in a press release launched by his marketing campaign and mentioned he would rebut her claims in his testimony, which is anticipated this week. Beneath cross-examination by Parnell’s attorneys Monday, his spouse acknowledged that “there have been no formal interventions or restrictions” towards Parnell, according to the Inquirer.

Which brings me to one thing else that occurred Monday. Rick Scott, the Florida senator charged with successful again the bulk in 2022, was requested about Parnell by CNN’s Brianna Keilar.

To which Scott mentioned this:

“As you understand, we now have Republican and Democrat primaries throughout the nation and in Pennsylvania, we now have — each Republicans and Democrats have primaries, and so we’ll see who comes out of the first. Info will come out, we’ll discover out what individuals suppose.”

Keilar pushed Scott, noting that the allegations surrounding Parnell are excessive. “I am not supporting or opposing individuals in major,” he informed her.

Which, properly, OK?

Scott has been religious in insisting because the begin of this election cycle that his committee is not going to get entangled in primaries — letting Republican voters select their candidates reasonably than dictate picks from Washington. 

Which, in concept, is smart provided that the Republican base hates Washington and the get together institution.

Besides that that is the trendy model of the Republican Social gathering. And there are not any indicators Donald Trump is planning to stroll away from Parnell even with the allegations towards him.

The larger downside for Republicans is that if Parnell winds up successful the Senate major, which, due to Trump’s endorsement, he most likely begins because the front-runner, these allegations have the potential to complicate an already-difficult seat for the get together to carry. (Republican Sen. Pat Toomey isn’t operating once more.)

The Level: Scott is aware of all of this. However he additionally is aware of that getting crosswise with Trump — by criticizing a candidate the previous President has endorsed — is dangerous for his personal private politics and for his get together’s probabilities on the Senate majority. So, he stays aggressively uninvolved.