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

Earlier this month, the spouse of Sean Parnell, who’s working for the Senate from Pennsylvania with the backing of Donald Trump, supplied sworn testimony in a toddler 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 predicted this week. Underneath cross-examination by Parnell’s legal professionals Monday, his spouse acknowledged that “there have been no formal interventions or restrictions” in opposition to Parnell, according to the Inquirer.

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

To which Scott mentioned this:

“As you already know, we have now Republican and Democrat primaries throughout the nation and in Pennsylvania, we have now — each Republicans and Democrats have primaries, and so we’ll see who comes out of the first. Details will come out, we’ll discover out what folks assume.”

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

Which, nicely, OK?

Scott has been religious in insisting for the reason that begin of this election cycle that his committee won’t become involved in primaries — letting Republican voters select their candidates fairly than dictate picks from Washington. 

Which, in idea, is smart provided that the Republican base hates Washington and the social gathering institution.

Besides that that is the trendy model of the Republican Social gathering. And there aren’t any indicators Donald Trump is planning to stroll away from Parnell even with the allegations in opposition to him.

The larger downside for Republicans is that if Parnell winds up profitable the Senate major, which, due to Trump’s endorsement, he in all probability begins because the front-runner, these allegations have the potential to complicate an already-difficult seat for the social gathering to carry. (Republican Sen. Pat Toomey will not be working 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 unhealthy for his personal private politics and for his social gathering’s possibilities on the Senate majority. So, he stays aggressively uninvolved.