Exclusive — Sen. Rick Scott: Biden ‘Absolutely’ Worst President Toward Israel, Emboldened Hamas Just to ‘Get Reelected’

The U.S. must “give leeway to Israel” to defend itself and “annihilate Hamas,” according to Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who described President Joe Biden as “absolutely” the worst U.S. president toward Israel for having undermined its prime minister, emboldened Hamas, and thrown the Jewish state under the bus during war just to “get reelected.”

Noting that “everything in the world has gotten worse under Biden” and that “If you love your family, you can’t vote for him,” Scott insisted that “every Republican” he knows “stands with Israel” and that a Trump presidency will see America being “respected again,” Iran being “worried again,” and the world being a “much safer place.”

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Thursday, Scott began by describing his recent visit to Israel, as a “sad but uplifting” experience:

The sad part is that I went to Kfar Aza, which I had been to before, and I walked the same streets I walked before. [On October 7,] 63 people died there. I went to houses that were burnt down. I went to places where babies were killed. I stood in a destroyed home and listened to the last words of a young Israeli woman via audio recording as she talked to her father before Hamas gunned her down. I saw where they broke in. I went to the Nova festival site. I talked to survivors, and I talked to American families that have family members being held hostage. I talked to the IDF, I talked with the Prime minister, Defense Minister Yair Golan and other members of the war cabinet.

“So, I got a good view of what was going on,” he explained.

This week, I walked the grounds where people were trying to enjoy a music festival when they were ruthlessly targeted 176 days ago.

Look at this photo. This is where Iran-backed Hamas terrorists massacred innocent people and took hundreds hostage, including American citizens.… pic.twitter.com/u5MTD6WDBL

— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) March 30, 2024

While the Israeli people and its leaders are “dedicated and focused on survival,” he noted, “unfortunately, the Biden administration is a pain in the butt.”

Scott listed three “takeaways” from his visit earlier this month. 

“One, we’ve got to support and give leeway to Israel to be able to defend themselves; and, two, we’ve got to hold Qatar accountable,” he said. “If Qatar said, right now, all the hostages must be released, they’d be released, [and yet they don’t]; so why does the U.S. still have a major base there?” 

Qatar benefits from being our ally & hosts a U.S. military base.

But if it doesn’t keep its word to get U.S. hostages home & stop supporting Hamas, Qatar needs to face consequences, including terminating its major non-NATO ally status.https://t.co/huibQWQSX7

— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) April 11, 2024

“Three,” he added, “is that we have got to hold Iran accountable, and we must get the hostages out immediately. I wish Biden would talk more about getting them released, but he doesn’t.” 

Joe Biden is doing more to support illegal aliens in the United States than he is to free American citizens held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) April 11, 2024

Admitting that it is “disappointing” that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer openly meddled in Israel’s democracy when he called for new elections, and “disappointing” what President Biden has done towards its longtime ally, Israel, Scott vowed he would “keep on supporting aid for Israel, fighting for Israel, and fighting against antisemitism.” 

Scott also admitted that he could not “comprehend” why the Biden administration was making announcements and moves that only embolden the Hamas terrorist group and give it hope.

“If you put Israel in context [in relation to the U.S.] — if 40,000 people were murdered on our border and then somebody says, “Don’t worry about it; just get over it; you need to just forget about it because we don’t want this to get worse,” how would we react to that? We wouldn’t react very well,” he said. “That’s the way I look at it.” 

“We need to give Israel the space to go do what they have to do,” he added. “They don’t have a choice, they have to annihilate Hamas, and if that means they have to go into Rafah — I trust them.”

What really “angers” Scott, he noted, is the double standard Israel is held to.

The Biden administration is screaming at Israel, making threats to change their policy and support,  because aid workers were accidentally tragically killed — and it’s horrible that aid workers were killed. But guess what? We [the Biden administration] killed an Afghan family in a drone strike [killing an innocent aid worker along with two adults and seven children from his family] when we left Afghanistan, and we [under Biden’s chaotic evacuation] lost 13 members of our military – and have you ever heard of any investigation into that? No.

With the Biden administration seeking to “attack” Israel over its accidental killing of aid workers last week, Scott noted that the Jewish state “actually did a review” and “actually held people accountable, while nobody has been held accountable for killing that Afghan family and nobody’s been held accountable for the 13 members of our military that were killed.”

‘Biden’s ‘Disgusting’ Abandonment of Israel

Asked why he believed President Biden had “turned so strongly against Israel,” Scott suggested that “He is likely doing it for one reason — just to get reelected; that’s all he cares about.” 

Calling the abandonment of Israel — a strong ally of the United States — a “disgusting” move, Scott  slammed President Biden for emboldening the Iranian regime and its terror proxies as Israel fights for its survival.

“Biden’s the one who screwed up here [with his policy of appeasement towards Iran] because he sat there and intentionally made sure Iran had more money,” he said. “He reduced the sanctions, didn’t enforce them, and gave Iran billions of dollars. Now, the Houthis have more assets, Hezbollah has more assets, and Hamas has more assets.” 

“I don’t know why Biden doesn’t feel any remorse for the way he’s run the Middle East,” he added. “It’s a disaster right now.”

“In fact,” he continued, “everything in the world has gotten worse under Biden.” 

“Our relationship with China, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and both of their involvement in Latin America — everything’s gotten worse under his policies,” he asserted. 

In contrast, he noted, President Trump’s presidency achieved the opposite: creating peace, standing by Israel and other allies, and being tough with enemies.

“I think the day Trump takes over, January 20 next year, the whole world’s gonna change,” he said. “America will be respected again. Iran will be worried again, and the world will be a much safer place.” 

“Americans will be safer,” he added.

Regarding the Biden administration’s open borders, which pose a serious threat to America, Scott warned that many of those on terror watchlists, “We don’t even know where they are” and cannot even get a “direct answer” from the Biden administration regarding their whereabouts.

“Where are they? Are they in prison? This is crazy. I don’t get how anybody could vote for Biden, because his open border policies have allowed criminals, terrorists, and drugs to flow into our country — with 70,000 Americans dying from Fentanyl overdose.”

“If you love your family, you can’t vote for him,” he added.

According to Scott, President Biden is “absolutely” the worst president America has had in managing its historic relationship with the Jewish state, which is now becoming a partisan issue — with general support coming almost entirely from Republicans.

“Biden doesn’t support Israel, and it’s not just Biden — it’s Schumer, and his whole group. Both the [Democrat] Party and current administration don’t support Israel,” he said. “They’re attacking Netanyahu, the duly elected prime minister of Israel, in the middle of an existential war!”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, with US Senator Rick Scott and thanked him for visiting Jerusalem and for his unwavering support for the State of Israel, especially at this time. pic.twitter.com/6fWOooHMjq

— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) March 27, 2024

Scott also compared the president’s efforts to prevent a decisive Israeli victory against Hamas by taking out its remaining battalions in Rafah to “the same [approach] in Latin America where Biden doesn’t care about freedom and liberty — but about one thing only: his election.” 

“I hope everybody that cares about Israel, and everybody [that’s] worried about antisemitism, understands that President Biden and the Democrats are not supportive of Israel, not supportive of the leadership of Israel, and will do nothing about antisemitism,” he insisted.

In contrast, he concluded, “every Republican that I know stands with Israel, stands with the Jewish people, and stands against antisemitism.”

In November, Scott endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential election, urging the Republican Party to unify behind the former president to defeat Biden, citing Trump’s past achievements and strong leadership qualities.

Trump did “more for Israel than any other president” in U.S. history, he stated, “bringing stability and peace in the Middle East” through the historic Abraham Accords, while Biden is “undoing” all the work that Trump’s administration accomplished.