He followed President Trump's lead Sunday, declaring all Americans have the right to 'worship at a church service.'
Scott's comments come just one day after President Donald Trump declared he was reopening houses of worship across the country as"essential," and vowing to"override the governors" who would try to block such action in their respective states.
The GOP senator repeatedly cited the Bill of Rights as the absolute authority in determining whether lawmakers, health officials or any other government figure could legally force people to social distance or wear protective masks. "All Floridians, all Americans have a Bill of Rights and we have a right to worship if they want to. I believe people are going to do it safely," Scott said during his CNN appearance.
As of Sunday afternoon, Florida has a total of 50,867 positive coronavirus cases, including 2,237 deaths, according to the state's COVID-19Earlier Sunday morning, Scott also previewed his upcoming appearance on CNN that included him discussing about China and"protecting Florida's taxpayers from bailing out poorly managed states like NY, NJ, CA & IL." The latter point prompted a retort from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.
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