Sen. Rick Scott: US Has ‘Right to Defend Federal Agents’

Hitting back at California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom for obstructing the Trump administration, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., defended the feds’ jurisdiction over their buildings and agents.

“We have ICE agents getting hurt, all right. The federal government has the right to defend the federal agents; they have a right to defend federal buildings,” Scott told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

Scott added he doesn’t get Democrats’ opposition to law, order, and public and federal safety.

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