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 operating for the Senate from Pennsylvania with the backing of Donald Trump, offered sworn testimony in a baby custody listening to that he had “choked her till she bit him to flee, that he hit their younger kids, and that he lashed out at her with obscenities and insults,” according to a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Parnell referred to as his spouse’s testimony “lies” in an announcement launched by his marketing campaign and stated 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 stated this:

“As you recognize, we’ve Republican and Democrat primaries throughout the nation and in Pennsylvania, we’ve — 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 folks suppose.”

Keilar pushed Scott, noting that the allegations surrounding Parnell are excessive. “I am not supporting or opposing folks in major,” he advised 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 relatively than dictate picks from Washington. 

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

Besides that that is the fashionable 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 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 get together to carry. (Republican Sen. Pat Toomey is just not 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 unhealthy for his personal private politics and for his get together’s possibilities on the Senate majority. So, he stays aggressively uninvolved.