Sen. Rick Scott, head of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, said Thursday he will vote against the bipartisan gun bill that has won the blessing of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, putting more distance between the two powerbrokers.
Mr. Scott, Florida Republican, said the good parts of the bill are outweighed by the bad, and he said the proposal is far different than the legislation he signed as Florida’s governor following the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
“These bills are not the same at all,” Mr. Scott said in a statement. “One was the product of a collaborative, well-defined and transparent process.