Rick Scott: 'Hatred' among Democrats blocking border deal

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., on Sunday said the animosity toward President Trump in Congress is one of the reasons for the recent record-breaking federal government shutdown.

"People are being disingenuous. It's like they're just actors. There's just a lot of hatred up there for President Trump on the Democrat side, and it’s frustrating. We've got to get something done. I don’t — it’s not my first choice for him to use his emergency power. But he's proposed things. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are not being — they're not negotiating with him in good faith, I don't believe," the freshman senator said during an interview on NBC News' "Meet the Press."

Scott, who narrowly defeated former Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson last year, said even Trump has to accept some responsibility for the breakdown in negotiations over $5.7 billion for his southern border wall, which led to the 35-day funding gap for large swaths of the federal government.

“Everybody does," Scott said. "Everybody's got to act in good faith. Everybody's got to stop saying this is all about, you know, winning and losing. It's not. It's about what's good for the American public."

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