Sen. Rick Scott slams NY AG as 'bunch of Democrats' trying to stop Trump after visiting trial

Sen. Rick Scott (center-right) enters NY courthouse with Trump ahead of trial (Jeenah Moon-Pool/Getty Images)

Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott attended former President Donald Trump's trial in New York City on Thursday and offered support for Trump while targeting those behind the effort to convict him as a "bunch of Democrats" who are preventing him from campaigning.

"This can't continue. What's happening to this president is wrong. We're watching all over the country, watching all these cases that are going after somebody simply because he's a political opponent of Joe Biden," Scott told reporters outside the courtroom. "I'm proud of him for standing up for all of us. Because guess what? It's nothing to do with him. They can go after any one of us if they want to. ... If they can go after the former president, they can go after you."

"Now let's look at who is involved, who's involved in doing this. The lead prosecutor was the number three person [at] the Biden Justice Department. The judge's daughter is a political operative and raises money for Democrats. You've got the lead prosecutor's wife, [who] is a significant donor to Democrats, I think to Biden. So this is just a bunch of Democrats saying we want to make sure that Donald Trump can't talk," he added.

Scott also mentioned the gag order Trump is under, which prevents him from talking about certain elements related to the trial, and insisted that he has been prevented from campaigning due to the trial.

"You know, they've got a gag order so he can't go campaign. They they've got him holed up in a in a courtroom. So Joe Biden can go campaign, [but] Donald Trump can't. This has to stop. Look, we know that President Biden can't win this election fair and square. He has nothing to run on. And we know President Trump has he has a record. He secured the border. He had a great economy where we weren't at war," Scott said.

"So that's why this is happening. Joe Biden knows, and Democrats know, that he cannot win. Joe Biden cannot win this election," he added.