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GOP’s Senate campaign chief won’t back down from party fight

FILE - Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, speaks to reporters after a Republican strategy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, March 8, 2022. Scott is barely halfway through his first term, but he's already leaning into a fight against his own party's leadership. Scott is navigating a delicate alliance with former President Donald Trump and pushing a handcrafted governing agenda that many Republicans reject. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., holds a printed copy the Miami Herald newspaper during a news conference after a weekly Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2021. Scott is barely halfway through his first term, but he's already leaning into a fight against his own party's leadership. Scott is navigating a delicate alliance with former President Donald Trump and pushing a handcrafted governing agenda that many Republicans reject. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

FILE - Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 26, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

GOP’s Senate campaign chief won’t back down from party fight