Scott to chair pro-Trump super PAC

By Marc Caputo
07/27/16 09:15 PM EDT


MIAMI — Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been tapped as the national chairman of the super PAC dedicated to electing Donald Trump as president.

“It’s time for us to fire the politicians. That’s what this election is all about, and that’s why I am excited to chair the Rebuilding America Now Super PAC to help Donald Trump,” Scott said in a press release.

Scott, a multi-millionaire who self-funded his first 2010 campaign and then became a prodigious fundraiser for his reelection four years later, has long admired Trump but stopped just short of endorsing him before his big March 15 Florida primary win. After that, Scott called on fellow Republicans to unite behind their eventual nominee.

The super PAC’s managing director is Laurance Gay, an ally of Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. Ken McKay, who was a senior Trump campaign adviser and had served as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s campaign manager, serves as political director. Alex Castellanos, a veteran Republican adviser who has worked for former GOP presidential candidates Mitt Romney and the Bush family, and as a CNN political analyst, is creative director.
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