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Florida U.S. Senator Rick Scott is once again treating X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, as his personal live journal.
According to a new report by D.C.-based public affairs company Quorum, U.S. lawmakers tweeted 618,545 times in the first 11 months of 2025. The report analyzed every social media post members of Congress made between January 1 and November 30, including both their legislative and personal accounts. Scott was the second most active Florida legislator and the third most active U.S. senator on X this year with 3,325 posts.
“In 2024, Republicans ‘flipped’ X by posting more than their Democratic counterpart,” the report reads. “In 2025, the GOP widened the gap.”
For the second year in a row, U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who represents parts of Clearwater and St. Petersburg, was the most active Florida lawmaker on the social media platform this year with 7,392 tweets.
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Although Scott made good use of his Twitter fingers, he didn’t crack the top 20 for the most active legislators on X. South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace took the Twitter Finger crown with more than 19,000 tweets, and it wasn’t even close. Nebraska U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, who came in second, trailed by nearly 10,000 tweets. Between the two parties, Republican lawmakers accounted for the most posts on X, where they liked to tweet about President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the government shutdown, and “illegal aliens.” On the other hand, they were relatively quiet about the Epstein files.
When it came to Scott’s X activity, he routinely sent birthday wishes to his fellow Republican legislators. “Happy birthday, @SpeakerJohnson!” he wrote in January.
He also shared photos of himself with the bros, MAGA hats in tow.
He was evidently displeased with the Fort Myers City Council’s initial decision to reject signing a 287(g) agreement to deputize its police force with federal immigration powers. (Under pressure from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, Fort Myers eventually changed course and signed the agreement.)
He applauded Trump for “securing the border.”
“President Trump is doing life-saving work by securing the border, getting criminals out of our communities and keeping deadly drugs out of our country,” he posted on X in April. “Thank you, @POTUS, @RealTomHoman, @AGPamBondi, @Sec_Noem, and the entire admin for making America safe again!”
Like his Republican colleagues on X, Scott used some of the immigration buzzwords documented in the report.
“The Democrat party remains the party of illegals,” he added. “Disgraceful.”
The Florida senator wanted Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
“With today’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement, we can’t forget the accomplishments of President Trump,” he said. “In just a few months, he has brought peace to the world, brokering historic deals to end wars that have lasted for decades. Not to mention, we’ve seen countless world leaders call for his nomination to receive this great honor. I hope the Committee will take this into consideration when selecting the next award winner — it should be @POTUS!
And, of course, he diagnosed the Democratic Party with “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
“Democrats could stop this TODAY if they wanted to,” he said of the federal government shutdown last month. “Instead, they’re letting their Trump Derangement Syndrome impact millions of Americans. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!”
