Florida Conservative

Rick Scott has spent much of his public life presenting himself as an executive rather than an ordinary politician: the businessman who demands results, the governor who measures performance, the senator who attacks Washington excuses and the fiscal conservative who insists that people entrusted with taxpayer money be held accountable.

This is more than a massacre — it’s a case study in how powerful institutions can sanitize, monetize, and politicize tragedy. Pulse became a symbol, not a story. Victims became opportunities. Families were co-opted into a narrative that served elites and political ambitions before justice.