It s not uncommon for elected officials with leaders on Capitol Hill to say their 

opponents have terrible ideas that will destroy the country, but what Scott said is

As far right Floridians see it, the Democrats won't just destroy the United States

want to destroy this country It is a belief that we see as opposed to 

a major US political party in a rather literal sense

Note that when the chairman of the National Republican Senate Committee referred 

to the nation's military left wing, he wasn't talking about the bats he was posting on 

We War of 1812 World War I World War Korea Today we are facing the biggest 

shock The extremist left wing in our country has become the enemy