“Secure the border and finish building the U.S.-Mexico border wall, naming it after President Donald Trump.”
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Adversarial re-check: all four sources cited by the prior rater were independently fetched and are REAL, LIVE, and accurately quoted — none were invented or misrepresented. (1) The promise text itself is verified verbatim at a PRIMARY source: Rick Scott's Rescue America plan, Step 4 (Immigration), states 'We will secure our border, finish building the wall, and name it after President Donald Trump.' (2) The October 20, 2023 letter is real: Scott LED it jointly with Rubio, joined by 11 additional Republican senators, demanding Biden expand border wall construction and resubmit his supplemental request to include wall funding. (3) Senate roll call 119-1 #372 (July 1, 2025) is real — On Passage of H.R. 1 as amended, 50-50 with the Vice President breaking the tie, Scott (R-FL) Yea; the enrolled H.R. 1 text contains Title IX Sec. 90001 'Border infrastructure and wall system,' confirming the bill did appropriate for wall construction. (4) Senate roll call 119-2 #163 (June 5, 2026) is real — On Passage of S. 2 as amended, 52-47, Scott Yea; the bill text confirms the short title 'Secure America Act' and roughly $23B in border-security appropriations (CBP personnel, ICE/HSI, border technology), though notably it funds technology and personnel rather than physical barrier. (5) PolitiFact's tracker still rates 'finish the border wall' as In the Works as of June 2026, with roughly 80+ miles of new barrier added — the wall is NOT finished. No evidence was found that Scott introduced, cosponsored, or advanced any measure to name the wall after President Trump, and I could not refute that negative (his Senate press-release index returned 503 on repeated attempts), so that element remains unfulfilled. Nonpartisan symmetry test: a promise of 'do X and name it after Y' where the officeholder led one multi-member advocacy letter, cast two supporting votes on omnibus bills that did enact substantial funding, but where X is admittedly incomplete and the naming element was never pursued, earns PARTIAL under any party. CHAMPIONED (+0.75) was considered and rejected — Scott led advocacy but sponsored no wall legislation of his own, and the record is better described as 'kept some but not all' than as leading an unenacted effort, since major funding WAS enacted. IGNORED/ATTEMPTED are too harsh given enacted funding and his leadership on the 2023 letter. PARTIAL stands; confidence raised slightly from 0.70 to 0.75 on the strength of the newly added primary source for the promise text and confirmation of H.R. 1 Sec. 90001.
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