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Posted on 08/13/2018 4:22:08 PM PDT by jazusamo
With early voting beginning Monday in some Florida counties, the Senate race there was jolted as Republican Gov. Rick Scott kept up the pressure on Sen. Bill Nelson’s thus far unsubstantiated claims that Russian operatives have already compromised Florida elections.
In the hotly contested race, Democratic Sen. Nelson’s comments seemed to dovetail with the narrative of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections —international shenanigans many in the American intelligence community have concluded were real.
But Mr. Nelson’s pointed remarks triggered a storm of protest not only from his Republican challenger, Mr. Scott, but from other Florida officials, too.
Mr. Scott spent the weekend hammering Mr. Nelson for his claims last Tuesday that “Russians are in Florida’s elections records,” and that they had “already penetrated certain counties in the state and they now have free rein to move about.”
The senator offered no specifics or evidence for his bombshell, and when pressed to do so demurred on the ground it was “classified.”
Since then, Mr. Scott’s campaign has repeatedly accused Mr. Nelson of either fabricating his accusation to play off inchoate fears of Russian election hacking, or breaking the law by revealing classified information.
Mr. Nelson’s office released a statement late Friday claiming the Scott campaign was seeking to exploit a serious situation for political gain, but other than that, the three-term senator has been so invisible that state media published a story Monday afternoon headlined, “Where is Bill Nelson?”
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Should have never said it...never.
What’s the matter, Bill? Rat got your tongue?
Don’t be fooled! The Russians are all over S Florida....I have lunch and beer with them regularly..LOL
astronut nelson better pray President Trump doesn’t wade into this squabble.
What, no Vodka? :^)
There’s an earlier post on Free Republic about an 11 year old computer whiz at a Hackers Convention who hacked into a Florida government website and changed the vote totals!
If any of those Russians contacted me, I’d remind them how bad Russians had it under communism and mass murderer Stalin.
Silence is golden. Reminds me of a song......
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Negative. He hacked a replica of Florida's election website where vote totals are shown.
11-year-olds hack mock version of Florida's election site in minutes
From the story: State election officials, though, say the mock site did not duplicate all of the safety features in place to stop hacking.
What’s the matter, Bill? Rat got your tongue?
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It’s Russians! Russians got his tongue.
Good!
I hate listening to this slow talking moron.
Every Russian..now American..I’ve ask either dislike or hate Putin.
It is about damn time Nelson retires! He has been an embarrassment to Florida long enough. His mind is getting more dull each day and there is no plastic surgery available for the brain. Take a hike Nelson, you are long overdue to leave public life. Your service has been limited to dumb and dumber pronouncements that make no sense. You have been able to ride the “astronaut” fame longer than you deserve.
In addition, you are a DAMN Democrat!
Not that I feel strongly about this dolt.
And the worms got his brain! lol
Agreed, it’s way past time for Nelson to start enjoying retirement.
Bill nelson is the gabby giffords, bless her heart, who can only talk when their handler has their hand up their arse like a hand puppet.
Every Russian..now American..I’ve ask either dislike or hate Putin.
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Your Russian acquaintances may indeed mirror what the majority of Russians believe. Fortunately for them, Putin is mortal, whereas communism, because it is a self-perpetuating system, can last for generations.
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