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Bill Nelson goes silent amid charges of fabricating Russian hacking claim
The Washington Times ^ | August 13, 2018 | James Varney

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?”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2018; 2018election; 2018midterms; 2020election; billnelson; conspiracynut; election2018; election2020; florida; puertorico; rickscott; russia; russianhacking; senate; ussenate
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To: jazusamo

Wonderful if his silence is as slow as his speech?


41 posted on 08/14/2018 6:19:37 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: vg0va3
Don’t forget that ‘lil Marco supported this claim.

Little Marco is a worthless POS! I still can’t believe I worked hard to get him elected!

42 posted on 08/14/2018 6:34:57 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: LFOD

As a fellow Polk Countian, couldn’t agree with you more.


43 posted on 08/14/2018 7:18:05 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: jazusamo

Nelson’s competing with Maxine for lowest IQ of an office holder...


44 posted on 08/14/2018 8:20:22 AM PDT by GOPJ (August 16 - NATIONAL "CANCEL YOUR NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION" DAY)
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To: GOPJ

Absolutely...He’s not losing it, he lost it long ago.


45 posted on 08/14/2018 8:57:10 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Right.

:)


46 posted on 08/14/2018 9:24:16 AM PDT by GOPJ (August 16 - NATIONAL "CANCEL YOUR NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION" DAY)
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To: jazusamo

It is high time to retire “Howdy Doody” Nelson!


47 posted on 08/14/2018 8:42:12 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: jazusamo

Bill Nelson is a short, shallow-minded pretty boy accustomed to winning elections all the way to the US Senate by mouthing liberal platitudes and trendy falsehoods. In contrast, Rick Scott is tall, bald-headed, gawky, and unencumbered by any trace of handsomeness, but he was elected and then re-elected Florida governor through hard, shrewd campaigning and conservative ideas and policies. It is a delight to watch Scott now shredding Nelson as if he is shrubbery and tree limbs being fed into a grinding machine.


48 posted on 08/15/2018 4:54:03 AM PDT by Rockingham
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