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 Nelsons thus far unsubstantiated claims that Russian operatives have already compromised Florida elections.
In the hotly contested race, Democratic Sen. Nelsons 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. Nelsons 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 Floridas 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. Scotts 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. Nelsons 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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Wonderful if his silence is as slow as his speech?
Little Marco is a worthless POS! I still cant believe I worked hard to get him elected!
As a fellow Polk Countian, couldnt agree with you more.
Nelson’s competing with Maxine for lowest IQ of an office holder...
Absolutely...He’s not losing it, he lost it long ago.
Right.
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It is high time to retire “Howdy Doody” Nelson!
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.
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