Posted on 11/09/2018 11:28:29 AM PST by yesthatjallen
President Trump on Friday claimed that Broward County election officials were prepared in 2016 to falsify the county's vote totals against him as they continue to count ballots from Tuesday's hotly contested midterm elections.
In a tweet, the president asserted that Broward County election officials were late with their vote counts in 2016 and were "probably getting ready to do a 'number'" on him to thwart his bid to capture Florida's 29 Electoral College votes.
"In the 2016 Election I was winning by so much in Florida that Broward County, which was very late with vote tabulation and probably getting ready to do a 'number,' couldn’t do it because not enough people live in Broward for them to falsify a victory!" Trump wrote on Twitter on Friday.
The president's tweet came hours after he heaped criticism on the county's elections officials to reporters outside the White House early Friday.
"If you look at Broward County, they have had a horrible history," Trump said Friday. "And if you look at the person, in this case a woman, involved, she has had a horrible history, and all of the sudden they’re finding votes out of nowhere and [Florida Gov.] Rick Scott (R), who won, you know it was close, who won by a comfortable margin, every couple of hours it goes down by a little bit.”
Scott's race against Florida Sen. Bill Nelson (D) remained uncalled as of Friday afternoon, as did the state's gubernatorial race between Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum (D) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R). Gillum conceded the race this week, but said Thursday that he would be open to the possibility of asking for a recount.
Scott's campaign and other Florida Republicans have decried the vote-counting process and the possibility of a recount, accusing Democrats of trying to "steal" the election.
In 2016 whatsherface was busy destroying ballots...
We can't keep curling up in the corner every time they call us 'racist' for demanding voter ID.
There are ZERO examples of voter suppression due to a requirement for Voter ID.
“accusing Democrats of trying to ‘steal’ the election.”
Why are scare quotes used for the word “steal”? They’re being accused of actual stealing, not figurative stealing.
Oh, I forgot: you’re trying to form opinions, not inform them.
Funny thing about Florida is that you MUST show photo ID to vote. They don’t stop you from voting if you aren’t on the voter rolls. You simply vote a provisional ballot, which is what they’re “finding” in south Florida. Problem is that each every one of those ballots must be independently validated before they’re allowed to count. I guarantee not a single one of them has been verified.
one dishonest election official by one vote throw out all those votes!
corruption can not be tolerated in the vote counting.
The State just needs to take over the election supervisory function in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. The elected officials are corrupt.
Scott had the chance to get rid of Brenda Snipes in Broward County 2 years ago when a judge found her guilty of destroying ballots (after she made sure Debbie Wasserman Schultz got re-elected)...Florida law gave him the power to replace her and everyone who worked for her. He didn’t pull the trigger because of ....you got it!...charges of racism.
I think Scott has done a great job with the state, but he let the voters down in a big way and now he (and us) are paying for it.
And BTW...it was Jeb Bush who replaced the old election boss with Brenda Spikes...that’s like removing a shoplifter and putting in a bank robber....thanks JEB!
Thanks to both of you for pointing out the extreme failures of Bush and Scott to uphold election integrity. Never a spine to be shown when lib scream “RACISM.”
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