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Bill Nelson takes shots at Donald Trump in concession to Rick Scott
The Washington Times ^ | November 18, 2018 | James Varney

Posted on 11/18/2018 1:55:48 PM PST by jazusamo

Following a protracted recount battle, three-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson conceded Sunday, acknowledging GOPGov. Rick Scott has been elected to replace him in January.

“Well, things worked out a little differently than Grace and I had hoped,” Mr. Nelson’s statement read. “But let me say, I by no measure feel defeated. And that’s because I have had the privilege of serving the people of Florida and our country for most of my life.”

As he left the political stage, Mr. Nelson, 76, also took a parting shot at President Trump.

“We have to move beyond a politics that aims not just to defeat but to destroy,” Mr. Nelson’s said. “Where truth is treated as disposable, where falsehoods abound, and the free press is assaulted as the ‘enemy of the people.’”

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: billnelson; florida; nelsonconcedes; presidenttrump; rickscott; rondesantis; thebluewave; trump; ussenate
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To: jazusamo

The press isn’t free; it’s a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party.


41 posted on 11/18/2018 2:33:37 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: jazusamo

I read Nelson’s quote. That was not President Trump that he was referring to, it sounded more like a Clinton and the Democrat Party.
The sooner him and Ted Kennedy are celebrating old times, the happier I will be.


42 posted on 11/18/2018 2:35:43 PM PST by sport
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To: Gay State Conservative
Poor Bill...he’ll just have to get by on his $150K/yr Senate pension and the $250K/yr salary from his new career...DC lobbyist.

I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a separate retirement check for his years as a Congressman.

43 posted on 11/18/2018 2:36:42 PM PST by fso301
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To: jazusamo

So did Joe Crowley!


44 posted on 11/18/2018 2:37:58 PM PST by vette6387
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To: jazusamo

“and the free press is assaulted as the ‘enemy of the people’”

Our press is the average citizen’s eyes into the larger world including our government. If our press is malfunctioning like a sensor is alleged to have malfunctioned in the Lion Air crash, then if the press isn’t behaving like an enemy, what is an enemy?


45 posted on 11/18/2018 2:38:03 PM PST by cymbeline
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To: jazusamo
"“We have to move beyond a politics that aims not just to defeat but to destroy..."

LOL. Projection, projection, projection. Those are precisely the politics that the left has pursued at least since the Vietnam War protests (and possibly much earlier).

46 posted on 11/18/2018 2:38:51 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: jazusamo

Like when he said that the Russians had infiltrated their elections systems?

That’s a lie. Nelson said it.


47 posted on 11/18/2018 2:39:49 PM PST by zanarchist
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To: goldstategop; joma89

Blue Election Fraud


48 posted on 11/18/2018 2:41:53 PM PST by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: jazusamo
Bill Nelson takes shots at Donald Trump in concession to Rick Scott.<

Bill Nelson: "That no good Trump. If he had not campaigned in this race I might have had a chance."

49 posted on 11/18/2018 2:41:57 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: jazusamo

Well.......bye.


50 posted on 11/18/2018 2:48:40 PM PST by circlecity
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Can’t beat somebody with nobody.

And soon-to-be-former Senator Bill Nelson was about as much of a nobody as there was around.

Now that Rick Scott, he finished school, did his homework, took on some successful gigs, and made himself into somebody.


51 posted on 11/18/2018 2:49:40 PM PST by alloysteel (To try and fail, that is glorious. To never try at all, that is ignominy, far worse than failure.)
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To: jazusamo
“Where truth is treated as disposable, where falsehoods abound, and the free press is assaulted as the ‘enemy of the people.’”

And now with you out of The Senate Mr Nelson, we have taken a step in that direction. Good riddance!

52 posted on 11/18/2018 2:56:22 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: jazusamo
No class Nelson is finally outta there, good riddance.

The "astronaut" will suffer a painful re-entry into the real life as he discovers 'no influence = no money'.

You're "Over and Out", 'Shuttlecock Nelson'.

53 posted on 11/18/2018 3:04:01 PM PST by compuguru (De Oppresso Liber)
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To: jazusamo

Make no mistake: The Democrats are already planning their 2020 election strategy. It will involve massive voter fraud. Unless the entire voting system is overhauled, the corruption removed from it, and measures are taken to prevent voter fraud in the future, they will get away with it. They know this. They are preparing.


54 posted on 11/18/2018 3:04:40 PM PST by Savage Beast (Trump is by far the intellectual, moral, and spiritual superior of those who seek to destroy him.)
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To: jazusamo

“I just spoke with Senator Bill Nelson, who graciously conceded, and I thanked him for his years of public service,” Mr. Scott said.

There is nothing gracious about Nelson.


55 posted on 11/18/2018 3:07:36 PM PST by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: jazusamo

Goodbye, Mr. Election Fraud Failure. You will always be remembered as one of the corrupt officials of Florida’s Democrats.


56 posted on 11/18/2018 3:13:45 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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Go have a “Whining Tour II” but... good riddance anyways.


57 posted on 11/18/2018 3:13:46 PM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: sport

Bill and Ted’s Hot Foot Adventure.


58 posted on 11/18/2018 3:17:01 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: jazusamo

Jackfruit...


59 posted on 11/18/2018 3:17:33 PM PST by woofer2425
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth
There is nothing gracious about Nelson.

Kudos to Senator-elect Scott. He epitomizes (at least here) an old adage my grandfather taught me: "Just because someone doesn't act like a gentleman doesn't mean you shouldn't be one".

I'm not a Floridian but I would be happy to have him represent me over the two "ladies" who are my Senators, the lovely but confused Dianne Feinstein and the loud mouth know-nothing, Kamala "not the Ugandan Giant" Harris.

60 posted on 11/18/2018 3:19:08 PM PST by ssaftler (This space for rent.)
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