Marco Rubio: Democrats Are Trying to Steal Florida Senate Race by Counting All the Votes

[workinclasszero]

By Eric Levitz FLORIDA RECOUNT 6:24 P.M

On Tuesday night in Florida, Democratic senator Bill Nelson conceded a Senate race to Republican Rick Scott, because he was trailing the Florida governor by more than 57,000 voters. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, meanwhile, conceded Florida’s governor race to Republican Ron DeSantis, because he was trailing the congressman by an even larger margin.

And then, Nelson and Gillum discovered that there were more outstanding votes from heavily Democratic counties than they had realized. By Thursday afternoon, Nelson’s deficit had fallen to just 17,000, or 0.22 percent. State law requires a manual recount of any election with an initial margin under 0.25 percent. Gillum’s deficit, meanwhile, fell to 38,000, or 0.47 percent, which is under the 0.5 percent threshold that triggers an automatic machine recount, under state law.

More significantly (and alarmingly), irregularities began to emerge in Nelson’s pattern of support. Specifically, an aberrant percentage of voters in Broward County marked their ballots for gubernatorial candidates — but left the Senate ballot-line blank.

Link to tweet

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/marco-rubio-opposes-recount-in-florida-senate-race.html

[LisaL]

1. As far as I can tell, Nelson never conceded.

Really hope it's a machine error in Broward, because that can be discovered on a recount.

[workinclasszero]

4. Something is fishy in Florida

Like that never happens huh?

[Honeycombe8]

24. That sounds fishy, all right.

But that would be hard to rig...maybe the machines screwed up? Did they use machines? But I don't know what can be done about that.

Something isn't right. It matters, when it's this close.

[drray23]

12. Even if he had it does not matter from a legal point of view.

Conceding a race does not fo anything other than giving a speech on TV. If the race is later recounted and it flips, the candidate will get to be a winner even if they conceded.

[peekaloo]

25. He didn't concede but that didn't stop Scott from giving an acceptance speech.

Does Broward use touch screen?

[Native]

31. He didn't. The article def got that wrong.

[uponit7771]

2. Look for KGOP to do everything they can to disrupt recount in Florida, something aint right

[LisaL]

3. Scott is suing already.

https://www.wmfe.org/scott-sues-broward-palm-beach-elections-supervisors-as-his-lead-over-nelson-narrows/93371

[uponit7771]

7. For what? Doesn't look like he is stating why he's suing other than just made up crap

[LisaL]

8. As far as I can tell he can sue all he wants.

Not sure what he is hoping to accomplish with his lawsuit.

[uponit7771]

9. +1, ah so he's suing to stop the recount ... cause that's democracy. The KGOP doesn't believe in

.. liberal democracies, they might as well live in Russia where Vlad doesn't either.

[LisaL]

10. I am not clear what exactly he is suing for.

He's accused them of fraud and is asking for law enforcement to investigate them.

"Standing on the steps of the Governor’s Mansion, Mr. Scott announced on Thursday night that his Senate campaign had sued the Democratic elections supervisors of Broward and Palm Beach Counties. He then asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which he helps oversee as governor, to investigate them."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/us/florida-recount-nelson-scott-desantis-gillum.html

[GWC58]

13. Why were these races called so soon?!!?

Clearly something stinks to high heaven in Florida! Fuck “Little Marco!” And fuck Rick “Skeletor” Scott! 👿☠️

[uponit7771]

14. +1, I'm for hand counting these votes with much oversight until systems are financial level secure

... I'm sick of thinking about the overtly antiquated systems we use for voting being manipulated often.

[Just a Weirdo]

32. Dismissed. Bush vs Gore is precedent set.

I knew the W curse will bite them on the ass.

[duforsure]

5. Rubio is corrupt as hell , and a liar,

Just look at his history saying one thing while he's actually doing the opposite, like on health care and the ACA. Its called bait and switch. He'll become exposed for election fraud eventually I think, and one of many in major legal trouble from it. He's also lied about Medicare , and Social Security.

[JI7]

6. Rubio is a Lazy overrated piece of shit

[Racerdog1]

11. Little Marco

No one hears from you, you do nothing for Florida, the only thing you do well is try to enrich yourself. Lay the fuck down and let the process work asshole.

[GWC58]

15. But, but, but

didn’t Rubio say being in the Senate was a job he didn’t like, or want? You, sir, are just like all other “pukes.” You say “government is no good,” get yourselves elected & then show exactly how “no good” you are at running it. You, “Little Marco,” are pathetic!

[BSdetect]

16. That description sums them up succinctly.

[cannabis_flower]

20. And with all that

Ted Cruz is worse! I'm not sure he is the worst, but he's worse than Little Marco!

When I typed Little,one of the predictive suggestions was Marco.

[kwijybo]

17. RW site: they are manufacturing votes

Followed shortly by the ever popular "soap box, ballot box, and ammo box" quote. Since they have destroyed the ballot box, after all.

[efhmc]

18. To the GOP vote counting equals stealing.

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Evidently one can't put an equal sign in the main heading. Tried three times and it just gets deleted. ??

[The Liberal Lion]

19. Settle down little Marco, settle down. Here is your bottle:

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Now settle down!

[turbinetree]

21. I just gotta to ask who is the chief election supervisor of the state................ Ken Detzner

and did they consult with Kathleen Harris and have her on the payroll...................again................

[dameatball]

34. Not important, but it was Katherine Harris. Probably the most obvious case of one person

affecting an election that I can ever remember.

[MrsCoffee]

22. Lock Scott Up!

Seriously. We need to start locking these fucking thieving deplorables up. This isn’t strategic or just politics. This is criminal and they have been getting away with it for far too long.

[Racerdog1]

23. Skeletor is a criminal

Should have been locked up for his medicare fraud at HCA

[tanyev]

26. Stopping the vote count when you get the result you want, a Florida tradition since 2000.

[Nitram]

27. "Democrats Are Trying to Steal Florida by Counting All the votes." It's not the first time

the GOP has tasken that stance in Florida.

[Funtatlaguy]

28. What happened to sitting Senators staying out of fellow Senators races.

[Vogon_Glory]

29. At times I think Marco Rubio wants to set the clock back

To pre-1958 Cuba. Contrary to present-day Floridians’ assumptions, Cuba was NOT a true democracy. In fact it was a dictatorship with sham elections and political repression. The last free Cuba election had been held some years BEFORE Fidel Castro took over, and vote-rigging was common practice.

If Floridians want genuinely free and fair elections they should blow off little Marco’s whiny comments and demonstrating their outrage.

[dubyadiprecession]

30. I'm sure the GOP will disregard "states rights" soon.

They’ll have the Supreme Court create law to stop this lawful recount. Just like they did in the 2000 election.
The GOP is full of crooked, sniveling, spineless weasels!

[mcar]

33. Nelson didn't concede and Rubio is an idiot

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

35. Have some more water little Marco

And don't choke on it.

[malaise]

36. ReTHUGs in

Name and nature.
These fuckers hate democracy