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'Stop lying' about Florida recounts, Democrats warn Trump
Source: The Guardian
'Stop lying' about Florida recounts, Democrats warn Trump
Republicans deploy army of lawyers and baselessly claim fraud as Senate and governor’s recounts approach Thursday deadline
David Smith in Fort Lauderdale
Wed 14 Nov 2018 19.00 GMT
Democratic party leaders have demanded that Donald Trump “stop bullying, harassing and lying” about election recounts in Florida before American democracy is put at risk.
Chuck Schumer, the senior Democrat in the Senate, called on the Republican governor, Rick Scott, to recuse himself from overseeing his US Senate race against the incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson.
The Senate minority leader’s stand came as Trump, Scott and Republicans pursue a scorched-earth strategy in Florida, deploying battalions of lawyers and making baseless claims of fraud.
The troubled recounts in Senate and governor’s races in Florida are now barreling towards a Thursday deadline amid an increasingly acrimonious fight that has echoes of the infamous 2000 presidential recount. The White House – in the form of Trump’s Twitter feed and public comments – has also plunged into the fray.
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Republicans deploy army of lawyers and baselessly claim fraud as Senate and governor’s recounts approach Thursday deadline
David Smith in Fort Lauderdale
Wed 14 Nov 2018 19.00 GMT
Democratic party leaders have demanded that Donald Trump “stop bullying, harassing and lying” about election recounts in Florida before American democracy is put at risk.
Chuck Schumer, the senior Democrat in the Senate, called on the Republican governor, Rick Scott, to recuse himself from overseeing his US Senate race against the incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson.
The Senate minority leader’s stand came as Trump, Scott and Republicans pursue a scorched-earth strategy in Florida, deploying battalions of lawyers and making baseless claims of fraud.
The troubled recounts in Senate and governor’s races in Florida are now barreling towards a Thursday deadline amid an increasingly acrimonious fight that has echoes of the infamous 2000 presidential recount. The White House – in the form of Trump’s Twitter feed and public comments – has also plunged into the fray.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/13/florida-recounts-warning-democrats-desantis-gillum-nelson-scott
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