Florida Senate race: Democrats sending an army of lawyers, Republicans accuse them of trying 2 steal
Source: USA Today
WASHINGTON – Democrats have an "army of lawyers" working on the likely recount that will decide the winner of the Florida Senate race, the head of the Democratic National Committee said Thursday.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican, responded that the other party isn't playing fair.
"Now democrat lawyers are descending on #Florida," Rubio tweeted Thursday. "They have been very clear they aren’t here to make sure every vote is counted. They are here to change the results of election."
Fewer than 17,400 votes out of more than 8.1 million cast separated Republican challenger Gov. Rick Scott over Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson as of Thursday afternoon. That's inside the 0.25 point margin that dictates a hand recount of ballots that showed either no vote or more than one vote cast in the Senate race.
But the totals could change before noon Saturday when counties submit preliminary unofficial results to the state.
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CAN YOU LIARS EVER JUST STFFU AND STOP LYING ... LIKE, EVER?!?
Every last one of you Trump Suckups ... are GARBAGE people.
Period.
Oh, and also:
Unheard-of!
Here's one that does, from our very own Democratic Underground:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10023021978
2. Garry MALPHRUS, Majority Chief counsel
3. Rory COOPER, staff member, Nat’l Republican Congressional Committee
4. Kevin SMITH, former House Republican Conference Analyst
5. Steven BRODY, Former Aide to Sen. Fred D. THOMPSON (R-TN)
6. Matt SCHLAPP, BUSH Campaign Staff, Austin
7. Roger MORSE, Aide to Rep. Van HILLARY (R-TN)
8. Duane GIBSON, Aide to Chairman Don YOUNG (R-AK)
9. Chuck ROYAL, Ass’t to Rep. Jim DeMINT (R-SC)
10. Layna McCONKEY, Former legislative ass’t to former Rep. Jim Ross LIGHTFOOT (R-IA)
you basically rigged the presidential election, your have the serial sexual assaulter drunk shutting on the bench, and as I write this comment..............fuck you ..........2004 do you remember what happened in Ohio with John Kerry...............lets remember that asshole(s) Blackwell and Rove.................fuck you......and then lets go to Hillary Clinton....................your fucking traitor leader trump is well a fucking traitor..................... and russia ................ ....and has for the Rubio asshole...................., fuck you and your fucking horse............................................because your a fucking ass...................November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough ...................
"Send Lawyers, Guns and Money." (and the line, "the shit has hit the fan."
Now THAT is funny.
Who Needs Pepper Spray?
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BY CHARLES P. PIERCE
SEP 28, 2011
Remember these cats 'n kittens?
Remember the fun they had?
Remember the interstate conspiracy to riot and to disrupt a legitimate recount in a presidential election?
Remember how all the smart people laughedand laughed?
People got pushed. People got jostled. A duly authorized elections commission was intimidated out of fulfilling its legal obligations.
And nobody got pepper-sprayed.
Just sayin'.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a11053/pepper-spray-riot-squad-092811/
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JOHN LANTIGUA
NOVEMBER 28, 2000 5:49PM (UTC)
On the surface, it looked like the good people of Miami at their worst again. Last week's melee at the county offices here -- followed by the local canvassing board's abrupt cancellation of a hand recount -- had all the trademarks of Miami's notorious tantrum politics. Screaming, shoving, fist-waving, intimidation, ties to Elian Gonzalez and even hints of good ol' Cuban-American political corruption.
But the fact is that the fracas at Miami's recount headquarters was engineered and carried out by Republican Party operatives imported from the heartland, far from South Florida. They might have reminded viewers of Elian's Army -- and might even have taken lessons from the Cubans -- but, by all accounts, the city's strident conservative exile community was very much in the minority. As one observer put it: "There were no guayaberas. This crowd looked tweedy. They were from out of town."
Indeed, all on-the-scene reports coming out now indicate that the Miami protest was carried out by rent-a-rioters flown in by the Republican Party. GOP spokespeople have said that at least 750 Republican activists have been sent into South Florida from around the country to oppose the recount, with the party picking up the tab for a number of them. And last Wednesday, when a gaggle of protesters sprang into action in Miami, those efforts seem to have paid off.
The halt of the Miami-Dade County hand count, where 10,750 ballots remain uncounted -- more than enough to flip the outcome of the Florida election or further buttress George W. Bush's lead in the state -- dealt a devastating blow to Al Gore's presidential campaign. The vice president's attorneys are arguing that intimidation influenced the canvassing board's decision to stop the hand recount and that it should be resumed.
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https://www.salon.com/2000/11/28/miami_8/
