Pulse, Parkland families endorse Bill Nelson in Florida Senate race
Citing inaction from Gov. Rick Scott on gun reform after two major mass shootings in Florida, Pulse and Parkland families endorsed U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson last weekend in his re-election campaign.
Central Florida lawmakers joined families, survivors and advocates to call out the Republican governor's record on preventing gun violence, especially in the 612 days between the 2016 shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse where 49 people were gunned down and the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where a shooter murdered 17 students and teachers.
Brandon Wolf, who survived the Pulse shooting but lost two of his best friends that day, had the harshest words for Scott.
"I am so sorry that we were too gay to be a priority for you," Wolf said at a press conference at Orlando's Credo Conduit. "I’m so sorry that we were too brown for you to care. I am so sorry that obviously this district didn't matter to you for re-election purposes. But let me be crystal clear – I am not sorry for calling you what you are, and that is a spineless shell of a human being capable of little else than supporting your bank account. I am not sorry for telling the people of Florida that there's only one person in this race who actually cares about us, and that's Sen. Bill Nelson."
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