Scott Powers
A new television commercial being launched by Gov. Rick Scott‘s Republican U.S. Senate campaign features people complaining that incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson is a “party line voter.”
The 30-second spot features Orlando Republican Puerto Rico activist Dennis Freytes and others characterizing the senator as someone who does not vote independently in the U.S. Senate, and is perhaps somehow tied to the wishes of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
“Bill Nelson just votes the party line,” Freytes says in the commercial. “That’s what’s wrong with our broken Congress. Everybody is a party-line voter and Bill Nelson is one of those.”
Others in the commercial say Nelson “no longer thinks and acts” independently, and speculate “I think Nancy Pelosi is a huge influence on the Democratic Party and Bill Nelson,” and “I believe Bill Nelson is way too partisan, and it’s time for him to come home.”
Carlie Waibel, Nelson for Senate spokeswoman responded, “For eight years, Rick Scott ran a one-party rule state and now, he’s doing and saying anything to be part of the one-party rule in Washington. Bill Nelson has a long record of working across the aisle and has been recognized for it, including passing legislation to keep oil rigs off Florida’s coast, bringing back our space program and working to restore the Everglades.”
The commercial was first reported on this morning on by the Tampa Bay Times, which pointed out that Nelson has one of the more moderate voting histories in the Senate, and has famously teamed with Florida’s Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio so closely and on so many occasions that Rubio’s backing of Scott has been called into question.
2 comments
John Otto
May 22, 2018 at 11:35 pm
This commercial could be turned around and just replace Bill Nelson’s name with Rick Scott’s. Our current governor is even more partisan toward Republican views and policies than Bill Nelson has ever been toward Democratic policies. Nelson is a moderate Democrat and has been known to work on both sides of the aisle to get things done for the good of Florida. Scott just wants to work in a Republican controlled Washington, D.C., much like the horrid government he created in Florida. I want Scott gone from Florida politics.
Dennis Beek
May 25, 2018 at 12:33 pm
When Florida needed assistants from Washington, Rick Scott went to citizen Trump instead of President Obama requesting funding. He sas not willing to cross party lines even when we really needed help. Lying Rick Scott does not need to be in politics
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