A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Rick Scott has messaged heavily in the Senate race, including an ad released Tuesday spotlighting his post-Michael storm recovery efforts.
However, a more effective testimonial came Tuesday evening, when Scott spotlighted a ringing endorsement of his storm management skills from Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Lawson.
Lawson, a first-term Democrat representing Florida’s 5th Congressional District, eschewed the rhetoric of partisan division and gave the Republican Governor high marks for his response to Hurricane Michael, continuing a trend of reliability.
“Every time there’s a threat of a natural disaster, a hurricane, the Governor’s been on top of it,” Lawson said.
“We will never know how many lives that he’s been responsible for saving,” Lawson added.
“The first thing you hear about is somebody dying in a hurricane. But just think: if it hadn’t been for his leadership, how many other people would be in the same situation,” Lawson asserted.
“When you’ve been around as long as I have, it’s very easy for you to understand people who take a proactive role in trying to preserve life,” Lawson added. “He’s done an excellent job … for many, many years.”
“It’s not about how much we get out of life, but how much we give, and he’s given a whole lot,” Lawson said.
Just as the Scott campaign’s ad Tuesday used news footage of storm recovery, it is very easy to imagine this footage circulating in the commercial sphere.
The Governor has a narrow lead in the most recent St. Pete Poll of the race, with respondents giving Scott’s storm response a net +40 favorability rating.
In contrast to recent weeks, where Scott’s official schedule would often be a void, the Governor is exhaustively documenting his days of storm recovery work, including frequent conversations with the Democrat who would replace him as Governor: Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.
Thank you, @RepAlLawsonJr, for the kind words. We’ll work together to take care of the people in Gadsden County who were impacted by this storm. pic.twitter.com/77jpP1bcUD
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) October 17, 2018
One comment
Bree
October 22, 2018 at 8:54 am
Why did you sign the paper work for pain medication. And anxiety medication. I live with panic disorder . and i have from my pain . fla been living with hurricanes for a long time way before you were our governor. My doctor has no more empathy anymore. I been living in fla for 31 years . The best Governor would ever had was Jeb Bush. He went throw hurricane Charley actually we had four hurricanes that year and he did a great job by keeping us safe. That’s his job. To make sure that we had funding and make sure that we have all the Federal. But I guess the main topic is what you have done to the State of Florida as far as pain management and anxiety disorders we are just thrown away like trash just like you’re doing to Florida you’re just throwing us away you’re done
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