A.G. Gancarski
On Saturday, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham warned in a press call that attempts by Florida Democrats to steal the Florida election wouldn’t work.
“Enough is enough, and it’s time to declare Rick Scott the winner after the recount,” Graham said.
Graham had made similar comments on Fox News’ Hannity Friday.
“We believe Rick won fair and square,” Graham said, decrying “shenanigans” in Broward County.
“The activity I’m referring to is a flagrant violation of the law regarding reporting requirements,” Graham said, wondering if “incompetence” or “fraud” drove anomalies.
“How can it be that two, three days after the election, you report 78,000 votes more than what you reported on Election Day … the history of Broward County is unsavory at best,” Graham said.
“There’s a reason there’s a reporting requirement thirty minutes after polls closed,” Graham said, noting Broward and Palm Beach present “problems at every level.”
“These two counties … when it comes to these shenanigans, enough is enough,” Graham said.
“Broward County is in flagrant violation of Florida law. Same with Palm Beach,” Graham said.
“I hope people across Florida and the nation will take a look at what’s going on in Broward and Palm Beach County,” Graham said, before relating this somehow to the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Three statewide races are in recount territory.
Republican Rick Scott, for whom Graham campaigned, leads Bill Nelson in the Senate race by .16 percent (13,404 votes).
Republican Ron DeSantis leads Andrew Gillum by .42 percent (34,500 votes) in the Governor’s race.
Democrat Nikki Fried has a .06 percent (4,475 vote) lead over Republican Matt Caldwell in the race for Agriculture Commissioner.
Unofficial results are due at noon Saturday, and if these margins hold at under .5 percent, recounts will be in play.
Thursday at 3 p.m. is the deadline for the results of automatic recounts to be reported to the Florida Secretary of State.
If a difference is less than .25 percent, the manual recount scenario would be in play, with a deadline for this being Sunday Nov. 18.
8 comments
Donna Dupuy
November 10, 2018 at 1:04 pm
Little Lindsey should mind his own business — in South Carolina. If this is his way of sucking up to his master so he can be A.G. or Secy of Defense, he’s doing it at the cost of his dignity.
Mary
November 10, 2018 at 3:31 pm
DOESN’T TAKE A SMART PERSON TO FIGURE THIS OUT. GO TO THE RECORDS AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED IN EACH ZIP CODE. HOW MANY BALLOTS WERE TURNED IN. REALLY SHOULD MATCH. AGREE?
David Miller
November 10, 2018 at 3:57 pm
Graham loves hearing the sound of his own voice and lecturing others. This is a Florida matter. Florida will solve it without a cheerleading section.
Zeki
November 10, 2018 at 7:41 pm
Given they found a bunch of ballots that had been lost, it looks like Florida can’t take care of it. Shouldn’t ballots not get lost in the first place?
Steve
November 10, 2018 at 11:58 pm
The Dems do this when they need it. Why would the Republicans hide a bunch of votes which would hurt them if they did. That’s why the Dems pulled out a last effort corruption. So here we are waiting for them to decide in a second vote. The action of the Dems this year should make people sick especially when they wouldn’t stand for the parents of the kids that were killed by Ms 13 gang. That makes you sick & it shows the Dems are for themselves and not the people.
Tom Sisson
November 11, 2018 at 8:20 am
I think the Russians hid the votes
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