The re-election campaign of incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) is “seeking to throw out Florida’s anti-fraud laws” because Democrats want to lay the groundwork for defeating President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, GOP operative Rick Todd warned Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day.”
“I think that Bill Nelson and the Democrats are suing to throw out Florida’s election law because they think they need to get rid of the election laws to defeat President Trump in 2020. I think this is all about 2020,” said Todd, a senior adviser to the Senate campaign of outgoing Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R).
Broward County and Palm Beach County became embroiled in controversy in the days following last Tuesday’s midterm elections: GOP candidates’ comfortable election evening leads over their candidates in the other party sank enough over the next several days as enough Democrat-leaning ballots kept pouring in to trigger recounts.
Scott and Governor-Elect Ron DeSantis (R) still hold slim margins of victory over Nelson and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum (D), respectively.- READ MORE