SOMETHING BY THURSDAY?
THURSDAY IS THE DEADLINE.
STEVE: THAT’S RIGHT.
LET’S BRING IN THE GOVERNOR,
CURRENT GOVERNOR OF THE
GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA,
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT.
HE IS, AS YOU KNOW, LOCKED
IN THIS WHOLE THING WITH.
ED: HE WANTS TO BE THE
SENATOR.
STEVE: HE DOSE.
HE FEELTSD HE IS THE
SENATOR.
GOVERNOR, YOU ASKED A GOOD
QUESTION YESTERDAY.
HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH
93,000 VOTES AFTER ELECTION
NIGHT IN PALM BEACH AND ALSO
IN BROWARD COUNTY?
WHERE DID THOSE COME FROM?
>> THEY WON’T TELL US.
WE HAVE NO IDEA.
WE KNOW OUR LAWS ARE SET UP
TO PREVENT FRAUD.
WE KNOW THEY DIDN’T LET IN
PARTY OFFICIALS TO OBSERVE.
WE KNOW THAT THEY DIDN’T --
THERE WAS NO TRANSPARENCY.
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO TELL US
WHERE ALL OF THIS WAS COMING
FROM.
HOW MANY BALLOTS ALL THESE
THINGS.
WE KNOW MYSTERIOUSLY 93,000
NEW BALLOTS SHOWED UP AFTER
ELECTION DAY.
WE KNOW THAT BRENDA SNIPES
HAS SAID THAT SHE TOOK
ILLEGAL BALLOTS AND PUT THEM
IN WITH LEGAL BALLOTS.
SHE ADMITTED THAT WE KNOW
THEY CONTINUE TO TRY TO
COUNT AFTER THE DEADLINE,
WHICH WAS NOON ON SATURDAY.
SO, WE KNOW ALL THESE
THINGS.
BUT, IN THE END, I HAVE
12,600 MORE VOTES THAN BILL
NELSON.
I WON THE ELECTION.
THERE IS A NORMAL RECOUNT.
WE HAD A BIG TURNOUT.
8 MILLION PEOPLE VOTED.
MY FOCUS NOW IS, YOU KNOW,
WE’LL WATCH THIS RECOUNT
PROCESS.
NO RECOUNT HAS EVER
OVERTURNED A LEAD LIKE THAT.
I’M GOING TO FOCUS ON
GETTING TO WASHINGTON AND
GETTING MY AGENDA
IMPLEMENTED.
AINSLEY: THIS MORNING WHEN
I’M READING SO MANY
DIFFERENT ARTICLES ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED IN FLORIDA,
AND THE RULES THAT MANY
PEOPLE ARE CLAIMING THAT
THESE ELECTION SUPERVISORS
BROKE, I’M WONDERING, WHY DO
THEY STILL HAVE -- WHY
AREN’T THEY HELD ACCOUNTABLE
IF THEY ARE BREAKING THESE
LAWS?
AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW THE
ANSWER TO THAT?
IS THERE SOMEONE DOWN THERE
THAT CAN FORCE THEM TO GIVE
YOU THE ANSWERS THAT THEY
HAVE TO GIVE YOU BY LAW?
>> WELL, FIRST OFF, WE HAD
TO GO TO THE COURTS TO GET
THEM TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW.
I HAVE ASKED AND PAM BONDI,
OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS
DIRECTED THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO DO AN
INVESTIGATION TO STAND.
UNDERSTAND.
WE WANT FREE AND FAIR
ELECTIONS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATE.
WE’LL DON’T WANT ANY FRAUD.
WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED HERE.
AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND.
WE NEVER WANT THIS TO HAPPEN
AGAIN.
WE WON RON DESANTIS WON WE
NEED TO GO FORWARD AND START
THINKING ABOUT OUR AGENDAS.
BILL NELSON IS CLEARLY A
SORE LOSER.
HE CAN’T STAND THE FACT THAT
HE IS NOT GOING TO BE
ELECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN DECADES.
IS HE JUST HERE TO STEAL THE
ELECTION.
THAT’S WHAT HE HAS DONE.
HIS LAWYER CAME DOWN AND
SAID I’M HERE TO WIN THE
ELECTION.
I’M NOT HERE TO MAKE SURE
FREE AND FAIR ELECTION.
MAKE SURE VOTES ARE COUNTED.
HE WANTS TO WENT ELECTION.
THAT’S HIS ONLY PURPOSE.
ED: GOVERNOR, THAT’S YOUR
MESSAGE TO DEMOCRATS.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO FELLOW
REPUBLICANS WHO SIGH WAIT A
SECOND, YOU HAVE THE
GOVERNOR FOR THE LAST 8
YEARS AND GOT A LOT DONE ON
THE ECONOMY AND TAXES.
WE HAVE HEARD ALL ABOUT IT.
AND IT APPEARS THAT YOU WON
BECAUSE OF THAT BUT WHY
DIDN’T YOU GET MORE DONE ON
ELECTION REFORM?
WHY DIDN’T YOU TAKE OUT
BRENDA SNIPES WHEN WE KNOW
SHE GOT CAUGHT DESTROYING
BALLOTS IN PREVIOUS
ELECTIONS?
>> WELL, THAT’S ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY WE FILED THE
LAWSUIT YESTERDAY TO MAKE
SURE ALL THESE BALLOTS ARE
IMPOUNDED THAT FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT, OUR SHERIFFS
WATCH THE BALLOTS AND WATCH
THE MACHINES.
THERE IS NO ISSUES GOING
FORWARD.
WE HAVE PASSED LEGISLATION
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD
FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS
SUPERVISED ELECTIONS ARE
LOCALLY ELECTED.
WE HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT
THEY COMPLY WITH THE LAW TO
PREVENT FRAUD, SO, MY FOCUS
RIGHT NOW IS GETTING THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN THERE TO
REVIEW, TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHY END UP WITH A FREE AND
FAIR ELECTION.
ED: WHY DIDN’T YOU, AS
GOVERNOR, TAKE HER OUT OF
HER POSITION?
I UNDERSTAND LEGISLATION WAS
PASSED.
BUT WHEN SHE GOT CAUGHT
PREVIOUSLY DESTROYING
BALLOTS, GOVERNOR, WHY
DIDN’T YOU SAY YOU ARE OUT?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, FIRST
OFF, THE LIMIT-LY TO IS
LIMITATIONS WHAT THE
GOVERNOR CAN DO.
THESE ARE SEPARATELY ELECTED
INDIVIDUALS.
SO YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH
WHAT THE LAW IS.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS
PASSED LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SURE, DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO
FRAUD AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF
WE HAVE CONCERNS GET LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO COME IN AND
LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON.
STEVE: ONE OF THE OTHER
THINGS SOME HAVE SUGGESTED
IS A RED FLAG, GOVERNOR, IN
BROWARD COUNTY ALONE NEARLY
25,000 MORE PEOPLE VOTED FOR
GOVERNOR THAN THEY DID FOR
SENATORS.
OF COURSE, YOU WERE
GOVERNOR, NOW YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN THE SENATOR
LINE.
BUT, HISTORICALLY THAT
HAPPENED, LAST TIME BILL
NELSON RAN FOR SENATE WHEN
THERE WAS ALSO A GOVERNOR
RACE THE UNDER COUNT WAS
SOMETHING LIKE WHERE IT IS
RIGHT NOW ABOUT 35,000.
>> NO ONE KNOWS WHY.
THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.
PEOPLE DECIDE NOT TO VOTE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
ON THE BALLOT.
SOMETIMES JUDGES ON THE
BALLOT PEOPLE DON’T VOTE.
SO NO ONE KNOWS WHY.
BUT WHAT BILL NELSON NEEDS
TO DO NOW IS WHAT HE WOULD
BE ASKING ME TO DO IF I HAD
LOST ELECTION IS SAY, LOOK,
THE ELECTION HAPPENS, LET’S
GO FORWARD.
HE IS NOT.
HE IS JEWS A PURE SORE LOSER
TRYING TO STEAL AN ELECTION.
AINSLEY: I’M SURE IT HAS TO
BE FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU WORK
SO HARD TIRELESSLY AND YOU
WERE WORKING ON HELPING
THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE
DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THE
HURRICANE.
DID YOU A GREAT JOB WITH
THAT FROM WHAT WE HAVE HEARD
FROM EVERYONE DOWN IN
FLORIDA.
I KNOW IT HAS TO BE
FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE NUMBERS, YOU WIN.
YOU HAD YOUR BEAUTIFUL
SPEECH WITH YOUR FAMILY
THERE AND YOUR DOCTORS NEXT
TO YOU.
AND THEN THIS COMES.
IN THIS NEWS COMES.
IN BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT SAY AROUND THE
COUNTRY LET’S JUST COUNT THE
VOTES JUST SO THAT WE CAN
REDO IT AND SEE WHAT THE
PROBLEM IS LET’S RECOUNT THE
VOTES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO
THIS RIGHT.
EVERY VOICE NEEDS TO BE
HEARD.
BUT ARE YOU QUESTIONING
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THESE
COUNTIES?
ARE YOU THINKING THERE IS
SOMETHING NEFARIOUS GOING
ON?
>> WELL, WE KNOW, I MEAN,
FIRST OFF WE WON BY 57,000
VOTES THAT NIGHT.
SO, WE KNOW THAT SINCE THEN,
JUST IN THESE TWO COUNTIES,
93,000 NEW VOTES SHOWED UP.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
WE KNOW THAT BRENDA SNIPES
SAID THAT SHE -- BALLOTS
THAT SHE ACKNOWLEDGED KNOWS
THAT THEY WERE ILLEGAL SHE
MIXED THEM IN WITH LEGAL
BALLOTS.
WE KNOW THAT HAPPENED.
SHE SAID THEY DID THAT WE
KNOW THAT THEY TRIED TO
CONTINUE TO COUNT BALLOTS
AFTER THE DEADLINE.
WE KNOW THAT SO, I WANT ALL
THE VOTES -- I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS FREE AND FAIR
ELECTION.
COMPLY WITH THE LAW.
IT’S SUPPOSED TO PREVENT
FRAUD AINSLEY, YOU ARE
RIGHT.
FINANCE FRUSTRATING.
WE WORKED OUR TAIL OFF.
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS.
WE WORKED HARD, YOU KNOW, WE
WON THE ELECTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO IT’S
FRUSTRATING BUT WE WON,
WE’RE GOING TO WIN THE
RECOUNT BECAUSE IT’S NEVER
BEEN OVERTURNED BEFORE.
I’M GOING TO WASHINGTON AS
THE NEXT FLORIDA SENATOR.
I HAVE GOT A WHOLE AGENDA
HOW TO MAKE WASHINGTON A
BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US.
STEVE: SENATOR, ARE YOU
GOING TO THE NEW SENATOR
ORIENTATION IN THE NEXT DAY
OR TWO?
>> ALSO AS AN ASIDE WE ARE
STILL FIGURING OUT OUR
SCHEDULE.
STEVE: OKAY.
GOOD ENOUGH.
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
THE FLORIDA RECOUNT UNDERWAY
SHOULD BE CONCLUDED BY
THURSDAY AT 3:00 P.M.
AINSLEY: AT LEAST IT’S
THURSDAY.
I HEARD ORIGINALLY SOME
PEOPLE WERE SAYING IT’S