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>> Lisa: BREAKING AT 4, A FLORIDA HOUSE CANDIDATE IS ASKED TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE.
TONIGHT THERE ARE QUESTIONS
ABOUT HER CREDENTIALS.
MANY OF THE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT
THE HELP SHE CLAIMS SHE PROVIDED
AFTER THE SHOOTING AT PULSE.
THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 4.
I’M LISA BELL.
>> Kirstin: I’M KIRSTIN
O’CONNOR.
GINGER GADSDEN AND JULIE
BROUGHTON ARE OFF TONIGHT.
NEWS 6’S LOUIS BOLDEN JOINS US
LIVE FROM THE SEMINOLE COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS IN
CASSELBERRY.
HOW IS HER PARTY REACTING?
>> Reporter: WELL, THE
DEMOCRATIC -- SEMINOLE COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYS THE
ALLEGATIONS ARE SHOCKING.
THEY ALSO SAY THEY ACTED QUICKLY
AND DECISIVELY.
THEY SAY THEY HAVE SUSPENDED
THEIR SUPPORT OF ELIZABETH
McCARTHY AND ALL OF THIS
HAPPENED RELATIVELY RECENTLY
WHEN McCARTHY’S CREDENTIALS CAME
INTO QUESTION.
>> THAT NIGHT OF PULSE, I
PERSONALLY REMOVED 77 BULLETS
FROM 32 PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: BACK IN MARCH,
ELIZABETH McCARTHY SPOKE AT A
TOWN HALL MEETING ABOUT GUN
VIOLENCE WITH REPRESENTATIVE
SOTO.
HE INTRODUCED HER AS A DOCTOR
AND SHE REITERATED TO THE CROWD
SHE WAS AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR
WHO TREATED PATIENTS AFTER THE
SHOOTINGS AT PULSE NIGHTCLUB.
NEWS 6 HAS CONFIRMED WHAT THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE A LICENSE
TO PRACTICE MEDICINE.
D.O.H. SAYS SHE WAS A LICENSED
R.N. BUT THAT LICENSE EXPIRED IN
2005.
McCARTHY IS RUNNING FOR FLORIDA
HOUSE DISTRICT 28 WHICH
ENCOMPASSES SEMINOLE COUNTY.
UNTIL NOW, SHE HAD THE SUPPORT
OF THE SEMINOLE COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
NOW THEY TELL NEWS 6 THEY HAVE
SUSPENDED THEIR SUPPORT OF
McCARTHY.
THEY ASKED HER TO VERIFY HER
CREDENTIALS AND SHE REFUSED.
>> IT WAS DEFINITELY SHOCKING TO
OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO TAKE PEOPLE
FOR THEIR WORD, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT NEEDS TO BE DOUBLE CHECKED
IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK SHE
HAS A POLITICAL FUTURE?
>> I THINK SHE -- IF THIS IS THE
CASE AND IF EVERYTHING, YOU
KNOW, IS UNFORTUNATELY TRUE
THAT’S BEEN COMING OUT, THEN I
THINK SHE NEEDS TO STEP DOWN.
>> Reporter: SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
SAYING RIGHT NOW ELIZABETH
McCARTHY SHOULD STEP DOWN.
SHE HAS NOT DONE THAT.
NEWS 6 DID SPEAK WITH HER OVER
THE PHONE.
SHE SAID SHE COULDN’T ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS AND HER CURRENT
EMPLOYER HAS ASKED HER NOT TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT SHE SAYS SHE WILL GIVE AN
INTERVIEW IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
AGAIN, THE SEMINOLE COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS SUSPENDED
THEIR SUPPORT OF HER AND THEY’RE
ASKING HER TO STEP DOWN.
WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THIS.
WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE COMING UP
AT 5 AND 6.
BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.
>> Lisa: THANK YOU, LOUIS.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE ON THIS
CONTINUES WITH NEWS 6’S ERIC
SANDOVAL WHO IS LIVE IN THE
NEWSROOM.
YOU’RE HEARING THERE ARE CALLS
FOR McCARTHY TO WITHDRAW FROM
THE RACE.
>> Reporter: NOT JUST FROM THE
DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTES.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE CALLING ON HER
TO WITHDRAW IS ORLANDO CITY
COMMISSIONER PATTY SHEEHAN,
SOMEONE McCARTHY POSTED PICTURES
WITH ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE PICTURES.
THIS PICTURE WAS POSTED THREE
MONTHS AFTER THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB
SHOOTING.
McCARTHY SAYS SHE HAD A GREAT
CONVERSATION OVER LUNCH WITH
SHEEHAN.
I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH
CITY COMMISSIONER PATTY SHE --
SHE
SHEEHAN.
SHE SHEEHAN. HERE’S A QUOTE I GOT FROM HER
"YOU CANNOT BE A LEADER IF YOU
CANNOT REPRESENT HONESTLY."
AND SURVIVORS OF THE PULSE
SHOOTING ARE ALSO RESPONDING TO
WHAT WE’RE LEARNING THIS
AFTERNOON.
BRANDON WOLF TWEETED "I DON’T
KNOW WHY SHE LIED AND USED OUR
GRIEF FOR HER GAIN, BUT SHE
NEEDS TO WITHDRAW AND LET US
HEAL."
OTHER SURVIVORS HAVE EXPRESSED
SIMILAR CONCERNS.
THEY’RE ALSO PUSHING FOR
ANSWERS, AS WE ARE.
WE’RE GOING TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT
WE FIND OUT FROM McCARTHY WHEN