With the Florida media beginning to write the epitaph on Sen. Bill Nelson’s career as the recount math begins to work against the lawmaker retaining his seat, the Florida Democratic Party reportedly continued to fund raise off his dismal chances.
Citing a “top Democrat” source, Politico reported on Friday the party realizes Nelson is “done” — as in stick-a-fork-in-him done:
“It’s done. But it was done before today. This was a total Hail Mary,” said a top Democrat involved in Nelson’s campaign who didn’t want to speak publicly before the Democratic Party icon conceded defeat to one of the party’s most-hated rivals.
With Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s victory last Tuesday over Nelson holding up — despite the best efforts of Broward and Palm Beach Cos. — Politico said the Florida Democratic Party was effectively deceiving donors that the incumbent still had a chance.
As highlighted online by Instapundit, the Politico article reported: “While party officials refused to discuss the hopelessness of the situation on the record, the Florida Democratic Party on Friday continued to fundraise off the recount, suggesting to donors that Nelson had a shot when his own top backers knew he didn’t.”
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/1063891632687407106
Led by the likes of Sens. Diane Feinstein and Kamala Harris, and Rep. Maxine Waters, today’s Democratic Party may be called many things, but “principled” isn’t likely to be one of them.
In fact, the Florida Democratic Party is facing questions over an altered election form sent to voters as part of an effort to resolve signature issues with absentee ballots after a state deadline.
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter suggesting this latest development comes as no surprise to those paying attention:
Donors are marks https://t.co/mSbsRhuBTK
— Eduardo Alvarez (@EdAlvarezB) November 17, 2018
Tells one a lot about the character of the Democrap Party, and about the relative intelligence level of their donors and voters.
— Truth=KnowledgeOfReality (@EternalVeracity) November 17, 2018
In any other context this would be felony fraud and misrepresentation.
— J. Scott McPhee (@JScottMcPhee) November 17, 2018
Haha…they continue to take donations probably to fund the investigation they now have to do since the feds are investigating post-election day emails sent out instructing voters to cure vote by mail ballots.
When Democrats lose elections, they must always go out with a bang.
— MrsLibertas™ (@Bloviate_Barbie) November 17, 2018
Bilking the gullible.
— Todd White (@hecubus1st) November 17, 2018
— ?? Bird’s Eye View (@The_Patriot_V) November 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/ChrisGeeTwo/status/1063902452271984641
https://twitter.com/Vikings202/status/1063904287145803780
https://twitter.com/wernet/status/1063906933827166208
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The longest-tenured writer at BizPac Review, Tom grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills.
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