Democrats Send Army of Lawyers to FL--Republicans cry foul

[book_worm]

WASHINGTON – Democrats have an "army of lawyers" working on the likely recount that will decide the winner of the Florida Senate race, the head of the Democratic National Committee said Thursday.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican, responded that the other party isn't playing fair.

"Now democrat lawyers are descending on #Florida," Rubio tweeted Thursday. "They have been very clear they aren’t here to make sure every vote is counted. They are here to change the results of election."

Fewer than 17,400 votes out of more than 8.1 million cast separated Republican challenger Gov. Rick Scott over Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson as of Thursday afternoon. That's inside the 0.25 point margin that dictates a hand recount of ballots that showed either no vote or more than one vote cast in the Senate race.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/08/florida-senate-race-democrats-send-lawyers-while-republicans-cry-foul/1930046002/

[David__77]

1. Best of luck to the army of lawyers.

...

[maxsolomon]

2. Sauce for the Goose is sauce for the Gander, fuckers

[malaise]

7. Yep

Wish I could rec this

[Moostache]

23. I remember this everytime I see that asshat Schlapp appear on TV...

Between the Lewinsky nonsense and this "Brooks Brothers Riot" bullshit, I have loathed everything about Republicans since that day...

[Delphinus]

33. Amen.

Amen. Thank you.

[rogue emissary]

3. That's hilarious to anyone who remembes 2000 recounts.

[libdem4life]

4. A bit touchy there, Marco? LOL n/t

[Downtown Hound]

5. Let them cry

It's not going to work anymore. We're on to their games an we're not taking it anymore.

[NewJeffCT]

6. Hey Marco

womp womp

[deminks]

8. Three words, Marco. Brooks Brothers Riot

They were not there to count the votes either.

Come to think of it, another Roger Stone saga.

[sheshe2]

9. Give Marco a bottle of water to chug.

[Gothmog]

10. I got to read the memo on recount procedures in Texas

The DNC and the state party had a set of actions to taken before Marc Elias and his team got to the state. It was interesting.

I am glad that Marc is on the ground

Link to tweet

[gratuitous]

11. Florida has had 18 years to figure out how to conduct an election

We're solving that problem, Marco. And we'll be back for your inevitable re-election campaign in 2022 when your worthless term will end.

[redstatebluegirl]

12. Aww poor little snowflakes...they can dish it out during Bush Kerry, but they can't take it!

[world wide wally]

13. No mercy.... whatsoever!

[pecosbob]

14. Can you say 'hanging chads'? I thought you could.

[babylonsister]

17. Nope. Had to fill in bubbles on the ballots. nt

[StevieM]

15. Rubio is absolutely loathsome. We shouldn't treat him as an honorable guy by comparing him to Trump

and asking who is worse.

[babylonsister]

16. Seems logical they'd do the recounts simultaneously, so

that probably won't happen?

Go, army of lawyers, stfu, Rubio.

[lpbk2713]

18. Screw you Rubio.

You know you would do the same if positions were reversed.
You're not fooling anyone with your faux indignation.

[Gothmog]

19. From Marc Elias

Link to tweet

[dlk]

20. Rubio is Crying Like a Disgruntled Child

Life is so tough for Republicans when they can’t cheat to win.

[sharedvalues]

26. Ha so true. And they think everyone cheats like them.

[OMGWTF]

21. Positive Thoughts Only

[FakeNoose]

22. What ... are they whining again? Already?!?

[dem4decades]

24. Finally the Democrats bring the strong hand.

[sharedvalues]

25. Too bad so sad- they stole 2000 election

And Sandra Day O’Connor regrets helping Bush steal it in 2000.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/24/sandra-day-oconnor-was-trailblazer-too-bad-bush-v-gore-ruined-her-legacy/

[Gothmog]

27. An update from Marc

Link to tweet

[Cha]

37. Mark Elias is certainly

optimistic.. I can't imagine he'd be saying that without cause.

[Thomas Hurt]

28. Lyin sack, if not all the votes have been counted there are no results yet.

[watoos]

29. Maybe Marco doesn't want an independent audit done on the machines?

[standingtall]

30. Would be funny to me if after they finish the initial counting Nelson ends up with a small lead

which looks possible to me. Then I guess we will be hearing how badly Rick Scott wants a recount or how the votes for Nelson should not have been counted according to repukes.

[Gothmog]

31. Pro tip: when you are attacking the otherside's lawyers, you are losing

Link to tweet

[Cha]

36. ..

[Gothmog]

32. Democratic lawyer Marc Elias enters Florida recount fight with string of wins

Link to tweet

[Cha]

46. Keeping Hope Alive!

[elmac]

34. hmmm

[Gothmog]

40. From Joe Biden

Link to tweet

[Cha]

47. Cheers to Joe!

[Cha]

35. I love seeing this.. "Cemocrats Sending Army of Lawyers"

you know they have Democracy's best interests at heart.. and that is sexy!

[Gothmog]

38. The DNC is still recruiting more volunteer lawyers to go to Florida

[Cha]

42. Cool! This is our chance.. We got the

House.. and that changed everything including our Spirits!

[Gothmog]

44. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

[Cha]

45. Perfect and Retweeted!

Thanks, Goth:toast

[ananda]

39. Rubio: R-Idiot -- they are there to ensure results, not change them!!!

nt

[Gothmog]

41. Another update from Marc

Link to tweet

[joshcryer]

43. They better run this as long as they held up Franken's seat.

[Gothmog]

48. Bill Nelson's attorney still likes his odds. Here's why. (Marc Elias)

Marc Elias is a great election law attorney https://floridapolitics.com/archives/280954-bill-nelsons-attorney-still-likes-his-odds-heres-why?fbclid=IwAR2jmFI5vj5avGMy3NZ3WQspUcmaBD_BRXNIRzenYbTXa1iZRAGGWu8eiXk

Elias expects when the machine recount concludes that the gap between Nelson and Scott will shrink substantially.
The main reason? Undervotes.

There’s already been media speculation about why Broward County, a Democratic bastion, saw 24,992 fewer votes counted for U.S. Senate than for Governor, despite the race appearing first on the ballot.

Outlets like FiveThirtyEight suggest poor ballot design could play a role, but Elias dismissed that.

If design were a major element, Elias said, then ballots counted in Broward County since Tuesday would have similarly discrepancies. But Elias says as he observes election returns, the most recently counted ballots don’t show a significant deficit in Senate votes.

[Bettie]

49. Yes, they are there to change the prematurely announced result of the election

by ensuring that all the votes are counted!