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Rick Scott says Bill Nelson has done nothing on gun control, ignoring his Senate record
http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2018/feb/28/rick-scott/rick-scott-says-bill-nelson-has-done-nothing-gun-c/
Days later at a press conference where Scott announced a proposal for $450 million in school security funding, a reporter asked Scott to respond to Nelsons criticism. Scott, a Republican, is widely expected to challenge Nelson, a Democrat, in the 2018 elections.
"Bill Nelson is a career politician," said Scott. "He talks a lot. He does nothing. Think about it: He has been in office for almost 50 years. He hasnt done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."
Thats a sweepingly broad attack by Scott to claim that Nelson hasnt done "anything" on gun or school safety and mischaracterizes Nelsons record. We found multiple examples of legislation Nelson supported that related to gun control....
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)knock each other over to get to the front of the line to vote for him.
America has an education problem, clearly.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)EVERY effort was BLOCKED by NRA blood money Republicans. Every time.
We got truth, they got lies...this time the lies do not get any kind of head start.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)The NRA stated in 2014 that Scott "signed more pro-gun bills into lawin one termthan any other Governor in Florida history". In 2011, Scott signed the Firearm Owners' Privacy Act (informally called "Docs vs. Glocks" , which made it illegal for doctors and mental health professionals to ask patients about their gun ownership unless they believed "that this information is relevant to the patient's medical care or safety, or the safety of others."Provisions of the law, including the part forbidding doctors from asking about a patient's gun ownership, were struck down as unconstitutional in 2017 by a Federal appeals court.On June 9, 2017, Scott signed an expanded version of Florida's stand-your-ground law into law.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott
He is truly a horrible person.
mitch96
(13,935 posts)Totally agree.. lying sack of shit.. Don't get me started.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Scott took a play from Jeb Bush in Florida. Stay out of sight and be pro-business at every turn. It has worked extremely well for him. Far too many Floridians couldn't tell you who the Governor is. That is how out of sight Scott has often stayed. We know more about him here than many Floridians. Anytime Scott goes on the attack or says something not business related it is good for us.