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Florida Governor: Elections officials thought I was dead
In a radio interview Thursday, Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) claimed election officials in the state once believed that he was dead, forcing him to cast provisional ballots in two elections. He mentioned the unusual encounter as a means of defending his ongoing voter purge, which he says is necessary…
Stewart calls out ‘Mr. Clean impersonator’ Rick Scott for voter purging
Jon Stewart delighted in poking fun at Florida Governor Rick Scott’s controversial voter purging campaign Tuesday evening, calling him a “Mr. Clean impersonator” and the former lead singer of the Australian rock group Midnight Oil. Scott’s voter purge was meant to take non-citizens off the voting roll, but revealed that…
Rick Scott on purge: We found 50 non-citizen voters so ‘debate is over’
Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday declared that the debate about his state’s effort to purge thousands of voters “is over” because over 50 non-citizen voters were proof that that the process needed to go forward. During an interview on CNN, host Christine Romans asked Scott why Florida was…
Gov. Scott sues Dept. of Homeland Security over database
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) announced Monday that the state would sue the Department of Homeland Security to gain access to a database containing information on eligible voters. “The Florida’s Secretary of State office will be filing a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to give us that database,”…
No Guns Allowed at the Republican National Convention — Water Guns, That Is
Here’s a nugget of WTF for you: Florida Governor Rick Scott has refused a request by the city of Tampa to limit guns outside the Republican National Convention in Tampa this summer: Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has officially rejected a proposal by the city of Tampa to limit firearms…
Tampa asks Rick Scott to ban guns at RNC Convention
The Tampa City Council on Thursday said they would ask Florida Gov. Rick Scott to ban firearms outside the Republican National Convention later this year. The council has already issued a citywide ban on items like pieces of wood, switchblades, slingshots, containers of bodily fluids and even squirt guns. A…
Federal judge: Rick Scott’s drug testing of state workers unconstitutional
A federal judge in Miami found on Thursday that Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s requirement that all state workers undergo drug testing is unconstitutional. In a 37-page opinion (PDF), U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro ruled that Scott’s executive order for blanket testing of 85,000 state employees violated the ban on…
The breathtaking cruelty of Florida Gov Rick Scott.
I’ve been thinking a lot and writing a little about the idea that bigotry is, in essence, cruelty and lies, and that the current conservative movement is marked by all three. Well, if you were still looking for one, here’s your sign: With a flick of his pen, Florida’s tea party…
‘Daily Show’ asks Gov. Rick Scott to take drug test
On Thursday night’s The Daily Show, correspondent Aasif Mandvi traveled to Orlando, Florida to meet Louis Lebron, a Navy veteran on public assistance who refuses to submit to a state-ordered drug test. Florida’s state legislature, led by Governor Rick Scott, mandated that all recipients of welfare should be tested for…
Daily Show reporter gets ‘urine’ sample from Fla. attorney general
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi apparently saw what happened to Florida Gov. Rick Scott and decided to prepare herself. “You supported the TANF drug test bill and I am just wondering if today you would be willing to undergo a drug test of your own as somebody who receives taxpayer…
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