TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A group of about 30 sign-holding Republican protesters gathered outside the office of Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes, singing “The Star Spangled Banner” and “God Bless America.”
As the counting of ballots resumed Friday afternoon, Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz called Snipe “either incompetent or corrupt” and accused her of “spinning ballots out of nothing” in the Senate seat between Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson.
Gaetz, whose district is in Florida’s Panhandle, also said the state should take over the Broward elections office.
Protesters held signs that said, “Brenda Snipes has to go,” ”stop creating votes” and “don’t steal our election.”
The scene at the Broward elections office where the canvassing board is preparing to meet. Also chants of, “Lock her up!” pic.twitter.com/sfJ98ubdt3
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) November 9, 2018
Outside #BrowardElections office pic.twitter.com/tK161DKyPz
— George Bennett (@gbennettpost) November 9, 2018
Large group just formed chanting “Brenda Snipes has got to go.” @wptv #wptv #BrowardElections pic.twitter.com/nLAOcN1RfJ
— Sam Smink (@samsminkWPTV) November 9, 2018
The Brooks Brothers have arrived, honey.
Gee. This is nice. I can’t even come up with a true expression of my disgust over these GOP slime-creatures. And in the end, we’ll lose both races by less than one-half of one point. Electoral Jesus truly is a Republican.
These Republican schlubs are not nearly as well-dressed as the Brooks Brothers dudes from the good old days. No khakis, no checked shirts, no suits, no ties; standards have really declined. This group is never going to go on to hold high administration posts and get wingnut welfare.
When asked AGAIN whether the president felt his words instigated violence… he got a sneaky, proud look on his face and said “I’m too tricky for you fake news people to catch me!”.
Dem groups need to be out there to chant: ‘count the votes’ & ‘Rick Scott sucks!’.