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The recounts in Florida, for governor and senator, resulted in Republican wins. This solidifies the Republican lead in the Senate. This also marks a first for Florida, as this would be the first time, since the 19th century, that Republicans held both Senate seats.<\/p>\n
From Reuters’ Bernie Woodal:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Republicans will hold both Senate seats from Florida, the third most-populous U.S. state and a regular battleground in presidential races, for the first time since 1875, during the post-Civil War period.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n In his concession speech, Senator Bill Nelson took an indirect swipe at President Donald Trump. Senator Nelson made it sound like he wanted us to heal and come together. If he wanted to do away with destructive “win at all costs” politics, he would’ve strongly reviewed his concession speech before giving it.<\/p>\n Taking a swipe at someone, doing what his supporters want him to do, essentially takes a swipe at those supporters. Response? They would “fight back” instead. There goes what he wished for. <\/p>\n But, he didn’t truly want people to “come together”. His statement was more of a “firing while retreating” speech… Giving himself the appearance of “being a martyr”.<\/p>\n Since the recount was involved, the author referenced the 2000 Presidential Election.<\/p>\n Towards the end, Bernie Woodal gives the “obligatory” commentary regarding how the U.S. Supreme Court “gave” the presidency to George Bush.<\/p>\n I read the law that was center of that fiasco, before it became a fiasco. It was clear, and allowed the Secretary of State to make the decision that she made. the law didn’t cover incompetency, with regards to managing election ballots.<\/p>\n They like to mention the U.S. Supreme Court’s action, but are not as enthusiastic about mentioning how the Florida court system appeared to be assisting Al Gore’s efforts to keep the recounts going. They clearly were exercising judicial activism. the US Supreme Court put an end to that.<\/p>\n You can read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"