Joe Scarborough Attacks Marco Rubio For Questioning The Shadiness In Broward County

Sen. Marco Rubio has been tweeting about the shady dealings going down in Broward County. Long story short, there’s an unusually low number of total votes in the state’s Senate race between Rick Scott and Bill Nelson. There were more votes for the “nobody cares” races (like agriculture commissioner and whatnot).

Additionally, Broward County’s Board of Elections Supervisor, who was convicted for illegally destroying ballots before, is acting incredibly fishy and refusing to reveal how many ballots still need to be counted.

Long but IMPORTANT THREAT ON ELECTIONS IN #FLORIDA.#BayCounty was hit by a Cat 4 Hurricane just 4 weeks ago,yet managed to count votes & submit timely results.

Yet over 41 hours after polls closed #Broward elections office is still counting votes? #Sayfie

1/6

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

#Broward supervisor:
– says she doesn’t know how many ballots are left to be counted; &
– Isn’t reporting hourly or regularly,but rather releasing thousands of additional votes,often in the overnight hours,that are chipping away at GOP leads

2/6 #Sayfie

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law:

A court found they improperly handled votes by mail:https://t.co/NOE6qdbWly

Court found they destroyed ballots in 2016 in violation of state & federal law:https://t.co/ywP8qE46J5 #Sayfie

3/6

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

Now democrat lawyers are descending on #Florida. 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; &
– #Broward is where they plan to do it.#Sayfie

4/6

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

A U.S. Senate seat & a statewide cabinet officer are now potentially in the hands of an elections supervisor with a history of incompetence & of blatant violations of state & federal laws.

Read Here: https://t.co/empQvOOgEb

5/6#Sayfie

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

#Broward election supervisors ongoing violation of #Florida law requiring timely reporting isn’t just annoying incompetence. It has opened the door for lawyers to come here & try to steal a seat in the U.S. Senate & Florida Cabinet
#Sayfie

6/6

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

#Florida law requires counties report early voting & vote-by-mail within 30 minutes after polls close. 43 hours after polls closed 2 Democrat strongholds #BrowardCounty & #PalmBeachCounty are still counting & refusing to disclose how many ballots they have left to count. #Sayfie pic.twitter.com/ReXCaOzkZP

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

Latest ballots dumped by #Broward &/or #PalmBeach flipped Ag Comm race to Dem & shaved another 4k+ from Scott’s lead in Senate race

Since 3am Wed slow drip from these 2 Dem controlled counties cut Scott lead from 54 to 17K. And they refuse to disclose # of ballots they have left pic.twitter.com/2K8hR4D2P2

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

I understand some people wondering what the #Sayfie on some of my tweets means.

No it’s not spanish for #Covefe

It is a hashtag for a Florida political news aggregator https://t.co/PsJsfOYYOF

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, these two blue bins,circled in the attached picture,hold the ballots that remain to be counted in #BrowardCounty as of 4:20pm this afternoon. Almost 48 hours after the polls closed. pic.twitter.com/EJxJYxq9XG

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

What’s happening in #BrowardCounty happened just last August,albeit on a smaller scale.

9000 votes arrived in mail just before 7pm Election Day. Few days later incumbent school board member avoids runoff against @rpetty & a judge won by just 400 votes https://t.co/zUn7JszUMg

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

Apparently #BrowardCounty elections left behind a box labeled “Provisional Ballots” at a local elementary school that served as a polling place.

Just let that sink in for a moment. https://t.co/o1Gn7mxOzG

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

Joe Scarborough is mad at Rubio for questioning the shady dealings in Broward County.

|@marcorubio is fighting against every citizen’s vote being counted in Florida. #FloridaRecount

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) November 8, 2018

Are you kidding me Joe? Are you SO blinded by hatred that you really can’t see that there’s a MASSIVE ethics problem all up in that county?

Rubio responded.

When did I ask anyone to stop counting? And how is criticizing repeated election failures by same election official a fight to stop vote counting?

Why can’t #BrowardCounty elections do what 65 of 67 counties did, count all votes in timely way & in compliance with #Florida law? https://t.co/dtujSqotYG

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 9, 2018

Exactly.

Every vote legally cast should be counted. That’s the law

Have no problem with recounts. That’s the law.

But last early votes were cast Sunday & had to be submitted by Tue evening. That the law too.

Yet 48 hours after deadline #BrowardCounty is only county still counting them

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 9, 2018

These are the FACTS, Joe.

The incompetence of & the violation of #Florida reporting requirements by #BrowardCounty elections dept could impact more than just the outcome

The last thing our already dangerously divided nation needs is an important election 1/2 our people believe was rigged by the other 1/2

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 9, 2018

Recounts in close races are automatic under #Florida law & I support a #FloridaRecount2018 100%.

What is happening in #BrowardCounty isn’t about a recount. As Dem lawyer said "We're doing this not just because it's automatic,but we're doing it to win," https://t.co/w2y03m9Ay6

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 9, 2018

THAT’S why we have a problem with it. These people cannot be trusted. Period.