There is no evidence of any fraud involved in Florida's recount efforts, and when people like President Donald Trump, Gov. Rick Scott, and Sen. Marco Rubio speak of "conspiracy theories" it is dangerous, Rep. Ted Deutch said Monday.
"It's important for everyone to understand that when Rick Scott and Donald Trump and Marco Rubio go out and start spinning those conspiracy theories about stealing elections and changing the outcome of elections, not only are they embarrassing themselves, they're undermining the public's faith in our democracy," the Florida Democrat told CNN's "New Day."
Scott has sent officials from the secretary of state office and from his administration to Broward County to ensure matters proceed smoothly, and to date they have not reported any problems with the way the vote count is going, said Deutch.
Meanwhile, Deutch said he's not ready to speculate about what the final numbers will be, but he complained that there are eight years of Scott trying to manipulate elections.
"He did it by making it harder to register voters," said Deutch. "He did it by reducing the number of early voting locations. He did it by making sure that students couldn't vote on college campuses. He did it by trying to purge 200,000 voters from our voting rolls, including a World War II veteran, a constituent of mine."
The governor has also tried to use his own State Police to impound voting machines, before the election was over, said Dutch.
"He is the governor of the state of Florida, not an unelected autocrat who can use state levers to try to change elections to his benefit," said the lawmaker.
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