Democrats on Tuesday urged Florida’s outgoing Republican governor and Senate candidate Rick Scott to recuse himself from the recount of last week’s midterm election against Sen. Bill Nelson, while insisting the incumbent Democratic senator still has a chance at being re-elected, Fox News informed.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by Nelson, on Tuesday stated that Scott “needs to recuse himself from any involvement in the recount and do it now.”
“He’s a contestant in the election and can’t possibly be trusted as a neutral and fair arbiter as the votes are counted,” Schumer said.
“It’s become obvious that Mr. Scott cannot oversee the process in a fair and impartial way and he should remove himself from the recount process,” Nelson added.
Florida’s secretary of state Ken Detzner announced there would be recounts in both the Senate race and the governor’s race, emphasizing that unofficial results in both races were within the margin to call for a recount. Scott was projected the winner of the Senate race, but Nelson has refused to concede amid the recounts.
The current unofficial count shows that Scott is ahead of Nelson by 12,562 votes.
“Every vote must count. That’s what Democrats believe, that’s what we’re trying to get done,” Schumer said Tuesday. “President Trump and Gov. Scott seem dead-set against counting every vote.”
“Why?” Schumer continued. “Because they’re worried if every vote is counted, Bill Nelson will be re-elected as senator in the great state of Florida.”
However, Scott has voiced his confidence that the recount will prove his victory. “I won the election,” Scott told “Fox & Friends” Monday. “I’m going to focus on getting to Washington and getting my agenda implemented.”
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