Washington, Nov 13 (EFEUSA).- The leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, and Senator Bill Nelson, today accused Republicans, including President Donald Trump, of "intimidating" and "threatening" the election officials so that they do not proceed to the total recount of the votes in the Florida elections.
The elections for the Senate and the Governor of that state on November 6 were so close that the margin of difference between Republicans and Democrats did not exceed 0.5%, which requires by law that a total vote count be carried out.
However, Republicans have accused Democrats of committing fraud in the scrutiny so that Nelson is re-elected and the candidate of this party for the Governor, Andrew Gillum, finally wins the victory.
In statements to the press, Schumer and Nelson insisted today from the Capitol that Scott is pressing from his position, still as governor, to stop the counting of the electoral ballots and asked him to recuse himself from the count, because he is one of the contenders.
"He has been using his power as governor to try to undermine the voting process. It is obvious that Mr. Scott cannot oversee the process in a fair and impartial manner," Nelson told reporters.
"This process is about one thing: ensuring that every legal vote is counted to protect the right of every Florida citizen to participate in our democracy," the senator added.
For his part, Schumer insisted that the attempts to stop the new scrutiny by Trump and Scott address his fear that Floridians have actually chosen to re-elect Nelson as their representative in the Senate, and warned that undermining in this way Democracy is "un-American."
Schumer advocated letting every legal vote be counted fairly, so that the winner, whoever it may be, is determined.
Nelson, who filed a lawsuit asking that votes from provisional ballots be counted, promised that they will take steps "to ensure that every vote is counted without interference or efforts to undermine the democratic process."
Scott also filed lawsuits against the electoral supervisors of Broward and Palm Beach counties for delays in counting votes, and during a press conference he even suggested the existence of "fraud," although state authorities have ruled out any indication of a criminal act.
After learning that Florida was forced to carry out a recount in several races, President Trump himself used his Twitter account to assure, without evidence, that in that state they are "trying to STEAL two great elections."
Another of the races that will go to a recount is that of state governor, in which Republican Ron DeSantis has won by only 33,584 votes, that is, 0.41 tenths, over his immediate Democratic rival, Tallahasse Mayor Andrew Gillum, who On Tuesday night he even conceded defeat. EFEUSA
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