Rick Scott’s zombie claim about voter fraud in 2018
Salvador Rizzo
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). (Tom Williams/AFP/Getty Images)
“You have to remember what I went through in my 2018 election, where they completely violated the law. They found 95,000 votes after election night.”
— Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.),
, Jan. 21, 2021
“In my race in 2018, they found 95,000 ballots after election night. That’s not inconsistent — that’s inconsistent with the law. But we have activist judges that allow these things to happen.”
— Scott,
, Nov. 2, 2020
Scott won his Senate race in 2018, but the election took days to resolve because of delays in counting mail ballots from some Democratic areas in Florida.