president trump and senator sanders. it s happening in the nation s largest swing state, just two years before the next presidential election. shannon, this is going to be one of the biggest races nationwide. with a big senate race thered rick scott as well, florida will be want to watch. kristin, thank you very much. a scandal erupted in less than 24 hours after the party nominees were locked in for the florida gubernatorial race. the trump endorsed geo. now many is facing an attempt on backlash. tonight, andrew gillam is fighting back but he s got some serious questions of its own that he s got to answer about an fbi corruption investigation. chief national correspondent ed henry has got all the detail details. shannon, this is already shaping up as an epic fight for the governorship of florida. with within 24 hours of the nominees being set, it is on. both ron desantis and andrew gillum mired in major controversies, proving this may be this priciest midterm for all of them all.
primary. that makes her the fifth republican house member this year to run for state-wide office and lose. extraordinary. so let me ask you this. could diane black not getting t president trump s endorsement played a role in her massive loss last night? base and what we ve seen so far in primaries, yes. yes, absolutely it could have. we saw one of the most startling stories that we ve seen in the last six months is president trump s intervention, for example, in the florida gubernatorial race. he weighed in for ron desantis, who was trailing in the polls. trump flipped the polls dramatically over, you know a pretty well-liked conservative candidate who floridians new. trump s endorsement flipped it to a double-digit lead to desantis. yes, he has an incredible power
the fact is, cockfighting never was a big thing in kentucky. go to the coastal states, it wasn t a big deal. [ all speak at once ] i never wanted to. did he ever hear about michael vick either? it s very bizarre. but it s like every guy who runs for president tells you they re a hunter. trying to show he s down-home kentuckian. it s absurd. that s what happened when you re out of order, out of place. he was not mimicking the true values of kentucky. was this like belgian endives? [ laughter ] anyway, the florida gubernatorial race was full of absurdities, but the contest will forever be known for this debate moment when governor rick scott, the governor of the state, refused to take the debate stage as long as the challenger, former governor charlie crist, wouldn t give away his fan. here it is. governor rick scott, we have been told that governor scott will not be participating in
i can just tell you. matt bevin isn t from kentucky. he was a businessman from new england who moved to kentucky only in recent years. who is he pandering to? he was trying to impressive people with his devotion to kentucky institutions. the fact is, cockfighting never was a big thing in kentucky. go to the coastal states it waunts a big deal. [ all speak at once ] i never wanted to. did he ever hear about michael vick either? it s very bizarre. but it s like every guy who runs for president tells you they re a hunter. trying to show he s down-home kentuckian. it s absurd. that s what happened when you re out of order, out of place. he was not mimicking the true values of kentucky. was this like belgian endives? [ laughter ] anyway, the florida gubernatorial race was full of absurd absurdities, but the contest
and we don t even have confirmation on the person that he s referring to. ever cast a vote. we know there were 60 cases out of eight million votes cast. so are we talking big numbers here? no. if you want to know why governor rick scott and the republicans are trying to get the people off the roles in florida, you need to look at numbers on the program. consume. this 537. why does that sound familiar? oh, yeah. that guy. that s the certified margin of victory for george w. bush in florida back in the 2000 election. the brennan center says more than 12,000 eligible florida voters were kept from voting in 2000, 12,000 people not allowed to vote. thrown off the roles in 2000. here s another number i want you to consume. 61,550. not very many. that s rick scott s margin of victory in the 2010 florida