had to go down there and try to cut through all this mess. how essential was she to this recount process? jessica was crucial to the recount. we had a lot of firms engaged, firms that were veterans of bush versus gore. we had our campaign lawyer who was great. jessica came down there and brought a lot of order to the madness. and she was indispensable. the one thing i would tell you about this recount and election that people don t understand, this election and this recount was rick scott versus chuck schumer and the national democrat party. that s really what it was. bill nelson was only a little involved. this was all about 2020. schumer and his group spent more than $50 million. the most they spent trying to beat a republican running for the u.s. senate and that s who the participants in this election were. bill: the tweet from the president. from day one rick scott never waivered. he was a great governor, even greater senator representing the people of florida.
to try to get them out of tijuana. bill: thank you, sir. julie: all right. now meanwhile the election madness in florida is finally over, folks, after all the recounting by hand the votes have been tallied. bill: ron desantis the next governor of florida and rick scott the next senator. why are florida elections so often a mess? i don t know. election drama in florida. who would have thought? it is all now finally over. one of the closest elections in florida history with republican ron desantis will be the state next s governor. the only thing being elected governor is being elected twice in two weeks. we wanted to take a moment to congratulations mr. desantis. senate race between rick scott and bill nelson is finally over after a recount and with a concession. after 18 years in office bill nelson in the senate is conceding to rick scott. things worked out a little
i by no measure feel defeated. that s because i ve had the privilege of serving the people of florida and our country for most of my life. governor rick scott, now senator elect scott had been pressuring bill nelson to drop out for days but changed his tune after the call around lunch time saying i spoke with senator bill nelson who graciously conceded and i thanked him for his years of public service. this victory would not be possible without the work of so many people. the campaign is behind us and where we ll leave it. senator scott will finish up some of the new senator orientation activities that he was not able to complete when he was up there and was not yet the winner. julie. julie: let s talk brenda snipes. a lot of pressure on her botching the whole recount situation. why is it that she might be resigning? we re checking with the secretary of state to see if
they ve physically got the resignation from her. the sun sent nall is reporting she decided she wants to spend more time with her family. the recount she ran in broward county was marred with controversy throughout. this weekend 2,000 ballots went missing and she said they were somewhere in her building and her team turned in machine recount results two minutes late and rejected by the state for that reason. after that happened she did tell me she was pleased with the way things were going on her watch. julie: peter doocy, thank you very much. bill: the president defending republicans performance in mid-terms. fox fox news sunday with chris wallace he said this. i won the senate, that s historic, too. if you look at presidents in the white house it has almost never happened where you won a seat. we have 53 as opposed to 51 now. and we have 53 great senators
julie: i m up until 2:00 in the morning doing it. thank god for amazon prime. bill: i ll get you my list. republicans clinching big wins in the mid-terms. kemp the next governor of georgia, scott and desantis have won in florida and that recount weighing heavily in the sunshine state as you know. here is rick scott. it was very frustrating. when i announced we had won tuesday night we were up 57,000 votes and they just kept finding ballots. we ll do everything to make sure these elections are free and fair. we had 65 counties do a good job. we had two that dropped the ball. we want to make sure all 67 counties do these elections in a fair way. bill: griff jenkins live from lauderdale, florida. how did it work out? good morning, bill. not over yet because fox news has just obtained the resignation letter from the election supervisor in broward county dr. brenda snipes after