Rick Scott ad seeks to blame algae disaster on Bill Nelson
Rick Scott is blaming his Democratic opponent Bill Nelson for the harmful algae blooms devastating Lake Okeechobee and Florida’s coasts, according to a new TV and internet commercial from Scott’s Senate campaign.
“Experts agree: Washington controls the dike at Lake O, so they have to fix it. And so we wait for Washington,” the commercial declares, as CBS News footage of the foul green waters at Lake Okeechobee plays across the screen, followed by pictures of Nelson, the three-term Democratic Senator.
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Nelson’s campaign fired back quickly with its own set of newspaper citations, including numerous recent editorials, news stories, and columns from the Gainesville Sun, the Sun Sentinel of South Florida, the Ocala Star-Banner, the Orlando Sentinel and the TC Post all laying the blame at Scott’s feet as governor, for waiting for Washington. “Gov. Rick Scott is trying to cleanse a seven-year record of environmental indifference,” declared the Sun Sentinel editorial of July 10, citing previous algae catastrophes in 2013 and 2016.
“Experts and scientists agree, Rick Scott’s almost eight-year assault on the environment has exacerbated the toxic algae outbreak plaguing much of Florida,” Sebastian Kitchen, a spokesperson for the Nelson for Senate campaign, stated in a written response. “And now once again — he’s lying about Bill Nelson’s record to hide from his own record of hurting Florida’s environment. Rick Scott has done a poor job as governor because he’s slashed budgets for environmental and water management agencies, cut enforcement of environmental regulations, allowed more toxins in the waterways and stopped efforts to monitor leaking septic tanks, which altogether have helped create the algae crisis we’re facing today.
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