Post by pavel on Apr 8, 2016 22:54:21 GMT -6
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, responding to a viral video showing him being cursed at by an activist at a coffee shop, has brewed the frothy fracas into a full-force Floridian feud.
Instead of ignoring the exchange that had been viewed more than 2 million times on YouTube, Scott’s political committee on Friday posted its own video that called activist Cara Jennings a “latte liberal” who once refused to recite the pledge of allegiance at a public meeting.
The initial video of the confrontation in a Gainesville Starbucks shows Jennings, 39, calling the governor “an embarrassment to our state.”
Jennings tells him her health care costs had increased because he cut Medicaid and because he signed a bill that prevents any state money going to Planned Parenthood, and said “you should be ashamed to show your face around here.”
Read more: www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/state_news/florida-gov-rick-scott-responds-to-coffee-shop-showdown/article_71b7955b-c05e-54a7-90a4-70396a779468.html
Instead of ignoring the exchange that had been viewed more than 2 million times on YouTube, Scott’s political committee on Friday posted its own video that called activist Cara Jennings a “latte liberal” who once refused to recite the pledge of allegiance at a public meeting.
The initial video of the confrontation in a Gainesville Starbucks shows Jennings, 39, calling the governor “an embarrassment to our state.”
Jennings tells him her health care costs had increased because he cut Medicaid and because he signed a bill that prevents any state money going to Planned Parenthood, and said “you should be ashamed to show your face around here.”
Read more: www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/state_news/florida-gov-rick-scott-responds-to-coffee-shop-showdown/article_71b7955b-c05e-54a7-90a4-70396a779468.html