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Scott Attacks Constituent In New Ad

April 8, 2016 at 10:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 69 Comments

Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) political action committee released an attack ad against a woman who verbally lashed out at him at a Starbucks earlier this week.

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