Fangate: Rick Scott Refuses To Take The Stage For Debate

By Karoli Kuns — October 15, 2014

Governor ~~Voldemort~~ Scott had a bit of a hissy fit before the Florida debate, which brought on the vapors and a moment unlike any I've seen recently.

The presence of a fan offended Rick Scott, who claimed the rules of the debate banned any electronics on stage. Scott said the fan was an electronic device, and so refused to take the stage at first.

Meanwhile, Crist is mocking him while standing on stage, asking why Rick Scott thinks this is what the people of Florida want.

Here are some choice tweets.

https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/522548822208421888

Privately, Republicans/Rick Scott loyalists are telling me the moment he didn't go onstage over fangate was the moment he lost the election

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) October 16, 2014

What was the more absurd part?

Emphasizing it was a "small fan."

Declaring "there should be no fan."

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) October 16, 2014

Rick Scott’s fan spin: “Who are you going to believe: Me or your lying eyes?”

Everyone saw Crist waiting on stage for you, guy.

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) October 16, 2014

In spin room Rubio saying Scott was late because Crist wasn't there.

Crist. Was. On. The. Stage. #fail

— Eddie Vale (@evale72) October 16, 2014

Chuck Todd was ready for the counterspin. No DQ for Scott:

So @ChuckTodd doesn't think #fangate is disqualifying, but he does think Crist's request was "weird" https://t.co/mOHWnMz75q

— Daily Kos Elections (@DKElections) October 16, 2014

Crist weighs in:

RT @NextGenFL: Rick Scott, not a fan of renewable energy... or fans #FLGovDebate #Fangate http://t.co/I7hJ3M1spe

— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) October 16, 2014

Update:

Crist specified an exception for a fan on stage when he signed the agreement. So either Governor Voldemort was tossing a fit because he knew about that, or he didn't know but couldn't be bothered to ask.

Update 2:

Watch Scott try to explain it.

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