What a piece of work old Rick Scott is. He stands in front of thousands of voters talking about abuse his Mama endured and then uses an ad smacking Charlie Crist for helping The Non Profit CASA of Florida raise money to help Abused women and children.
Community Action Stops Abuse, popularly known in the Tampa area as CASA, wants Gov. Rick Scott’s to understand that, in light of his latest “smear campaign ad.”
CASA is the Tampa Bay-based non-profit to provide crisis intervention for victims of domestic abuse.
This morning, they called on the Republican governor to stop using an ad featuring a clip of his Democratic opponent, former Gov. Charlie Crist, helping raise money for a 2012 charity event led by his wife Carole.
He pitches a fit about a fan and then stoops to a new low but CASA is not happy.
In Wednesday’s Florida gubernatorial debate, the issue of domestic violence played a brief role a Scott talked about coming from an abusive home.
“I want to thank my wife for standing by me, through thick and thin,” Scott said in his closing statement. “My mom’s watching from heaven, I want to thank her for being willing to divorce an abusive husband.”
Shining a light on the subject, even with a mention, may be a good start, according to CASA, especially for a problem that touches nearly one in four Florida families.
Nevertheless, what crosses the line is Scott’s recent campaign attack ad featuring a clip of Crist lending a hand for charity during Christmas.
CASA wants it to stop.
Here is the letter....
I was very proud of Governor Scott for highlighting the strength of his mother during the last debate — having left an abusive relationship. Domestic abuse is horrendous. As you may know, my company recently helped organize an event in St. Petersburg to raise money for CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse), led by former First Lady Carole Crist.
CASA is a charity introduced to me by Governor Crist and Mrs. Crist.
Tragically, last year the shelter was forced to turn away 1,400 people due to lack of funding. About half of those individuals were children — children in the same situation described by Rick Scott during the last debate.
They need all the funding they can get. One person being turned away is one too many.
In 2012, Governor Crist filmed a Christmas fundraising video for CASA.
We raised more than $1,000 publicly and significantly more privately from the video. I attribute most of that to the fact that Governor Crist appeared in the video — drawing awareness to the cause during the holiday season.
In your latest desperate smear campaign ad, you stole an image from this video. In essence, abusing a domestic abuse charity video to further your own partisan negativity. It’s more than unfortunate. It contradicts the words used by Rick Scott in the last debate about ending domestic abuse, both mental and physical. It also mocks the good people at CASA.
I would ask that you please apologize, cease and desist from using the image and video, and also make a contribution to CASA. Here is the link: http://www.casa-stpete.org.
Some things are more important than winning campaigns.
Thank you.
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No wonder he wanted to fan flames about a fan. He knew that ad was out there. Yeah, how many kids and women are abused due to his compassion about abuse victims? Answer that question Ricky? Just another day in Scott world where his blood runs colder than any reptile known to man. There is a village idiot missing from Area 51. He resides at the statehouse and says he is the Governor.
This is a new low for the slime. I have not seen the ad nor do I wish to as a survivor of domestic abuse from a previous marriage. Please GOTV and get this snake out !