Mike Pence rallies GOP around Rick Scott in Orlando
It was a very different picture than the one that emerged this week in veteran journalist
[READ MORE: Trump insists he's the 'exact opposite' of Woodward's portrayal]
Pence instead touted Trump as driving toward prosperity.
"This president is a do-more president," Pence said. "You ever notice that ... there's no rearview mirror in that pickup truck. It's all straight ahead."
Pence told those assembled at the
"There's a symmetry between what the president and I have been doing ... and what Rick has been doing," Pence said.
Scott's single-mindedness on the economy has lowered unemployment from 11 percent when he took office in 2011 to 3.7 percent now, Pence said, adding
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"As governor, he paid down
Scott, who introduced Pence, did not mention Trump.
Instead, he repeatedly mentioned his opponent, three-term
[NELSON rails at Scott over his finances]
"His reckless Medicare-for-All approach should be named 'The End of Medicare as We Know It,'" Scott said. "This radical approach has another name: socialism."
"If
The Scott luncheon followed a
Pence called DeSantis "a full partner" in the Trump agenda, while DeSantis told Scott's audience that Nuñez will be a "star for our party."
Gillum taps
Doubling down on his appeal to progressive voters, Gillum on Thursday picked former primary rival
Gillum and his wife,
Gillum, the mayor of
"But we also talked about the fact that this is a difficult journey. It's hard. It's difficult work at times. And what we want to do not only in this race, but when we win the race for governor, is have a partner in helping to lead this state," Gillum said.
The Gillum-King partnership is founded on a lot of similarities. Both candidates ran as outspoken progressives in the
Gillum, the first
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