Huck PAC Refutes Blogger Accusation

On Sunday, Florida blogger Nick Egoroff claimed to have an anonymous source within the Rick Scott gubernatorial campaign saying that Huckabee offered his endorsement to Scott in exchange for $250,000. Hogan Gidley, director of Huck PAC, responds:

Let me be perfectly clear, Governor Mike Huckabee has never had a conversation with Rick Scott or anyone on his staff about such matters. In fact, at the time the Scott campaign claims this was being discussed, Governor Huckabee had already early voted for Bill McCollum.

Governor Huckabee only endorses who he believes will be the best person for the position – and in this case, that’s Florida gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum. This lie from a mysterious source within the Rick Scott campaign shows how dishonest and desperate his campaign is.

If Rick Scott made this claim, he needs to publically and immediately admit this is total lie – and if he didn’t say it, he needs to fire whichever member of his campaign staff said it.

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Two preliminary thoughts: First, Egoroff is a big Scott supporter with an anonymous campaign source two days before a tightly-contested election. His credibility is pretty low. Second, Huckabee has a strong alibi, having voted for McCollum before the "conversation" supposedly took placed. At this point, it's a non-story.