Nelson Blasts Trump for Pulling Stunt the Senator Demanded

Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla) has long opposed any expansion of oil drilling off the Florida coast, and when the Trump administration announced such expansions generally in for coastal drilling, he was quick to reiterate. 

But when the administration announced that Florida would be excluded, as he demands, he was less than pleased.

Of course, if either Tallahassee or Washington were in (D) hands, I'm sure he would have expressed grateful praise for such a stunt wise decision.

Statues of this man are being removed...

“We were born on the same soil, breathe the same air, and live in the same land. Why, then, can we not live as brothers? I will say that when the war broke out I felt it my duty to stand by my people. When the time came I did the best I could, and I don't believe I flickered. I came here with the jeers of some white people, who think that I am doing wrong. I believe that I can exert some influence, and do much to assist the people in strengthening fraternal relations, and shall do all in my power to bring about peace…We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment.” - Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, speaking to an association of black southerners in 1875. - Knox News (USA Today)