In the realm of political insults, this is a new one.
“I just woke up to the news today that your favorite Governor Rick Scott is going to head up some huge PAC for Donald Trump. Well that’s about right. Donald Trump is a Neanderthal nincompoop and so is Rick Scott, they’re perfectly well matched. Donald Trump is a guy who’s made a lot of money at everybody else’s expenses and so is Rick Scott. It’s a pretty good match I’d say,” says Former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean.
He made the statement to Florida Democrats during their delegation breakfast Thursday at the Democratic National Convention, adding that Trump and his top campaign aide Paul Manafort “probably should be” locked up.
Dean said he also believes Trump is a "clear and present danger to America" in light of statements Wednesday about hoping Russians can recover and release the emails deleted by Hillary Clinton- which the Clinton camp has said amounts to promoting espionage.
“This is not some fussy political thing about emails, or some ridiculous Congressional funded hearing about our expense about Benghazi,” Dean says. He soon added “If Donald Trump is changing the Republican platform to make it more Russia friendly, we need to investigate that. That is a national security danger and we shouldn’t even be talking about Donald Trump running for President of the United States.”
Attorney General Eric Holder joined in those feelings, saying essentially inviting Russia in to “do a cyberattack” shows he’s not qualified for the job of President.
“The choices in this election are as stark as they ever have been. I mean you think about the stuff that Donald Trump has said that each and every one of those things is by themselves disqualifying, and he adds to that every day,” Holder says.
Like Dean, Holder ended his address with a call to action.
“If we win Florida, it’s hard to see how the dynamics work for the other side.
He joked that he doesn’t want to see the State be close again- adding he wants the people, not the Supreme Court to have the final say.
