Florida Governor Rick Scott and Senator Marco Rubio unloaded on the FBI today over the agency’s admission that it mishandled a tip on school shooter Nikolas Cruz.
First up, here’s Gov. Scott calling for FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign:
Gov. Rick Scott: FBI director needs to resign for failing to heed warnings about Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooter pic.twitter.com/M1EwAbCre3
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) February 16, 2018
And here’s Sen. Rubio calling for a House and Senate investigation into what went wrong:
INBOX: RUBIO: FBI UTTERLY FAILED VICTIMS OF FLORIDA SHOOTING
Rubio: “Both the House and Senate need to immediately initiate their own investigations into the FBI’s protocols for ensuring tips from the public about potential killers are followed through.” pic.twitter.com/FsiOnUaJ28
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) February 16, 2018
Dem Sen. Bill Nelson, who would be Scott’s opponent if he decides to run for the Senate, echoed Rubio and called for an investigation as well:
.@SenBillNelson does not echo Scott call for FBI director to resign: pic.twitter.com/StHdgt0VWR
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) February 16, 2018
As we told you earlier, the FBI admitted to mishandling a tip on January 5 that could have alerted authorities to Cruz’s intentions:
Oh man.
Per the FBI: On Jan 5, the FBI public tipline got a call with info "about (Parkland, FL School shooter) Cruz’s gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting." pic.twitter.com/sbMaXi7HxQ
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) February 16, 2018
And AG Jeff Sessions has already ordered a review into what went wrong:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a statement Friday imploring people to alert law enforcement if they spot warning signs of a possible attack and announced an "immediate review of process" at the @FBI and @TheJusticeDept https://t.co/MKlk2ZvM1U pic.twitter.com/nKIsmD27sr
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 16, 2018
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Related:
HOLY SH*T! FBI got tip about Nikolas Cruz LAST MONTH and did NOTHING https://t.co/J5YPh5OvW9
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 16, 2018
ICYMI==> FBI explains why it didn't do anything on the Nikolas Cruz tip in 2017 https://t.co/zUR0DymMKv
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 15, 2018
Blue checks eager to correct @RealDonaldTrump on Nikolas Cruz put extra scrutiny on the FBI instead https://t.co/29JlaCJzVQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 15, 2018
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