“A day after Charlie Crist’s fan stole the show at the Florida gubernatorial debate, Rick Scott was the one sweating it out.

Scott’s initial refusal to debate until handlers for the Democrat removed an electric fan beneath Crist’s podium — before ultimately relenting — has members of his own party scratching their heads, as the seven-minute standoff now dubbed “Fangate” nabs the headlines nationally and gives Democrats easy fodder for attacks.

Debate organizers now say it was the Crist camp that broke the rules, but that detail has been largely ignored. And the Scott camp says the incumbent wasn’t holding out from participating because of the fan.”* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola (TYT University) break it down.

*Read more here from Tarini Parti / Politico:
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/fan-rick-scott-charlie-crist-111948.html

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Jon Stewart, White Privilege, Ban Travel, Ebola, Fox News & Florida Debate – The Young Turks 10/16/2014 News & Politics
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