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Senate Democrats move to bail Bill Nelson out in Florida

By Philip Wegmann

Published May 21, 2018 7:25pm ET

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Senate Democrats move to bail Bill Nelson out in Florida — Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., departs on the Senate subway after a vote on Gina Haspel to be CIA director, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 17, 2018 in Washington. | (Alex Brandon/AP)

The senior senator from Florida is underwater and Senate Democrats are trying to bail him out.

Senate Majority PAC just cut a 30-second spot in support of Bill Nelson, touting the Florida Democrat’s record as a veteran, an astronaut, and a bipartisan senator who “puts Florida first.” It’s full of generic mumbo-jumbo political boilerplate. The real story is the ad itself.

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