NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday called Islamic State militants “evil” and demanded that President Barack Obama destroy them after a video surfaced purporting to show the beheading of freelance journalist Seven Sotloff who has ties to the state.

Scott launched a two-week re-election bus tour on Labor Day and planned on Tuesday to hold his second political rally of the day at a hardware store. But during the stop Scott said he was canceling the event and instead asked supporters to give a moment of silence to Sotloff.