You knew this one was too hot for the VSG to keep his mouth shut about

As if the Florida close-numbers-in-the-Senate-and-governorship-races situation weren't volatile enough, the VSG just has to weigh in:

President Donald Trump weighed in on the battle over counting ballots in Florida's Senate and governor's race Monday and, as he has done before, claimed without evidence that the integrity of the election had been compromised.

The president tweeted that the results from Election Night should be accepted and both Republican candidates, Gov. Rick Scott, who's running for U.S. Senate against Sen. Bill Nelson, and former Rep. Ron DeSantis, who's running for governor against Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, should be declared the winners of their respective races.

I don't know that I'd go as far as ABC News and say "without evidence." For instance, this Brenda Sykes has a track record of shady activity at ballot-counting time. (Even there, a question looms large: Why, for cryin' out loud, hadn't Rick Scott fired her before this latest cycle?)

But there's this thing called state law, and the spreads in both of the Florida races in question are within the margin that automatically necessitates a recount. (Not that the election officials in the two counties in question hold state law in any kind of regard. They weren't providing regular updates, as the law requires, regarding outstanding ballots.)

The Scott and DeSantis teams, most definitely including the lawyers, are on the case and we don't need overblown rhetoric from the blowhard-in-chief complicating matters.

As we know, Democrats are power-mad savages who will stop at nothing to drag their own over the finish line. There's helpful rhetoric in fighting them, and unhelpful rhetoric. That Donald Trump would understand that. But it's very, vey unlikely. VSG gonna VSG.