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Former ambassador remembers 2000 Florida recount

Former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton addressed Florida’s delegation to the Republican National Convention this Thursday.

Bolton told the breakfast crowd he was glad to be back in Florida. Twelve years ago, he was here under very different circumstances.

Bolton spent a full month between Tallahassee and West Palm Beach recounting paper ballots and deciding which ones were valid.

"I just want you all to assure me before I leave today that this time you’re going to win by about 40 or 50 thousand votes so we don’t go through that again.”, said Bolton.

The vote in Florida was so contested, it was ultimately decided by the US supreme court.

George W. Bush’s Florida win gave him the presidency over Al Gore.

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