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Learn. sure. i understand. teachers that we have talked to here last night they basically echoed the exact same thoughts. thank you very much for all that you do for your school and for being with us. thank you. chris? alisyn is, thank you very much. thousands of people at the cnn townhall. but that was still a relatively discreet group of super concerned people who want a specific kind of change. now the bigger reality. what will president trump, congress, and state lawmakers actually do, especially once the passion fades? joining us now is cnn political director david challian. some people are saying stop calling rubio brave. showing up last night and facing the questions is not easy. we know that because a lot of lawmakers won t do that. governor scott wasn t there. ryan and mcconnell, as we off say on the show? you hear that? that s them saying nothing about ....
Called let s get to work. it turns out the principi group did get to work. at least in florida. where in 2010 the group won a $1.8 million contract to help stop the closure of military bases. like the two congressmen, governor scott wasn t exactly interested in talking about the relationship between fundraisers and contracts and doing business with the state of florida. you have to go talk to let s get to work. last question. we did ask the pac, let s get to work. but we got our answer back in an e-mail from the florida republican party, which says, the inference in your question is invalid and not worthy of a response. governor scott makes all decisions based on what is best for the people of florida. what will create jobs, careers and opportunities for its citizens. drew griffin, cnn, washington. if you have a tip for drew griffin and the cnn informations team, go to c cnn.com/investigations. ....
On and goes on and goes on. reporter: we wanted to ask utah democratic congressman jim mathisen about fundraising at his breakfast. specifically why he was raising money for his political action committee at the same time he was deciding to leave congress. he wasn t interested. we also wanted to ask michigan congressman dave camp why he need eed so much money. he raised nearly $4.5 million in his last campaign. his opponent raised a paltry $37,000. camp has blown out his closest challengers for years. so what s all this money for? no comment. and then there s florida governor rick scott. remember that first fundraiser he was having? it was hosted by the principi group, a company founded by former veterans administration secretary anthony principi. two days before hosting this fundraiser for the governor, the principi group gave $10,000 to governor scott s political action committee, which is ....
It turns out, the principe group did get to work, at least in florida, where in 2012, the group won a $1.8 million contract to help stop the closure of military bases. like the two congressmen, governor scott wasn t exactly interested in talking about the relationship between fund-raisers and contracts and doing business with the state of florida. you have to go talk to let s get to work! last question reporter: we did ask the pac, let s get to work! but we got an answer back in an e-mail from the florida republican party, which says the inference in your question is invalid and not worthy of a response. governor scott makes all decisions based on what is best for the people of florida, what will create jobs, careers and opportunities for its citizens. in other words, that d.c. fund-raiser, the $10,000 donation, the $1.8 million contract, it s all just a coincidence. drew griffin joins me now. now, drew, there is all this ....