(CNN) At Wednesday night's town hall on guns, Sen. Marco Rubio was repeatedly pressed -- and criticized -- by the audience in Sunrise, Florida, for his past defenses of gun rights. Nelson, a Democrat running for re-election next fall , seemed to view the town hall -- hosted by CNN and moderated by Jake Tapper -- as a vehicle to jump-start his campaign against Republican Gov. No matter the question asked of him, Nelson found a way to make it all about Scott. Just in case you missed Nelson's point, here it is again -- in a different moment in the town hall (again, I am excerpting a major portion for the sake of full context):"Let me tell you about the bill that I have cosponsored. That town hall wasn't about racking up political points on a likely opponent.

Source: CNN February 22, 2018 23:48 UTC