Republicans escalate Florida fraud claims amid recount

Senior Republicans on Sunday doubled down on claims by Donald Trump that Democrats were attempting to steal Tuesday's razor-thin senatorial race in Florida, accusing both the incumbent and election officials of fraud.The intensifying feud comes 18 years after the Sunshine State found itself at the heart of a battle for the US presidency, when George W. Bush prevailed over Al Gore after recounts were halted by the Supreme Court.Republican Rick Scott, the state's governor until January when his te