Posted on 08/23/2022 7:04:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai
U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination for governor in Florida on Tuesday, setting him up to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall in a campaign that the Republican incumbent sees as the first step toward a potential White House run.
In selecting Crist, Florida Democrats sided with a candidate backed by many in the party’s establishment who viewed him as the safest choice, even after he lost his previous two statewide elections. The 66-year-old moderate, who served as Florida’s Republican governor a decade ago, hopes to appeal to voters in Florida’s teeming suburbs as Democrats seek to reverse a losing pattern in a state that was recently seen as a perennial political battleground.
Above all, the Democratic contest centered on DeSantis, who views his November reelection as a potential springboard into the 2024 presidential contest. Given the stakes, Democrats across Florida and beyond expressed a real sense of urgency to blunt DeSantis’ momentum. […]
Crist won the Democratic nomination over Nikki Fried, the state agriculture commissioner. She staked out a more progressive campaign and was particularly vocal in defending abortion and LGBTQ rights. The 44-year-old cast herself as “something new” and hoped to become Florida’s first female governor. In a sign of the party’s meager standing in Florida, she’s currently the only Democrat holding statewide office. …
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Florida Democrats choose Rep. Crist to Lose to DeSantis
10 pts or more chrissy loses by
Charlie Crist is a serial loser that has no chance against DeSantis.
The original Orange Menace, again ? Perennial loser.
I have the slogan for Crist
Jesus, Crist (Again!?)
It’s amazing this orange pervert hasn’t gotten caught like Andrew Gillum did. He thought if he got elected to the Senate, coronated by stupid Republicans, he was going to be President.
His tan alone should disqualify him.
Even Dem voters can't trust Crist.
“We are going to make Ronald DeSantis a one-term governor and a zero-term president of the United States,” she (Nikki Fried) said as she conceded Tuesday, calling on her supporters to come together to support Crist. …I get the feeling that I should have quoted this (desperate) rallying cry of Fried, due to its ironic humor in context.
Fools
I guess Crist can do the same thing.
” In a sign of the party’s meager standing in Florida, she’s currently the only Democrat holding statewide office. …”
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This tells you why FL was the first state to announce the win for Trump 2020. Even “blue” county Miami Dade had a significant increase of Trump voters that no Dominion machine could cheat.
Exactly
One word: Moderate. Had to stop reading right there.
That’s actually kinda funny, if not a little bit blasphemous.
A. NBC amputated Good Time Charlie's ears.
I know
I had to ask for forgiveness on that one
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