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Crist resigns from House ahead of gubernatorial election
thehill.com ^ | 8/31/22 | Emily Brooks

Posted on 08/31/2022 6:41:44 AM PDT by cotton1706

Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida, is resigning from the House and leaving his term early as the heads into the height of campaign season.

Crist’s resignation will be effective at the end of the day on Wednesday, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

n a statement to the Tampa Bay Times, Crist said it was “an honor and a privilege” to represent his constituents in Congress, adding that “these achievements start and end with you, the people — my bosses — who have guided my work in Congress since Day One.”

His resignation comes the week after he won Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial primary to take on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Crist had faced criticism earlier this year for heavily utilizing the House’s pandemic-era proxy voting rule, assigning a House colleague to vote on his behalf rather than traveling to Washington to vote in person.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2020election; 2022election; charliecrist; crist; desantis; election2020; election2022; elections; electionz; electionzzz; elekchunz; emilybrooks; fl; florida; rondesantis; thehill; theshill; wellbye
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This guy is SO worthless. So glad he'll be gone by the end of today.
1 posted on 08/31/2022 6:41:44 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

First order of business is to suck up to the Tranny Kids.


2 posted on 08/31/2022 6:43:31 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I always thought a Merry Garland was a Christmas tree decoration.)
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To: cotton1706

And now DeSantis can appoint his replacement


3 posted on 08/31/2022 6:44:12 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: cotton1706

He’ll be back in some reliability blue district running for congress, he knows nothing else but running for office, the one time he was out of office, he was an ambulance chasing lawyer for Morgan & Morgan out of Orlando, they tout themselves as the biggest personal injury law firm in the country.


4 posted on 08/31/2022 6:45:51 AM PDT by srmanuel (C)
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To: cotton1706

“Crist had faced criticism earlier this year for heavily utilizing the House’s pandemic-era proxy voting rule, assigning a House colleague to vote on his behalf rather than traveling to Washington to vote in person”

Can’t wait for the debates


5 posted on 08/31/2022 6:46:12 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: srmanuel

Hopefully he’ll fall into the black hole of history along with corrine brown


6 posted on 08/31/2022 6:47:43 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: cotton1706

One less Democrat in the House.


7 posted on 08/31/2022 6:48:06 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: cotton1706

One less Democrat in the House.


8 posted on 08/31/2022 6:48:06 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: cotton1706

Anna Luna should take this seat vs Lynn in the midterms. A flip.


9 posted on 08/31/2022 6:48:25 AM PDT by kabar
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To: cotton1706

Bilge pumps stopped working.


10 posted on 08/31/2022 6:51:47 AM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: Vendome

“And now DeSantis can appoint his replacement”

Governors don’t appoint replacements for House members. They schedule elections. And with the general election now only two months off, where a replacement will be chosen one way or the other, the governor will not be calling for a special election.


11 posted on 08/31/2022 6:52:37 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: Vendome

Will he dare appoint a Rep.?


12 posted on 08/31/2022 6:53:19 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: cotton1706

Did someone forget to tell him that Democrats never give up their office until they get the better one?


13 posted on 08/31/2022 6:56:16 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Vendome

It for the house seat. A special election needs to be called in November.


14 posted on 08/31/2022 6:56:41 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: V_TWIN

She actually ran of Congress again in the recent Florida primary, I guess the voters were not in the mood to elect a convicted tax cheat to Congress, she didn’t fare well coming in well down the list in a 10 person primary.


15 posted on 08/31/2022 6:58:31 AM PDT by srmanuel (C)
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To: Vendome

He’s just leaving early. There is an election set to replace him. In the meantime, who knows?

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/08/31/charlie-crist-resigns-from-congress-as-campaign-for-governor-heats-up/


16 posted on 08/31/2022 6:59:02 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: cotton1706

Well now. He certainly is optimistic……


17 posted on 08/31/2022 6:59:27 AM PDT by David Chase
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To: cotton1706

Who will be his replacement?


18 posted on 08/31/2022 6:59:39 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: cotton1706

Coming to your Florida televisions soon - in the form of Camp Lejeune, Mesothelioma, or Zantac ad spokesperson.

You think you’re tired of Joe Namath and Jimmy Walker? Just wait...


19 posted on 08/31/2022 7:04:14 AM PDT by FLNittany
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Yeah she was like 4th.

IIRC she ran in the orlando area.....the people of Jacksonville have had enough of her criminal enterprises.


20 posted on 08/31/2022 7:04:17 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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