Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, the one-time Republican now running for his old seat as a Democrat, claims he left the GOP because of racism.
“I couldn’t be consistent with myself and my core beliefs, and stay with a party that was so unfriendly toward the African-American president, I’ll just go there,” Crist said in an interview with Fusion’s Jorge Ramos. “I was a Republican and I saw the activists and what they were doing, it was intolerable to me.”
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Ramos challenged Crist, saying, “You left the Republican Party because you were going to lose to Marco Rubio.”
“No, I left the Republican Party because the leadership went off the cliff,” Crist answered.
Never mind that the party faithful preferred the Hispanic candidate over him.
Twitter was quick to call Crist out on his rhetoric, showing the king of flip-flop little mercy. Twitchy.com captured some of the responses:
Malicious dishonesty! RT @DRUDGE_REPORT: Charlie Crist Says Racism Drove Him From Republican Party, Not Rubio… http://t.co/5L9YPJgyQO
— David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) May 6, 2014
Outrageous charges of #racism have finally jumped the shark The execrable Charlie Crist claims racism drove him from GOP not Marco Rubio! — Herbert Goldfeld (@herbgoldfeld) May 7, 2014
Plus, he was mad he lost to a Hispanic guy RT @HuffPostPol Charlie Crist says “intolerable” racism is a “big reason” why he left the GOP — Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) May 7, 2014
When He Got A Smack Down From A Cuban @CharlieCrist Blames Racism For Leaving The GOP! http://t.co/ysbXO5eolK #Loser #RedNationRising
— RedNationRising (@RedNationRising) May 7, 2014
Orange Is the New Black: A show about Charlie Crist’s switch to Democrat because of racism inside the GOP. #KrystalBallBookClub
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) May 7, 2014
@CharlieCrist <– you are the lowest form of politician there is. Crist: Racism Drove Me From Repub Party, Not Rubio http://t.co/nDjFPAqUdR
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) May 6, 2014
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The longest-tenured writer at BizPac Review, Tom grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills.
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