RGA Statement on Charlie Crist’s Decision to Run for Florida Governor

Washington, D.C. – Republican Governors Association Chairman Governor Bobby Jindal issued the following statement regarding Democrat Charlie Crist’s decision to enter the Florida governor’s race:

“Charlie Crist was a failure as Governor and is a pure political opportunist who is out for himself.  Under Crist, Florida lost over 800,000 jobs, saw their unemployment rate surge from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent, and experienced a budgetary crisis that left the state sinking faster and faster.  And when the going got tough, Charlie dropped his rifle, abandoned his post, and ran away from the people of Florida.  If you like losing jobs and are looking for a politician who blows with the wind, Charlie Crist is your guy.  Senator Marco Rubio said it best: ‘I don’t know of anyone who in over a decade has run as a Republican, an Independent and a Democrat. He’s running out of parties.”

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