May 6 Senate Democrat Leadership Press Conference
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Democrat Rep. Ducks Questions On Keystone
Democrat Rep. Ducks Questions On Keystone (May 7, 2014)
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Democrat Charlie Crist is offering up a new and inflammatory reason he left the GOP: Too many Republicans oppose President Barack Obama because he's black.
Crist made the remarks Tuesday in an interview with Fusion's Jorge Ramos that instantly drew rebukes from Republicans who said the party-switching former governor was playing the race card.
But Crist said the bigotry against Obama was a "big reason" for his decision to leave the party.
"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. "I was a Republican and I saw the activists and what they were doing, it was intolerable to me."
Ramos said Crist left the GOP to run as an independent because he was losing the 2010 Senate Republican primary to Marco Rubio. But Crist denied it.
Crist has made race an on-again and off-again theme as he campaigns for his old job back as a Democrat, his third party affiliation. When he left the GOP four years ago, he didn't mention race.
"Being a flip-flopper is bad enough, but playing the race card to win over voters is pitiful," said Izzy Santa, Republican National Committee spokeswoman.
Crist, saying he was "liberated as a Democrat," also bashed the GOP for being too inflexible and for appearing to be "anti-women, anti-immigrant, anti-minority, (and) anti-gay."
Black voters are particularly important to Crist. They comprise 28 percent of the 4.1 million active registered Democrats in Florida, and he still has to beat former state Sen. Nan Rich in a party primary before facing Gov. Rick Scott.
In a general election, black voters are key for Democrats. Along with Hispanics, African-American voters have disproportionately stayed home during midterm elections, allowing more Republican-leaning white voters to dominate and elect GOP office holders. Black and Hispanic voters each account for about 14 percent of all active registered voters.
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Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says bigots a 'big reason' why he left GOP
May 07--Democrat Charlie Crist is offering up a new and inflammatory reason he left the GOP: Too many Republicans oppose President Obama because he's black.
Crist made the remarks Tuesday in an interview with Fusion's Jorge Ramos that instantly drew rebukes from Republicans who said the party-switching former governor was playing the race card.
But Crist said the bigotry against Obama was a "big reason" for his decision to leave the party.
"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. "I was a Republican and I saw the activists and what they were doing, it was intolerable to me."
Ramos said Crist left the GOP to run as an independent because he was losing the 2010 Senate Republican primary to Marco Rubio. But Crist denied it.
Crist has made race an on-again and off-again theme as he campaigns for his old job back as a Democrat, his third party affiliation. When he left the GOP four years ago, he didn't mention race.
"Being a flip-flopper is bad enough, but playing the race card to win over voters is pitiful," said Izzy Santa, Republican National Committee spokeswoman.
Crist, saying he was "liberated as a Democrat," also bashed the GOP for being too inflexible and for appearing to be "anti-women, anti-immigrant, anti-minority, [and] anti-gay."
Black voters are particularly important to Crist. They comprise 28 percent of the 4.1 million active registered Democrats in Florida, and he still has to beat former state Sen. Nan Rich in a party primary before facing Gov. Rick Scott.
In a general election, black voters are key for Democrats. Along with Hispanics, African-American voters have disproportionately stayed home during midterm elections, allowing more Republican-leaning white voters to dominate and elect GOP office holders. Black and Hispanic voters each account for about 14 percent of all active registered voters.
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Charlie Crist Slams Racists, Sexists, Homophobes in GOP
Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said in an interview Tuesday that the primary reason he left the Republican Party is because of its intolerable racism.
The Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat told Fusion TVs Jorge Ramos that he saw so much hostility toward President Obama that he just couldnt take it anymore.
Theyre perceived now as being anti-woman, anti-immigrant, anti-minority, anti-gay, anti-education, anti-environment, he said. I just wasnt comfortable.
I couldnt be consistent with myself and my core beliefs, and stay with a party that was so unfriendly toward the African-American president, Ill just go there, he said.
I was a Republican and I saw the activists and what they were doing, it was intolerable to me I couldnt take it anymore, he added. I am liberated as a Democrat, my true soul is able to be seen, and I couldnt be happier about it.
Mr. Crist is running again for governor and currently has a double-digit lead in at least one poll over Gov. Rick Scott, Fusion noted.
The Democrat has faced criticism for flip-flopping on many major issues, and Republicans are calling his racism claims dishonest.
Being a flip-flopper is bad enough, but playing the race card to win over voters is pitiful, Republican National Committee spokeswoman Izzy Santa said in an email to Fusion.
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Democrat Charlie Crist: I left GOP due to 'intolerable' racism