Tuesday, January 27th, 2015

Charlie Crist's file

Democrat from Florida

Charlie Crist is a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014. As a Republican, he served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat.

Crist's statements by ruling

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Recent statements involving Charlie Crist

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Crist spent money on the manse, too

Charlie Crist

Charlie Crist

Says Rick Scott "spent $800,000 of your tax dollars upgrading the Governor's Mansion."

Mostly False

Veto followed by later funding increases

Charlie Crist

Charlie Crist

"Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers weren’t needed."

Mostly False

Not immediately on leaving jail

Rick Scott

Rick Scott

Says Charlie Crist wants felons who "commit a heinous crime" such as "intentional permanent disfigurement of a child, you walk out of jail, you immediately get to vote."

False

Two different bills on two separate subjects

Charlie Crist

Charlie Crist

Says property insurance rates are going up because Rick Scott signed a bill preventing the state from regulating insurance.

Mostly False

There's little chance the Legislature would have acted

Rick Scott

Rick Scott

Says Charlie Crist could have expanded Medicaid after the health care law passed but didn't.

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