#charlie crist

[liberalsarecool]

DeSantis is an abuser.

His policies towards children and LGBTQ community are vulgar. His climate denial is monstrous in a vulnerable state like Florida. His immigrant stunts should give him immense shame but he is an abuser, afterall.

Vote for Charlie Crist.

#RemoveRon

[politicaldilfs]

Florida Governor DILFs

Bob Graham, Bob Martinez, Jeb Bush, Charley Eugene Johns, W. Haydon Burns, LeRoy Collins, Buddy MacKay, C. Farris Bryant, Claude R. Kirk Jr., Doyle E. Carlton, Millard Caldwell, Fuller Warren, Rick Scott, Daniel T. McCarty, Wayne Mixson, Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles, Charlie Crist

[sbrown82]

BRUH...You can’t make this shit up!!!!

If y’all don’t get y’all asses to them polls come November.....

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

2020 vs 2022

Happy primary day.

[mysharona1987]

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

With the fight over abortion rights looming large over the midterm elections, voters in Florida ousted two prominent anti-abortion elected officials in separate races on Tuesday.

Florida Rep. James Bush lost his reelection bid, a notable defeat for the sole Democrat in the state legislature who voted on a 15-week abortion ban and the anti-LGBTQ "Don't Say Gay" bill.

His opponent, 37-year-old lawyer Ashley Gantt, ran on a platform focused on affordable housing, public education, and criminal justice reform. Gantt, an attorney and former public school teacher, has criticized Bush for siding with Republicans on the abortion ban and the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which bars "classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity."

"As a Black woman, I was offended when he voted to restrict my rights, our right to make decisions over our bodies," she said last week. "As a former teacher, I was insulted that he voted to inject Tallahassee extremism into our classrooms and deny local control over our school systems."

Gantt and Bush were the only two candidates vying for District 109. As the winner of the Democratic primary, Gantt is now the representative-elect.

Bush was first elected to the Florida state House in 1992. He was elected again in 2008, then in 2018. His penchant for supporting Republican-sponsored bills drew the ire of his fellow Democrats, some of whom publicly voiced their support for Gantt in the election; Democratic state Sen. Jason Pizzo recently accused him of "voting against Democratic values and kissing the Governor’s ass - all day, everyday."

Florida voters also ousted Jared Smith, an incumbent circuit judge for Hillsborough County who gained notoriety for rejecting a teenager's request for an abortion because her grades were low.

The race between Smith and his opponent, Nancy Jacobs, was relatively contentious for a typically low-key nonpartisan judgeship election, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

Smith had denied a 17-year-old seeking an abortion without parental consent in January this year on the basis that her grades were low and that she lacked "intelligence or credibility," and was therefore not mature enough to get an abortion. An appeals court later overturned his ruling.

Jacobs did not directly criticize Smith over his decision (Florida bars judicial candidates from making public statements on legal issues), but she has shared posts on Facebook regarding the ruling.

In a statement to BuzzFeed News, Jacobs said she looked forward to taking the bench in January and "ensuring that the people of Hillsborough County who enter my courtroom are treated with respect, dignity, and integrity every day."

She said that Smith's decision in the abortion case was possibly "one factor among many in voters’ decisions on whom to cast their ballots for in this race" given that it made national headlines.

Smith had made his Christian faith central to his reelection campaign. His wife, Suzette Smith, once told supporters that Jacobs, who is Jewish, "needs Jesus."

"We pray for her. She needs Jesus," Suzette Smith said. "To deny God and to deny the Bible is a person that’s — the heart is very hard toward God.”

Jacobs called the comments "troubling" and accused the couple of "using their religion to insult and disparage the faith of an opposing candidate."

Florida is set up for a riveting general election in November, with abortion rights expected to be a central issue in races all the way up to the gubernatorial election.

Charlie Crist, a former Republican governor, won the Democratic primary on Tuesday, setting up a challenge against Gov. Ron DeSantis. Crist fended off accusations of being "pro-life" from his primary opponent, Nikki Fried, arguing that he struck down anti-abortion bills during his time in office.

[derogatoryapparently]

Texas, Florida and Georgia you could have done so much better.

[jerseydeanne]

I watched Fox Now live. Rubio and DeSantis just blew the doors open! Then came Charlie Crist, the flip-flopping, old guy who doesn't seem to believe what he is talking about.

Crist wants Florida to go WOKE and insults African Americans as stupid who needs drop boxes in their neighborhoods, opening up Florida for more election fraud by Dems.

DeSantis made it illegal to do voting harvesting. Now Charlie is okay with that.

He calls DeSantis un-American, really? Florida is the true state of freedom.

Millions have moved from blue states to Florida, Texas, and Mexico to escape ludicrous and dangerous thought police and draconian lockdowns.

Intelligent people know what the Biden administration is all about. Ushering in the Great Reset because the guy is corrupt and stupid to want to kill America by following a failed concept from the WEF.

Biden is coming after you! He hates America. He and his cronies want your money to run for office in 2024. His money laundering schemes will be at the forefront in 2023 when the unwoke takeover.

[mulaniseverything]

Me voting for Charlie Crist today

[midnightfunk]

Get him, Charlie

[rodrickcolbert]

Rubio Is Scared. Val Demings Is Dream Candidate For The Democrats’ Florida Pollster Says

Rubio Is Scared. Val Demings Is Dream Candidate For The Democrats’ Florida Pollster Says

Let’s keep him scared. Rubio Is Scared. Val Demings Is Dream Candidate For The Democrats’ Florida Pollster Says

[gmotd]

House of Memes (gmotd.tumblr.com) 2022-09-16

Yesterday, Ron DeS***** used taxpayer money to fly about 50 Venezuelans who were legally seeking asylum in the US to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.  Thereby breaking several federal laws. 

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I don't think Charlie Crist stands a chance against Ron DeSantis, and even if he did he wouldn't be able to accomplish much, what with the Republicans controlling the state legislature; if by some miracle he wins, they'll use the lame duck period to pass tons of new laws to strip the governor of all power, just like in Wisconsin, Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, etc. Democrats chose NOT to do this in Virginia last year when Youngkin won and Republicans flipped one house; they could have neutered him and prevented his party from making ANY progress, but no, they thought that would be petty and unfair (funny how Republicans never have reservations against pettiness and unfairness when they're in charge...)

What comes next for Florida? Really? Ron DeSantis gets another term, poor people and black people and queer people will continue to be fucked over, education will collapse, and then he'll run for president in 2028 (not 2024; Trump is running in 2024, and no Republican will ever challenge him because they would be thrown out of the party faster than you can say "Liz Cheney"). But what happens in 2026? Who do we get then? Rubio and Prick Scott aren't going anywhere, so DeSantis can't just run for Senate as the next rung up on the power ladder, and he can't run for a third term (unless the Republicans amend the constitution, which wouldn't even be all that hard; it requires a majority vote in a referendum, and they could hold it as early as next year, the off year, specifically to drive down turnout), but who could possibly do a worse job than DeSatan? Matt Gaetz? Just kill me now... It's gonna be someone who's batshit fucking insane, we can all be certain of that. It's a race to the bottom, everyone in the Republican party is competing to be crueler and dumber and more egregious than those who came before them with no clear end goal besides riling up the most people and fsnning the highest flames.

There is no fixing this.

People joke about California breaking away from the continent and drifting out to sea, and it really makes me wish that Florida was on a faultline so it could break off too and sink into the Caribbean. This cesspit of a state is irredeemable, inhospitable, nearly uninhabitable, what with all the hurricanes and the floods and the skyrocketing cost of living and neonazis in every single police department from Key West to Pensacola. I hate it here more than just about anything else. I'm trapped behind enemy lines. I'm a thousand miles from any semblance of sanity (not that things are much better up north, though more people wear masks, which is a big plus). There's nothing for me here. I don't belong here. I don't know if I belong anywhere... This is all I've ever known.

[kp777]

Gen Z House Candidate Maxwell Frost After Florida Win: 'Don't Count Out Young People'

NBC News

Aug 23, 2022