charlie crist projected to win.mean ron desantis enters this re-election effort as the favorite, i would say. i mean, florida has really trended to be a red state. he's got a massive war chest of north of $100 million, and he's pretty popular in his home state. you know, when desantis barely won four years ago, it was actually a big democratic year, and this year looks a little more friendly to republicans. so i think it's an uphill battle for charlie crist. but to your point about him being a presidential prospect, there is no bigger name in politics not named trump right now than ron desantis. charlie crist is sort of going to have the whole democratic party focused on him to figure out how do you run against this guy that may be the 2024 republican nominee. >> charlie crist may have an advantage because he's been a republican and a governor. he was a republican governor back in 2006. >> the first time i ever covered charlie crist, he was lounging by the pool in del rey beach, florida, with romney's team at the 20

cnn projects charlie crist will win the democratic governor's primary. he will take on income and republican ron desantis in november. crist was elected governor in 2006, when he was a republican he's been serving in the u.s. house since 2017. >> make no mistake about it. this guy wants to be president of the united states of america, and everybody knows it. however, when we defeat him on november 8th, that show is over! >> also in florida, former u.s. president donald trump's new lawsuit, stemming from the fbi's search of mar-a-lago is getting pushed back from the federal judge. >>> the judge said, a friday deadline was set for trumm's lawyers to clarify their request for a special master to review evidence seized by the fbi. it comes, as we are learning about a letter from the national archives to trump's legal team.it confirms more than 700 pages marked classified, and special access were recovered from mar-a-lago by the archives team in january. according to the letter, archives officials shared the documents with the intelligence community back in m

tonight, democratic voters overwhelmingly electing the more moderate candidate, congressman charlie crist their best hope. >> i'm so proud to have earned the support for the democratic nomination to be the next governor of the state of florida. >> reporter: the race between crist and nikki fried sparking debate about the kind of fighting chance in florida. while november could be a test of whether the state can be called a battleground at all, or if it's a lock for republicans. >> florid has become a big white whale for democrats. they get close, but they just can't get over the finish line. the last couple of elections have been particularly frustrating statewide in the governors' races as well as senate races. it's been slipping away further and further from democrats' grasp. >> i've been the governor of florida, the attorney general of florida, the elected commissioner of education. all these issues are important. >> reporter: congressman charlie crist was a die-hard republican before changing parties. >> this is an important moment for florida's future. >> reporter: even elected as th

the charlie crist/ron desantis race is now basically a proxy fight. crist is leaning into this.e's saying this is our opportunity to stop ron desantis before he runs for president. >> it's going to be really hard. desantis has a massive war chest. in addition to that, florida has become a state that's not been particularly friendly for democrats. they struggled in the last cycle in south florida, which was an area that they could lean on and expect big margins of victory in the state. they'll have to turn that around to win and beat desantis. they're the clear underdogs there. also val demings, yes, she's raised a ton more money than marco rubio. democrats have been successful at raiding money online, she's still the underdog heading into there. if democrats pull off victories there, they're almost certainly in the majority in the senate and that could be a big problem for ron desantis. >> one major thing that looms large for val demings is she's a former law enforcement officer. it's this issue of crime. she could get hit on both sides of this. she knows it. >> she certainly kn

so, charlie crist and there's this respond by in the game. florida democrats chose a candidate tonight that has not won statewide in 16 years, and that is a critical announces of his candidacy, but what we are also seeing is that -- as the pointed out, is a national trend that may be to favor democrats. for charlie crist, thou val demings and democrats in congressional races, that national trend might be enough in the state of florida to really put them over the edge. but without that national trend in florida, democrats are certainly fighting uphill. look, republicans, let's flip the script a little bit, republicans tonight and in previous elections in the last 6 to 8 weeks or more fully off message. they want to be talking about joe biden and the economy, and they are actually talking about donald trump and roe v. wade, or at least they are having to talk about that. that is a losing position from republicans, the more democrats like charlie crist can focus on those issues, the more likely that they are going to get rhonda scent is a compet

dereliction of duty. >> carley: ashley strohmier, thank you, odds are not looking good for democrat charlie cristcember, not if you are asking one of crist's advisor, who says it is powerball election, there is still a chance, 1 in 292.2 million. >> todd: joe concha joins us, that is not a republican pollster saying that, that is somebody that works for charlie crist, what do you make and what should we take away from admission like that? >> joe: 1 in 1 292,000, you are saying there is a chance? ron desantis is seen by many in the democratic party biggest threat to their power by far on national level, especially if donald trump does not seek the republican nomination. in term of the governor's race, charlie crist, a former republican, there has not been a republican governor in the state of florida in 20 years, talking about a 50/50 state in terms of voter registration with democrats and republicans and republicans seem to be doing better in recent years and that will likely not change. poll after poll shows desantis beating crist. there are reports about ron desantis 'bill, the word gay doesn't

charlie crist has proving to do on the fundraising. starts to show numbers close to desantis, you'll start to see the money come in. two very high profile races in florida prstatewide. democrats need an edge but they're in this race as of tonight.ra they might be there in november. >> thank you all so much for staying up with us. coming up, donald trump's legal woes continue to mount ano his own lawyers don't seem to be helping. we'll get you back to alex wagner tonight next. heback to ax wagner tonight next. with xfinity internet, you get advanced security that helps protect you at home and on the go. you feel so safe, it's as if... i don't know... evander holyfield has your back. i wouldn't click on that. hey, thanks! we got a muffin for ed! all right! you don't need those calories. can we at least split it? nope. advanced security that helps protect your devices in and out of the home. i mean, can i have a bite? only from xfinity. nah. unbeatable internet. made to do anything so you can do anything. thinkorswim® by td ameritrade is

charlie crist has announced his resignation. charlie crist is resigning from congress to focus on his bed at two florida governor. the move is expected after his victory over nikki freed. the seat will remain vacant until the november election. a story we touched on earlier this morning from the washington's host. late filing from the justice department yesterday headlined, the justice department said trump team may have hidden, moved classified papers appeared former president trump and his advisers failed to turn over classified documents. a diligent search has been conducted, leading to a fbi raid of his florida home that has found more than 100 additional classified items. the filing traces the extraordinary saga of governmental officials related efforts to recover sensitive national security papers from trump's residence. prosecutors came to suspect that government records were likely concealed and removed, and the efforts were taken to obstruct the government's investigation. let's go first to our democrats line. to philad

but i don't know she has enough of that rise yet to beat charlie crist. go up against desantis and so, i would expect you're going to see cultural issues involved in that campaign in the general, but i kind of lay my money down on charlie crist from the standpoint that he was a governor, here's what's so weird about it, poppy, he was a republican governor, and now he's running for governor as a democrat. i don't know how you do that. i really -- i'm upset with the republican party, but i couldn't imagine all of a sudden announcing i'm a democrat. it is kind of weird to me. >> thank you for confirming on cnn that you're not going to become -- you're not going to switch parties. but, you know, you look, governor, at cultural issues, i think you bring up such a good point. so much of the national media attention on desantis is about the cultural fights that he is engaged in, right? whether it is disney, whether with schools and in the classroom, is that what is going to dominate this race? if it is, what do you make of that? ayele lot of other issues don't a

instead they went with charlie cr crist, a former republican, once called himself pro-life. hat voters find comfort in a familiar face. you know, charlie is someone who a lot of people talk to that some people trust, that they think that moderate voters will find offensive. and if you ever walk the street with charlie crist, he is someone who everyone seems to know. people shout out hey charlie. and he has been around a long time. and he will be running as sort of joe biden playbook of promising to be a consensus builder, be a familiar face. and really bring civility back to politics at a time when the rhetoric has gotten so divisive here. but notably the joe biden playbook did not work in florida. trump won here in 2016 and then in 2020 by an even larger far begin. and crist himself hasn't won in 2006. he ran as an independent as lost. and he was the democratic nominee in 2014 and came up short. and now he just has 11 weeks to put up a fight against ron desantis and $132 million that will be used to run a whole bunch of ads. so he will have to work closely i think with the s

probably be dimmed, poppy, but to me what i heard charlie crist saying is please donate. he mentioned his website no fewer than four times. >> imagine that. a politician looking for donations. another race in florida for the senate seat held by marco rubio. i spoke to the republican congressman last hour. he said val demings has a better shot than crist against desantis and i wonder if you agree with that. >> it's a tough assessment to make in two different races. i didn't hear what congressman rooney based that on. it's fair to say demings first of all would make history first african american female senator coming from florida. that would be a big deal and her profile perhaps has the opportunity to build more support out of the gate from the democratic base than maybe charlie crist does but i just think it's apples and oranges. desantis is more popular than rubio in the state of florida broadly so that may have something to do with his strength less so than a comparison between crist and demings. >> david, thank you. >> thanks, guys. >>> so former president trump has un

charlie crist, kaitlan had an interview with charlie crist, and the last question was do you want joe biden to come campaign for you? and the answer was -- >> emphatic yes. >> yeah, i mean, look, i think so many races, especially midterms, are about getting the base excited. it is not going to do a lot of good for some of the candidates to openly snub joe biden and i also think they really need -- his answer to you, i thought, was interesting, he's talking about african american voters, for example. there are some factors in florida, if val demings is running against marco rubio gets black turnout through the roof, that potentially is an x factor for charlie crist. >> i would also just note on the biden factor, i'm always amazed, i agree with -- i'm amazed when democrats struggle with this. democrats are coming beholden to joe biden right now. i don't think it is a big decision do i embrace him or not, i don't think it is that big. because in the most recent polling i saw, i think from pew this week, not only is joe biden's approval rating down, certainly it is, but fewer and fewer pe

this will be the third time that charlie crist has run for governor of florida. once as an republican, he got elected in 2000, six served one term. he ended up running at the am democratic nominee for governor 2014 -- he lost narrowly to rick scott. the third time he'll run for governor again as a democrat in 2022, against ron desantis. that matchup is now. charlie crist wins the democratic primary, a couple of interesting house races i've known before. remember, the map was redrawn, here the congressional map in florida was redrawing away. it created a lot of opportunities for republican here. but two republican incumbents, we're keeping in a close eye. this race proved very close. they're surprisingly close, i should say. but then webster, the incumbent republican projected he is going to survive his primary in the 11th district of florida. but the very controversial laura bloomer, she embraces the label islamophobic. just finishing here about six points behind dan webster. this is a district that includes the county that famously where the villages are. what's

and charlie crist was well known to. but florida is still a state that is certainly leaning more republican. but this still, i would call it, a deep red state by any means. so, look, we don't know just how the issues will play out. but this environment does favor republicans. but, democrats have something for their advantage as well. i mean the dobbs decision on abortion, is certainly energized and intensify the democratic base. and will likely swipe turnout to higher level than you would ordinarily see in the midterm election. having said, that i do see it as an uphill climb for charlie crist. when he and ron desantis in this environment. that being said i think it can be a close race. >> well kelly, which at city think charlie has here? >> i think it is a really uphill climb. i really can't disagree with dented that regard. i would say that although florida is not his fairly a highly red state. it is a very particularly red state. what i mean by that is your publican governor, secretary of state, attorney general, both

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, congressman charlie crist.t, however also former republican governor charlie crist. he wins over the florida agriculture commissioner nikki fried. and now sets up this charlie crist versus ron desantis and that will be a battle. ron desantis has a big war chest, a ton of money down there obviously and well positioned. let's look at the senate. now there is an opponent val demings up against marco rubio the incumbent republican senator there. that is seen as perhaps a closer race one that people are watching. and then we will go all the way out to the special elections, special runoff, i should say, in oklahoma, and that is to fill the seat of senator inhoff who's retire and mark wayne mullen the congressman beating t.w. shannon up there so that sets up a battle. oklahoma leans right, that should be a red hold in oklahoma. but that big race really is the special election in new york, and one that i know you will hear a lot about from a lot of corners in the media tomorrow >> shannon: yeah that will probably be t

with representative charlie crist has won. republican governor florida, defeated nicu free. he now takes on the mets task of challenging republican governor, ron desantis, come this november. jessica levinson is a law professor at loyola university law school. she is with us again from los angeles. thanks for coming back. she is a returning champion. >> what is your take away from the primaries tonight? i was the highlight for you? what was the big o encompassing overall headline if you'd like. >> so, for me, the headline is that the republican party as we saw so clearly when liz cheney lost her seat. which i believe she won in a primary just two years ago by 73%. that this is trump's party. and i think we see that really up and down the board. with maybe some exceptions. and for democrats i think they're finding a way to try and be competitive in places like florida. where they haven't really won statewide in quite a while and where they have now a registration disadvantage. i think you're going to hear more from democrats ab

speaker, senate candidate turned into democratic senate candidate, as mentioned, charlie crist won his primary in november. should he be worried here? >> i have known him since he was a republican state senator in 1984 at the reagan convention in dallas. i think that he would be a great model and he was a democrat, republican, huge staying power and he needs to beat somebody by a big margin and he will come out, coming out of the general election, the biggest margin in modern times and charlie crist, he says he doesn't exist. he has no political stance, he has no platform that matters, he has no values that matter, but he is a very energetic guy. and so he has been part of it for a while. >> kicking out marco rubio in the senate as well, right now the media is certainly rooting for this candidate. >> he may have the best chance. >> marco rubio is in real trouble. i don't think anybody expected him to be in trouble. >> we have seen the enthusiasm and what looks familiar to me. she was first lady when her husband was mayor of a florida town, well known in the state and pretty well liked.

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jason carroll good to have you up there. >>> to florida, democrats have picked charlie crist to face off against republican governor ron desantis this fall. the second time in eight years the voters in the sunshine state have elected crist as their nominee for governor, we should know crist himself used to be a republican. leyla santiago following all of this from st. petersburg, florida. it is a big race. highly anticipated as democrats try to curb desantis' hopes not just for florida, but potentially nationally for the republican nomination for president. >> reporter: right. one campaign staffer i spoke to last night as they were partying, celebrating the win said now the real work begins. and already today even on cnn we heard congressman charlie crist making his argument, making his case to a national audience, saying, look, governor ron desantis, he's widely accepted to be someone who has his eye on the white house for 2024. and crist is saying he wants to stop him in november. sort of slow him down. and is asking democrats outside of florida to help him do that. so we're already

congressman charlie crist joins me now.over the next 11 weeks to take on governor desantis? >> to tell the truth. to tell that he's tried to tear apart my state, attacking lgbtq children, attacking women and their right to choose, disrespecting women, attacking african american voters, making it more difficult for them to vote, not having drop boxes in minority communities throughout the state of florida, making it more difficult for my parents to vote, my 90-year-old father, my 87-year-old mother, making it harder to use mail-in ballots in this state. it's shocking. it's like he wakes up every morning about the new group he wants to attack. we don't need, you know, to tear my state apart. we need to bring my florida together and do what's right for people and have a heart in the governor's office again. instead of somebody whose ambition is so absurd that it's blind for the white house instead of caring about anybody's house in florida. and we have property insurance rates that are through the roof, it's crazy. >> the ambi

and we do now have a contender against ron rhonda santos and that is charlie crist, congressman charliecrist, democrat, former governor charlie crist, who was a republican when he waswh governor . now the democratic nominee for governor to run against rhonda santurce in november. as you see, it wasn't really even close against nikki freed , the agriculture commissioner down there in florida. if you look at the senate race, val demings overwhelmingly winning that primary. she will go head to head with marco rubio in november. and that is one to watch and one more race we're going to check out here. and this is a special election to fill the seat of retiring jim inhofe and that is congressman markwayne mullin beating t.w. shannon out in oklahoma. and that is obviously a red leaning state and likely to stay in the red column. we're watching some of those new york races tonight down to the wire, especially the special election. i love it when you said the clash of the titans, i i mean, they really are those two maloney and nadler. i mean, decades in washington, they're they're fixtures of t

and singer landa they protect that charlie crist will, be the democratic governor in nevada. he will face incumbent around the sides in november. and now to st. petersburg florida. >> quite a bit of celebrations tonight from charlie crist, camp here in st. petersburg. declaring the victory and the democratic primary for the governor's race to the general election in november. now, i gotta tell, you i've got an interesting exchange with one of the staffers. who said i don't plan to get any rest tonight. because, now, the real work begins. as they go head to head with governor ron desantis. so a rising star for the republican party that has widely seen at the potential gop presidential nominee. so, it did not take long for chris to go after desantis when he hit the stage. listen. >> make no mistake about it. this guy wants to be president of the united states of america. and everybody knows it. however, when we defeat him on november 8th next show is over. enough. >> but for crist, it was obvious that this was not just about attacking governor desantis. but rather still trying

i want floridians to know this about charlie crist as it comes to these issues. number one, we don't have a state income tax in florida. as long as i'm your governor, we will never have a state income tax in florida. so i think part of tim's message was talking about taxes, maybe a more broad approach besides what was just happening to college kids but i think it is very important the president did focus on some relief to college students and their huge debt. it is outrageous. frankly the price of college is outrageous. that needs to be looked at as well. >> we'll talk about that later in the show. college tuition is only on the rise so while you may give some students or former students a little bit of relief with this, the bottom line is it is not fixing the underlying problem with college tuition costs. i want to ask you before we let you go your opponent has made parents' rights a center piece of his campaign. you just announced the head of the largest teachers union in the region as your running mate. what message are you trying to send there? >> well, you k

charlie crist was republican governor in 2007. he changed parties in 2012 and has served as a congressman ever since. he says governor ron desantis is too focused on moving to the white house. >> his blind ambition for the presidency of the united states has taken his eye off the ball of this most dutiful state in the country. this most beautiful place to live in the world. >>.net, florida democrats also voted for him and val deming to challenge marco rubio for the senate seat. a lot of across the country are watching that in florida. the general election for florida senate begins in earnest. the nation is watching, we know it could mean the difference between passing the agenda or stalling it out. when it comes to the gubernatorial race, the reason they pay so much attention is because the sitting incumbent ron desantis is also being a possible 2020 forget. he has to first get by the democratic nominee for governor in florida, and yesterday charlie crist emerged from the field. the task ahead of him is monumental. he will have to

charlie crist has been in florida _ the republicans.been in florida politics since the mid—19 905. he actually started as a republican and won the florida governorship in 2006 i5 republican and won the florida governorship in 2006 is a republican. but he switched parties at the republican party had moved away from him, ran for senator, governor, as a away from him, ran for senator, governor, a5 a democrat, lost both eyes. i think the democrat voters here cho5e crist because i think he still has the ability to reach acro55 still has the ability to reach across the aisle, to attract republican voters and independent voters. he's making his pitch about painting ron desantis is too extreme, they need to be more moderation in florida. whether hill is successful to do that it ought not, that is a big question. in the past elections the results of been decided by about one percentage point. it does balance on and i've said here in florida whenever it comes to state elections. mr ron desantis by _ comes to state elections. mr ron desantis by ma

should we be rethinking the possibilities of the statewide candidates, val demings and charlie crist in florida. >> i've been talking to val about whether or not she's going to run for governor or the united states senate. val demings is the real deal, folks. we need to double down to do all we can to help her and charlie beat back against rubio. think about rubio, desantis and scott. that is like the triumbred of despair. we have to help florida out. all across the country, we need to do everything we can to help florida out because val demings and charlie crist. >> the triumbred of despair. jamie harrison, thank you so much. he ka imto talk tonight. let's bring in congresswoman val demings after her big -- i still call you congresswoman. congratulations on last night. what do you think that the message that voters are sending in choosing you, in choosing charlie crist out of the pack of candidates in each of your races. what message are you hearing in these elections? >> joy, it's great to be back with you. listen, i could listen to our chairman jamie harrison when he's talking the

congressman charlie crist. congressman, thanks for being here this morning. appreciate it. crats, congressman crist against dron desantis. we'll talk to val dem information a few minutes to take on marco rubio. the registrations for republicans in florida have gone up in recent years. hispanic voters trending again towards republicans in many places. how do you see the races playing out? >> well, i think that, you just mentioned, a very important part of the florida race. and that is hispanic voters. both for val demings and charlie crist. latino voters are going to be key. and one of the things that has really hurt democrats with latino voters is the way that republicans have irresponsibly thrown the word "socialism" around. there's nobody in florida that doesn't love medicare. medicare is great. medicare is very popular. i'd go right at them with issues of health care, reassuring latino voters that nobody wants socialism in florida, but we do want to make sure that you get your health care. i think that will do a lot to bring back -- and i think democrats need to quit look

charlie crist is a veteran of republican politics. parties to the democrats, ran unsuccessfully as a democrat for governor, and then now is running the third time, once again as a democrat, trying to take on ron desantis. in his victory speech, he talked about abortion being a very key issue, and he talked about appealing to republicans, independents and democrats, and he tried to paint ron desantis as someone who was outside the mainstream, who was taking away individual freedoms in florida, which stands in stark contrast from what i heard from ron desantis on the stage here, just about half—an—hour ago, where he was boasting about being the free state of florida, and that he was the governor would help protect individual freedom so, it will set up a very interesting dynamic in this election, when i should note that the governor's race here in florida, the past three elections, each has been decided by about 1%, so it is always very close in this pivotal sweepstake. and what we are seeing tonight could possibly be a launchpad for ron

and joining us now is nominee for florida governor congressman charlie crist. congratulations. >> thanks, it's great to be with you. >> thank you for joining us. i know you have gotten very little sleep. >> it's okay. >> you have a tough race ahead of you. >> that's true. i think it's very winnable. >> he's popular, florida has a registration edge for republicans. he has $140 million to spend. what's your strategy? >> the strategy is to be myself. you always need to be genuine in who you are. you're right. he has like a 50% approval rating. when i served as governor even in the great recession, my approval rating was 72%. i'll take those 22 points over him. and so i think we have a great shot. i really doo. resources are an issue. they always are in any political campaign. but i'm confident that people will go to charliecrist.com and give us a helping hand. we'll try to send them one of our new posters. i really think our chances are good. women are energized. fair minded men are jrge newsed. the governor signed the bill that even includes the fact that there's

dan: "unfiltered" reached out to charlie crist's campaign to respond and haven't heard back.saw violent anti-cop riots, and somehow the le high school senior. dan: you have to be impressed with the nerve of the libs. no other group of people can get away with years of blatant hatred of law enforcement and film on a dime. and what's even more gross is to paint conservatives as the side that has it law enforcement. you know the hacks over at the "new york times" wrote a peace called more money for irs. they even mention me by name. along with cruz and conservative commentator, dan bongino took to calling the irs an army. this is next level gas lighting. the left claims this is a threalt hoping you the public will believe we the conservatives are the threat, despite the conservatives being the party of law and order. and for the governor ball libs watching. does this qualify as inciting violence for you. it's time to act. i'm talking to conservatives here. don't get bad it into this violence nonsense. >> i recognize that guy. looks like me. do you want to hear what actual threat

what do you know about this decision by charlie crist?been a flip-flopper since i can remember. my first engagement with him was in high school when he signed the expansion bill for florida school choice programs into law. i was there behind him with the signing pen and he flip-flopped. he has been saying since then that he is not going to support school choice. that he wants to pull it down. what i know about charlie crist, i don't think he will win the next gubernatorial election. he is running for no reason. he is running to lose especially considering what has happened in virginia, especially considering school choice moms in florida wanting more school choice options in the state. >> dana: tell me about your person experience and why school choice matters so much to you. >> when i was in elementary school, i failed third grade twice. i went to my district school. it wasn't until i went to a private school that any life changed for the better. i had the opportunity to meet governors, charlie crist included who said they would continue

i'm fighting for people with charlie crist.cluding children, working families, latinos, minorities, women like me. this is the american dream. my parents would never believe this, in a million years that a first-generation america would be able to say one day that she's running for luiieutenant governor of florida. we're going to do this, fredicka. we're going to make florida an amazing place to live and come visit. >> karla hernandez, thank you so much. we did reach out to florida's current lieutenant governor jeanette nunez, but did not hear back. charlie crist will join my colleague pamela brown later today at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> straight ahead, new fears over the safety of the zaporizhzhia power plant. a shelling hit just 100 meet frers the plant's reactor buildings. live to ukraine in minutes. san. and you can find him, and millions of other talented pros, right now on upwork.com - [female narrator] five billion people lack access to safe surgery. thousands of children are suffering and dying from treatable causes.

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which is rare when you said you like both governor desantis and charlie crist. thank you for remaining open-minded which i hope most voters across florida and the country will be. in terms of your name being on the ballot, call your election supervisor or call the election supervisor's office and make sure that was not something that was inadvertent or wrong. i'm not really clear on that part of balloting. but in terms of what florida is looking at moving forward, if you have governor desantis and charlie crist who were the last two standing in the governor's race, both of them have experience right now as i said before on the show, the florida story is just awesome. and if nothing else cheer for continued gains of movement in that direction that florida more and more becomes a laboratory of what works in america. host: independent line. caller: hello? host: you are on the air. go ahead. caller: yes. we have several issues. sadly to say -- for a couple of decades before you get negative feedback. starting with the military. my daughter is a major and i don't wan

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listen to the reasoning. >> i was remembering charlie crist, okay, he was okay. i know him. u know, that's where i'm going again. >> so you went with crist because he's familiar to you. >> right. >> i just don't think crist was that person. since the democratic said fried, i went along with that. >> reporter: now there's also a democratic primary to see who will go up against senator marco rubio based on the polling there, it appears as if val demings is likely to face that. easy for her in the primary, but tough in november, jose. >> i want to go back to sahil in new york. you have a congressman with you? >> reporter: that's right. i'm here with jerry nadler, representative of this area who just walked into this polling place. his polling place behind me, and cast a ballot. thank you so much for joining us. what is your message to voters in this area? >> they should get out and vote and we had a whole campaign telling them why they should vote for me and that i'm the more principled progressive. that i cast a hard vote. i'm popular votes at the time that have proven right. i

the front-runner is charlie crist taking on nikki fried. my panel is back with me.but is perhaps one of the most important races if they can make a real run at ron desantis, who is perhaps of all the republicans in the country the one that almost everyone thinks might try to go up against trump in 2024 or run if trump doesn't run. but interestingly to me this race is -- first of all, it's florida, so we don't really know what's going to happen. but also the impact of the roe decision and abortion on this race. take a listen to some of these ads from crist and fried. >> do you want to know the difference between me and charlie crist? it's not that he's pro life. >> we must defend a woman's right to choose and protect kids with common sense gun laws. ron desantis has a radical agenda. >> this is for a democratic audience, but clearly this is a message that they need to have strong footing on. >> we should remind viewers that charlie crist was the former republican governor of florida and so his track record on the issue of choice was something nikki fried immediately

so, charlie crist is taking a shot. this is his second go around for governor as a democrat. it's the second time that he has defeated a woman in the primary, in this case it was nikki freed who is the only statewide elected democrat. now, if things go as democrats fear, again if they go as democrats fear, if charlie crist loses to desantis as the polling indicates any other cabinet members who are all democrats, or underfunded for running against incumbent republicans. if they lose, then no statewide elected democrat will hold a seat since inception. it's a good idea of how terrible the democratic parties fortunes are here. he is sitting on at least 100 and $40 million, cash on hand in the bank. we've never seen that before here or in any state for anyone running for governor. national democrats, understandably so, aren't so keen about playing florida. they're not really interested. and president biden's poll numbers aren't doing much favor for democrats, that will include charlie crist. now there is a potential bright spot for democrats here, she won against token primary o

it is a familiar name in that state, charlie crist. he's been the governor there before and he's running again. he told our colleagues on "morning joe" his plan to defeat desantis relies on not playing dirty. >> i'm going to beat him because i'm running on love and love always wins. and if he wants to run on hate and culture wars and dividing people and making people hate each other, that's his turf. it's not mine. he's trying to tear my state apart. that's why i'm running against him. i don't care about the money he's got. >> a lot to unpack. let's get to shaq brewster with us from fort lauderdale covering the election results, we've got dasha burns covering the new york special and former biden campaign senior adviser, cristobal alex. welcome to you guys. let me start with you because i know you had a one-on-one with pat ryan after his win yesterday. what did he tell you? >> reporter: yasmin, this is significant. the first competitive congressional race since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, and potentially the last real bel

if this is indeed charlie crist, he was the republican governor from 2006 to 2010. he ran as the democratic nominee for governor in 2014 and lost in a close one to rick scott. this would be his third time running for governor, second time as a democrat. >> yeah. real quick, before i let you go, steve. people have come to think of florida as the worst voting state, you know, where people don't know what they're doing. explain to folks who are not familiar with it as you and i are, why florida finishes so quickly, why we get numbers so fast. >> great point because we remember 2000 in florida and it was the site of the worst disaster for re-election reporting that we can remember two decades ago. but they made changes in the wake of that. basically florida has extensive mail-in voting and extensive early voting and same-day voting. and they allow the processing of all those early votes, the processing of the mail-in votes long before polls close on election night. in fact, the rule is counties have the first 30 minutes after polls close, counties must report out all of

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charlie crist is joining me now. thank you for joining us on this sunday afternoon. campaign with. >> we've got so much support in florida, and it's not because people have hate in their hearts. they're thankful we saved their jobs. mothers are thankful we kept their kids and school. you have senior citizens who are thankful we provided medication for. i think you really put his foot in his mouth. >> the reaction, sir? >> he forgot to mention that 80,000 of my fellow floridians are dead. over 6 million of my fellow floridians got the pandemic. that is not a very good record to run on in my humble opinion. would i think we do need is a governor that has more empathy and more concerned and listens to scientists and does not mock them the way he did dr. fauci, i mean what is that? the guy acts like a bully all the time. he even did it to children who were to press conferences it gives they were wearing a mask trying to protect their own health and the health of others i've never seen anything like it and talk about women he doesn't seem to have any respect for women cer

charlie crist wanted it locked down. that's not hate in their heart. appreciative they had a governor standing up for them. parents around the state support me because we made sure schools were open, that they get education, not indoctrination. that's not hate in their heart. they're appreciative they have a governor fighting for them. >> tucker: it's weird to see charlie crist look down his nose at voters. is there anyone in the state more morally -- >> i would say -- yeah, i don't think you can. he's not one to be casting stones. what he says, he claims, that he wants to unify florida. he says he wants a florida for all. then you condemn a majority of people in the state of florida. give me a break. the thing about what i've done is -- you know, we've done issues that people across the spectrum have been able to agree about. it's not about hating the other side, but having policies that a majority can agree with. >> tucker: if you don't support me you're a hater. that doesn't work. i hope it dis. governor, thank you so much for coming on. appreciate

serÁ charlie crist que se enfrente a ron desantis.a una ambiciÓn ciega por llegar a la presidencia y ha perdido su interÉs en la florida. dijo su nuevo rival charlie crist. >>> es un candidato que apela a estos republicanos que tradicionales, que no estÁn acuerdo con el trumpismo. estÁ tan alta el tema de la pandemia le dio la razÓn en muchos aspectos. >>> la mayorÍa de los candidatos que apoyÓ ganaron y el gobernador tla florida ha recaudado mÁs de 140 millones de dÓlares fuera del... con un discurso conservador que le esÁa apostando el senador marco rubio. >>> el partido demÓcrata es controlado por izquierda, por marxistas. >>> el balance del poder de la casa blanca podrÍa estar namzado su rival oficial ganadora de la nominaciÓn demÓcrata, le pisa los talones. >>> el aborto, las investigaciones del 6 enero. ha despertado a los votantes demÓcratas. la inflaciÓn estÁ frenada. >>> despuÉs de una batalla campal por el corazÓn del partido, la elecciÓn general se torna ahora en una conquista de extraÑos de independientes. en cuyas manos e

florida is a state where woke goes to die. >> charlie crist has been in florida politics since the midrting as a republican and won the florida governorship in 2006 as a republican. he switched parties. he ran for senate and governor and lost as a democrat both times. the democrat vots chose him because they think he still has the ability to reach across the aisle, to attract republican voters, to attract independent voters. he is making his pitch about painting ron desantis as too extreme, that there needs to be more moderation in florida. i doubt whether he is able to successfully do that or not. in the past three gubernatorial elections, the results have been decided by about one percentage point. he does -- it does balance on the knife's edge when it comes to state elections. >> he is a natural successor to former president trump, desantis. what sets the men apart and what makes them similar to each other? >> they definitely have stylistic similarities. ron desantis, who is in the governor's mansion, and donald trump o has spent a lot of time at mar-a-lago, they both like to lean i

charlie crist is a perennial candidate for senate. the house, has served in the house now, as i said, a former governor, has been a republican, independent, and democrat. he will face a tough race against the very popular and very well-funded ron desantis. democrats are enthused. all the republicans turned out in florida last night in larger numbers than democrats because ron desantis was so effective at getting them invested in races. democrats still saw more turnout last night than the democratic year of 2018, the last midterm election. while democrats are excited, they don't particularly think that charlie crist will prevail, but they are excited to see some energy in a state that would really like to be competitive again. >>> school is back in session in many places, but not for everybody. the teacher strike in columbus ohio sparking outrage among parents on both sides. what could be in store for other districts across the country. >>> plus, a major test for the uvalde, texas school district and the chief there, what we are learni

charlie crist chose to highlight some of those issues in a brand new ad.f, but this doesn't represent us. >> you are pushing false narratives. >> don't say gay bill. >> to pick a big fight with disney. >> a 15-week abortion ban. no exception for rape or incest. >> representing high school students who raised him. >> widely expected to run for president in 2024. >> it's a strange phenomenon that's happened in the age of trump which is displays like that are somehow viewed as strength. >> joining us now, florida democratic nominee for governor, congress minnesota charlie crist. we've known each other since we were both republicans, and you are now your state's standard bearer for the top job as a democrat. talk about what strategic advantages that gives you in defeating ron desantis. >> well, i think it gives the opportunity to have crossover frankly, and nicolle, i will tell you that in the past few weeks, i won't want to say republican every day, aren't you charlie crist? well, i'm a republican. i'm voting for you. i'm fed up with this guy. i don't like ho

we have charlie crist, he used to be a republican, used to be the governor of florida.is up against the state's agricultural commissioner, nikki freed. how is that race shaping up? gary: it has been very did -- it has been very interesting. when nikki freed came on the scene four years ago she was the ly democrat to be elected statewide in 2018 when ron desantis narrowly won, and she kind of became the face of the democratic party. what happened is charlie crist, who ran for governor in 2014 against rick scott and lost as a democrat, decided to also jump into the race. he's managed to out-raise her and has gotten a lot of endorsements from establishment democrats. a couple polls show fried edging up a lot have shown crist ahead and it might be him going up against ron desantis in an election in which there could be a lot of money spent. geoff: ron desantis this past week he announced criminal charges against 20 people for illegally voting in 2020. this is the first major public move from his controversial election police unit. florida has a new election law making it ha