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 seeing him try to raise money to go up against desantis in november, who, by the way, has $132 million saved for that general election. so he's not wasting time in fund-raising and he's certainly not wasting time in attack

before then, congressman charlie crist going up against governor ron desantis, an uphill battle for cristr democrats, when this could be a test how to succeed in 2024. >> are you going to turn out this november so we can keep this state free? >> reporter: ron desantis celebrating despite not even being on the ballot in today's prime pulmonary. the bigger question, can anyone defeat desantis for governor in november? tonight, democratic voters overwhelmingly electing the more moderate candidate, congressman charlie crist, as 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 g

so does crist have to style himself as ice man?lthough i think at the end of that movie they ended up on good terms. and i don't expect that in in race. but there is one thing on the mind of most democratic voters when they went to the polls yesterday, and that is who is the best person to beat ron desantis and they said that that person is charlie crist. democrats had a chance to nominate nicky freed who would have been if she won the first female governor in the state history and really had a direct path to making this race on a referendum on the future of abortion access. instead they went with charlie cr crist, a former republican, once called himself pro-life. and so they are really hoping that 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.

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

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

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

poll after poll shows desantis beating crist.desantis 'bill, the word gay doesn't appear in the bill any way, shape or form, the bills you can't teach a child about sexual orientation and gender identity, something i who has children agree with as do many sane and sober parents out there. yet here we are, bill clinton's labor secretary, robert >> carley: it may not be a question of if ron desantis is going to win the governor's race, but by how much, do you think that means he would run for president? >> joe: absolutely, i think he will win by a lot, it is hard to see again with headwinding facing charlie crist, what will he run on? he can't run on vote for me, i support joe biden, inflation, crime, gas prices, the border and that situation with millions coming across, you could go on and on, it is hard to see where charlie crist has a winning message and ron desantis is quite popular in. it is probably a matter of how much he wins by and from there, even if trump does seek the nomination, todd and carley, i see ron desantis runn

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

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

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

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

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

but if you are the crist campaign, that is bold.ey have spent months trying to convince voters that they are the candidate to go up against governor ron desantis come november where, you know, he is a rising star in the republican party. he is widely known or seen to be a potential gop contender for the presidential bid in 2024, but crist is up against who you mentioned, the only statewide elected democrat, nikki fried. she is the florida agriculture commissioner and both of those campaigns are pointing to the culture wars here in florida to make the case and energize these democrats to get out to vote. so what are they all talking about? abortion, the lgbtq community, education, things that they believe could get voters out today and possibly make their decision by the end of the day anyway as to who will go up against governor ron desantis in november. >> yeah. ron, i mean what a difference four years has made for ron desantis, narrowly winning the governorship just four years ago. is it these cultural issues that really got him n

where the democrats have chosen former publican governor, charlie charlie crist crist to take on desantis. we know desantis is the favorite to run for the republican presidential nominee in 2024. here's a little more form charlie crist. >> the truth is this governor couldn't care less. about your freedom. he is abusive. he is a bully. he is a bully. and he is dangerous. he is dangerous. he imitates the worst authoritarian leaders on the globe. >> we'll start off with the. how would the national tension about a run to the white house possibility and then a full term as governor. how the effect desantis in the race to come? >> i don't have an impact whatsoever. because he has been a strong leader for the people of florida. with regards to the economy and jobs. he led very strong through covid and doing his best to keep businesses open. which was imperative. and is really taking the lead with regard to issues, such as fighting crime, as well as education. now look. in the latest head to head polls and lays at that polling. governor desantis over chris. desantis is up eight points. he has tre

has a real uphill fight, and crist represents a theory. you know, the choice between crist and nicki fried was reminiscent of the choice between joe biden and bernie sanders in 2020. it's not necessarily that one was inherently more electable, they had a very different theory about how you win elections. biden, crist, the theory is the republican party is radicalizing on cultural issues that, and the key is to reassure them. fried like sanders was arguing the only way to respond to a republican party is to mobilize your own base with a really sharp message, like the voters in 2020, democratic voters if florida went for the reassurance candidate. we'll see how competitive that proves in the end, but there's no question that, you know, for crust to have biden come is kind of reinforcing the message that i think crist is trying to deliver. >> all right. ron brownstein, thanks. >>> today is independence day in ukraine and officials warn that russia may mark the day with deadly attacks. president zelenskyy also says the kremlin has put the worl

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

crist is better positioned to make it competitive. >> crist probably has the name recognition, too.much for joining us. thanking all of you, too, for getting up "way too early" on this tuesday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is tuesday, august 23rd. i'm willie geist. this morning, we are following new information on the investigation into classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. new reporting overnight about the alarming number of documents found so far. what triggered the unprecedented search of the former president's home? and new reporting that donald trump personally handled some of the documents that were ultimately returned to the government, going through the boxes himself. >>> plus, another big primary day. in new york city, two powerful democrats and longtime allies going at it now and facing off against one another, while a newcomer hopes to shake things up. we'll set the stage for that race and the contest in florida, as democrats choose a nominee to face republican governor ron desantis. >>> with us this morning

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

so it did not take long for crist to go after desantis when he hit the stage. listen. >> make no mistake about it, because this guy wants to be president of the united states of america and everybody knows it. however, when we defeat him on november 8, that show is over. enough. >> reporter: but for crist, it is obvious that it was not just about attacking governor desantis but still trying to energize that base, trying to get democrats excited about some of the issues that he sees as important. highlighting many that are central to what have become culture wars here in florida talking about abortion, the lgbtq community, education, voting rights, all of those mentioned in his victory speech and will likely remain central in his campaign as he moves forward. leyla santiago, cnn, st. petersburg, florida. >>> republican voters in oklahoma have chosen mark mullen to fill the seat of jim imhoff. no candidate got a majority in the first round of voting prompting tuesday's special election. >> so it feels good to get this primary over with, but keep in mind, we're re

you. >> right. >> i just don't think crist was that person.emocratic 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 voted yes to war in iraq, voted yes to patriot act, for the iran deal. i did what was right and time has proven that i was right. >> reporter: if you are elect

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

there's nicky freed, and then charlie crist.er one of them better positioned to take on desantis. >> i think that crist is probably a little better positioned. i don't think fried has delivered on the promise that a lot of progressives thought she had. this is a state where the republicans have won the governor's race from 1998 onward and it's going to be an uphill climb to unseat desantis. >> crist is more of a happy warrior, if he wins and becomes the nominee, i could see that contrast to top gun desantis who did an ad of himself. >> i want to show this because it's certainly interesting. desantis putting out this new ad in which he dresses up something like tom cruise in top gun to, quote, take on the corporate media and on and own. he's obviously one of the potential front runners for the republican presidential contest. >> the ad shows him just, you know, taking on the media. fighting with them, not answering questions. that's easy in a republican -- to attract republican voters. that's fine. he is popular. he was at 60%. h

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

crist, 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 this town and now well, one of them goes brett's great. great to see you tonight. thank you so

for charlie crist saying he doesn't want desantis supporters, what is his plan for a path?h on the first day of the general election. welcome to this campaign, welcome to florida. i just got off the phone with the communications director for the crist campaign and they're saying while this is -- they're signaling while this is not something that they want to be talking about, they're saying that quote that was already making its rounds on twitter is not the full context. they're saying the message that we've been seeing from crist before he even locked up the nominations that he was the strongest to the go up against desantis because he believed he would be able to make the point that desantis is governing out of hate. he said that it's about division, and you saw even in the first campaign video from the crist campaign, he's trying to say that he wants to govern out of love, bringing people together, bringing coalitions together. he was then asked during a press conference this morning in a follow-up crist was asked, what do you say for people going to vote for desantis an

both for val demings and charlie crist. latino voters are going to be key.crats 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 looking at latino voters as a monolithic voting bloc. there are things that are motivating latino voters and just assumes because there's a lot of hate coming out of ron desaintsis about others, whether it be gay people or people of color, that doesn't mean you're going to get the latino voters. i hope both of these campaigns are in serious overdrive. >> we'll speak to congresswoman demings. >>> and we want to go to the news story of documents taken and top secret service letter made popular by the national archives in may sent by an a

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

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

, 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

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 crist is the favourite to win the runoff.icultural commissioner. and if she was to win, she would be florida's first female governor. for more on this, i am joined now by our north america correspondent anthony zurcher, who's in florida for us. great to get you on the programme, anthony. i understand you've just arrived there. give us a sense of the contest. i there. give us a sense of the contest. . ., contest. i am here at ron desantis's _ contest. i am here at ron desantis's campaign - desa ntis's campaign headquarters. he desantis's campaign headquarters. he is going to be speaking here later this evening here in miami. marco rubio, the republican senator who is running for reelection, will also speak here. both of them are running without opposition. they are going to be the republican nominees, but marco rubio ran for president in 2016, ron desantis is rumoured to be eyeing a presidential bid in 2024, so both of these men have had or have presidential ambitions, and their success in november against the democrats to det

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

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

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crist was once a republican. he is trailing the sentence -- trailing desantis in opinion polls.t of his victory speech. >> the stakes could not be any higher for this election. our fundamental freedoms are literally on the ballot, my friends. a woman's right to choose, on the ballot. democracy, on the ballot. your rights as minorities are on this ballot. that' what's at stake in this election. make no mistake about it. 'cause this guy wants to be president of the united states of america, and everybody knows it. however, when we defeat him on november 8, that show i over. [cheers] >> governor desantis hit while he aended -- hit back while he attended a victory party, saying we will never surrender to the woke agenda. florida is a state where woke goes to die. >> charlie crist has been in florida politics since the mid-1990's, starting 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

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

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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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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

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.

there is rhonda santos as the incumbent governor. >> they are bringing charlie crist back. field of medicine, based upon merit, oh, boy. and medical schools are lowering their standards in the name of equity. not an overstatement. we have that coming up next. ♪ ♪ large out-of-state corporations have set their sights on california. they've written prop 27, to allow online sports betting. they tell us it will fund programs for the homeless. but read prop 27's fine print. 90% of profits go to out-of-state corporations, leaving almost nothing for the homeless. no real jobs are created here. but the promise between our state and our sovereign tribes would be broken forever. these out-of-state corporations don't care about california. but we do. stand with us. >> we had interviewed john rich the other day, the second part of the interview comes out tomorrow morning, this weekend is he performed. here is a preview of the interview. a very honest person. and sitting here watching the news, yelling at my tv, and i'm looking at my boy, and then i think i'm going to put my boots on wi

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

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

what do we make of a crist, given the fact that he's a party hopper? someone who is well known to floridians. what do you make of the arts here? well i'll tell you why democrats think of the odds. both consultants, grassroots activists, lawmakers, and former lawmakers, all democrats, some reporters, some for your supporters. we spoke to more than 23 -- none of them give charlie much of a chance. he said to me that basically the power ball election. hey, we still have a chance. the chances of winning the average parable are one in 200 million. -- >> can't win if you don't play. >> this is true. you miss all the shots you don't take. 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 underfun

me and charlie crist?n'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 inside the context of a democratic primary, now that charlie crist is a democrat, was something she was going to seize. nikki fried is the only statewide elected democrat in the state of florida. it is a state trending more red but you are right to point out that the moment the court overturned roe, that became a central issue between these two democrats in this campaign as they tried to outdo each other to convince democratic voters that they were protected. the desantis factor, and it's a big if, if either can make a real run, but they are going to have the opposition research book and the game plan of

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

crist is a moderate who has a long record in office, endorsed by the establishment. she has run, so she has the potential for running, but she has more potential. then another clash about whether to go with a moderate or the person who is more than left. which one has a better chance of getting elected and once being elected in acting democratic policies and reforms? there are also races. in new york, one that pits two democratic congressmen and women, the city of new york will also be interesting to watch. there is also a special election for a congressional seatin election for a congressional seat in new york thatjoe biden carried by about two percentage points. if the proper components win, it could be hit they will do well. —— if the republicans win. it might not be as pronounced as people thought, that democrats, because joe thought, that democrats, becausejoe biden�*s legislative successes, because of the importance of the abortion issue, because of a reduced inflation in the past few weeks may be making things a little better for democrats. that is definitely

now, crist used to be republican, but now he's the democrat. he's going to take on -- he's going to go head to head with desantis. the republican view is frankly one of the biggest threats to donald trump in 2024. let's turn now to cnn's phil mattingly at the very magic wall. he's closely monitoring it all. phil, what are you seeing? >> we already got the answer on the likely next senator from oklahoma. we know who democrats have selected to go up against ron desantis in florida. there's a few house races in florida we're keeping an eye on too. as you noted at the top, everyone is focused here on new york city where there are a myriad of races in a worst nightmare scenario for democrats because this wasn't what they wanted. this isn't the day that they wanted this primary to happen. however, when their new redistricting proposal was thrown out by a state judge, they were put in positions like this. carolyn maloney and jerry nadler, two liberal stalwarts in the house for more italian three de -- than three decades going up against one other. obv