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Charlie Crist

Charlie Crist

Charlie Crist lost the race for Florida governor as the Democratic candidate in 2022. He served as a U.S. congressman from St. Petersburg since 2017 and resigned Aug. 31, 2022 to focus on his campaign.  As a Republican, Crist served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat. He lost his race as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Charlie Crist

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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2022 a gubernatorial debate
"Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • October 28, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 4, 2022 a campaign ad
"When I was your governor, we reduced insurance rates by 10%."
Mostly True
By Yacob Reyes • October 19, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 25, 2022 a tweet
Gov. Ron DeSantis raised "taxes on the middle class by more than $1.5 billion while giving away $624 million to big corporations."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • September 2, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 14, 2022 a campaign ad
Ron DeSantis "opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • July 22, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on June 29, 2022 a tweet
"Ron DeSantis still hasn't condemned the Jan. 6 insurrection."
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 12, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on May 4, 2022 a press conference
“It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.”
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • May 16, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 12, 2022 an interview
Says he has “always” believed “in a woman’s right to choose.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • April 22, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 3, 2022 Twitter
“New Jersey and Maryland produce more solar power than Florida, the Sunshine State!”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • February 11, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on January 28, 2022 an ad
Ron DeSantis let "millions of COVID-19 tests expire."
Mostly False
February 4, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 19, 2016 a debate
"In the mid 1990s, in our state, (Florida was) No. 1 in violent crime in America. ... The only concern I had was for the citizens of Florida, who were subjected to a violent crime every three minutes and 45 seconds."
True
By Allison Graves • September 20, 2016
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on June 17, 2016 a fundraising email
David Jolly "has used money and power to try to … drill off our beaches."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • June 30, 2016
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2014 in a campaign ad
Says Rick Scott "spent $800,000 of your tax dollars upgrading the Governor's Mansion."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 31, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 27, 2014 a TV ad
"Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers weren’t needed."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville
Says property insurance rates are going up because Rick Scott signed a bill preventing the state from regulating insurance.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 24, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 a debate
Says high-speed rail would have created 60,000 jobs.
False
By Katie Sanders, Steve Contorno • October 22, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 15, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Davie
Says Jeb Bush -- not Charlie Crist -- signed legislation that let Duke Energy collect money for nuclear projects.
True
By Joshua Gillin • October 16, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 15, 2014 a debate at Broward College
If Florida expanded Medicaid, "some studies indicate it would create about 120,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 14, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Rick Scott changed his promise from 700,000 jobs created "on top of what normal growth would be" to just 700,000 jobs.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 14, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate
If Florida had not taken the stimulus, it "would have led to the firing of 20,000 teachers."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 10, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 1, 2014 a TV ad
Says Rick Scott signed "laws requiring mandatory ultrasounds and restricting access to abortion even in cases of rape or incest."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2014
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Latest Fact-Checks About Charlie Crist

Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 the CNN debate
Says Charlie Crist wants felons who "commit a heinous crime" such as "intentional permanent disfigurement of a child, you walk out of jail, you immediately get to vote."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville
Says Charlie Crist could have expanded Medicaid after the health care law passed but didn't.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 a debate
"While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 21, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Davie
Says Charlie Crist "voted against minimum wage when he was in the Senate."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 16, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 a debate at Broward College
"3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV ad
Says Charlie Crist "is embroiled in a fraud case for steering taxpayer money to a de facto Ponzi scheme."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 13, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate
"The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Miramar
"832,000 people lost their job while (Charlie Crist was) governor."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 10, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 30, 2014 a TV ad
Under Rick Scott, there has been a "historic $20 billion in funds for education."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 23, 2014 a TV ad
Health insurance costs for Floridians are up 30 percent or more.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 29, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 27, 2014 TV ad
A Scott Rothstein victim says that he was "swindled" by Charlie Crist.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 17, 2014 a TV ad
Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein "gave hundreds of thousands of campaign cash to control Crist’s appointments of key state judges."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 25, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 6, 2014 a Facebook Q&A with Charlie Crist
Obamacare "prevents (Florida) from regulating insurance."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 12, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Charlie "Crist made it easier for Duke to take your money."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 15, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 7, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Charlie Crist rode on a jet that "belongs to a serial polluter with a history of environmental violations fined nearly $2 million for polluting water."
True
By Joshua Gillin • August 15, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Charlie Crist "voted against raising the minimum wage."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 17, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Charlie Crist "raised taxes on the middle class" by $2.2 billion.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 10, 2014
Progressive Choice Florida
Progressive Choice Florida
stated on June 23, 2014 a radio ad
Says Charlie Crist signed "the nation’s harshest marijuana laws."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • June 27, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 25, 2014 a campaign commercial
"Candidates for governor routinely disclose" their spouses’ tax returns.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 26, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2014 a TV ad
"Under Governor Crist, 3,000 teachers laid off."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 26, 2014
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