Is anyone really shocked by this? Charlie Crist announced this morning that he’s running for Congress in the newly drawn 13th Congressional District:
He's back: @CharlieCrist declares his run for Congress https://t.co/A7GpnLnJM3 pic.twitter.com/R6LpxzEdBA
— South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) October 20, 2015
Crist, implicitly explaining why he reversed himself & decided to run for CD13: "Public service is in my heart. I can't help it"
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) October 20, 2015
Crist had tweeted earlier this year that he wouldn’t be running, however:
I will not be seeking office in 2016, but I will be working alongside my fellow @FlaDems. Join me at http://t.co/VGsDGXVgvk.
— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) March 16, 2015
But the new boundaries of the FL-13 are just way too good for him to pass up:
Crist says he's thankful the FL Supreme Court ruled CD13 be redrawn. Oh yes he is https://t.co/dFTKtarBX2 pic.twitter.com/B9Al9L46kf
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) October 20, 2015
Charlie Crist, the single most flexible politician I've ever met. Hands down. https://t.co/MJmri3H5Oz
— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 20, 2015
Just don’t call him a politician. Crist prefers “public servant”:
I love this @mollyesque lede about Charlie Crist. https://t.co/9NNSVD5GIf pic.twitter.com/K4cLqFV08N
— Joel Gehrke (@Joelmentum) October 20, 2015
And — of course — this means Crist’s fan is back, too:
Florida's most famous #fan returns as @CharlieCrist launches congressional bid. pic.twitter.com/i4Ens4LPTw
— George Bennett (@gbennettpost) October 20, 2015
Cord is unfurled, blades are dusted, and my gears are lubed. It's go time.
— Charlie Crist's Fan (@CCristFan) October 20, 2015
Tanman could be running for governor of Siberia and he'd still be sweating like John Morgan in a suit. @jenntitus10 @CharlieCrist
— Charlie Crist's Fan (@CCristFan) October 20, 2015
The Charlie Crist fan is back in action and ready to run. pic.twitter.com/Jk9hmLAHkh
— Craig Patrick FOX (@Fox13Politics) October 20, 2015
How you know it's a Charlie Crist event. pic.twitter.com/O9BLDddchz
— Adam Z. Winer (@adamzwiner) October 20, 2015
Flashback: Crist’s fan became famous to those outside of Florida politics during the 2014 governor’s race when an argument over the use of the fan at a debate with Rick Scott blew up into #Fangate:
#FLGOV gone with the wind? #Fangate ‘was the moment [Gov. Scott] lost the election’
Or not. Scott won the election 48.1 – 47.1.
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