Charlie Crist, former Republican governor of Florida famous for switching parties in a failed bid to defeat Marco Rubio in a U.S. Senate race, drew a torrent of laughs when he called Hillary Clinton “honest” in a debate last night. Asked whether he would support his new party’s nominee, Crist waxed eloquent about Clinton’s character – good, steady, strong – but the big finish came when he said, “I believe that she is honest.” Audience members couldn’t quell their laughter, and some loudly booed as well.
Crist is now running as a Democrat against Republican incumbent David Jolly in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. If Jolly defeats Crist, it will be yet another high-profile loss for the unpopular former governor, whose unfavorable numbers make him a tough sell, even in a district that leans Democratic.
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