Gov. Charlie Crist’s (R-FL) Senate campaign is firing back at the latest round of rumors that he might be about to leave the Republican Party and run for Senate as an independent.
“This is patently false,” said Crist communications director Andrea Saul, in an interview with TPMDC. I then asked Saul whether she thought the latest incarnation of this rumor might be an attempt by the campaign of Crist’s opponent in the Republican primary, Marco Rubio, or by Rubio’s supporters attempting to retaliate for the new reports about Rubio’s use of the state party’s credit card.
“Marco Rubio continuously does whatever he can to distract voters from the reality of his record,” Saul responded. “There’s a clear pattern that Speaker Rubio on the campaign trail says things that do not match the reality of his record, and this is yet another example of him trying to distract people from that.”
