Carlos Lopez-Cantera Hits Charlie Crist's Economic Record

With Gov. Rick Scott launching a tour of Florida to highlight job creation on Monday, his running mate, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, came out swinging against former Gov. Charlie Crist. Despite spending most of his political life as a Republican, Crist is the favorite to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary next month.

As we launch our Jobs for the Next Generation policy today and commit to initiatives as soon as next legislative session to grow more manufacturing jobs Charlie Crist's record of economic failure stands out, Lopez-Cantera said on Monday. On Charlie Crist's watch, Florida lost over 800,000 jobs, 100,000 of which were in the manufacturing sector. Floridians were hurting, and Charlie didn't even try to stay and fix the problem. He wanted to run away to Washington. The record is clear Charlie Crist's economic plan is and has always been empty promises. Gov. Scott doesn't just talk he takes action. That's why Florida job creators have been able to add more than 600,000 new private-sector jobs since he took office and our Jobs for the Next Generation initiatives will help grow and keep our manufacturing sector working."