George LeMieux: Charlie Crist has 'More Positions than a Gymnast'

George LeMieux, former U.S. senator and chief of staff for former governor Charlie Crist, slammed Crist on Monday for his political inconsistency throughout the years.

"With today's announcement, Charlie Crist has done something that's, in my mind, really breathtaking, not only in Florida but in the country," said LeMieux. "In my view, this is the largest change of position by a leading American political figure in as quick of a period of time as we've had in recent American history."

LeMieux went on to say that Crist has had "more positions than a gymnast" from being in three political parties over the last three and a half years.

"The Charlie Crist that I knew and had the opportunity to work with called himself a Reagan conservative," said LeMieux.

LeMieux went on to say that anyone who wants to be in a high political office has to have a guiding set of principles, which in Crist's case, are seriously in question.

"Leading Democrats ... have said it's unusual to have someone flip-flop, then flop-flip," he said. "This election is going to come down to credibility, and it's going to come down to believability and values that the people of Florida can look at and say 'This is where that person stands.' I think as this election sorts itself out, the people of Florida will realize there's only one person running for governor that has that set of core values that that person is willing to act upon, and that's Governor Scott."

Crist officially announced his candidacy on Monday in front of a crowd of about 150 people in St. Petersburg.