Jeff Atwater: Charlie Crist 'Didn't Care' About Suffering Floridians

As primary voting began to wrap up Tuesday afternoon, Florida's chief financial officer focused his efforts on ripping the likely Democratic nominee to face Gov. Rick Scott in the general election.

CFO Jeff Atwater ripped into former Gov. Charlie Crist for "walking away" from thousands of needy Floridians during his time in office, leaving behind his responsibilities as governor for higher political ambitions.

"Charlie Crist walked away in our toughest hour and didn't give a care in the world about suffering Floridians because he thought it was in the best interest of his political future to avoid the hard times and hard decisions," said Atwater in a statement. "Now that Floridians have picked themselves up and made their own tough choices, guess who is back and hoping they forgot about his great political escape at their expense?"

Atwater had a message for Crist: The people of Florida, he said, would not be too quick to forget Crist's abandonment of the Sunshine State.

"You proved to all of us that the only decisions you are willing to make are the ones that are best for your own political future," Atwater continued. "This time we know better, Charlie."