Ron DeSantis Launches Preemptive Strike at Carlos Beruff

With reports out that prominent Manatee County homebuilder Carlos Beruff is close to entering the Republican primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the GOP hopefuls launched a preemptive strike on Monday night. 

“The last thing the United States Senate needs is another Charlie Crist Republican,” said Brad Herold who is managing U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis’, R-Fla., Senate bid. “Carlos Beruff gave thousands of dollars to liberal Charlie Crist over conservative Marco Rubio, even after Crist embraced Obama and his wasteful $800 billion stimulus bill. Even worse, he said he’d stick by Charlie Crist for this very Senate seat whether Crist ran as a Republican or not. It’s a free country, but if Carlos enters the race for Senate, he’ll soon find out the same way his friend Charlie Crist did that grassroots Florida conservatives have long memories.”