CHARLOTTE — Charlie Crist embraced the embrace that got him exiled from the Republican Party during his speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night.“One of [Obama’s] first trips in office brought him to Fort Meyers, where I was proud to embrace him and his plan to keep our teachers, police officers and firefighters on the job,” Crist told the crowd at the Democratic National Convention here Thursday. “Well that hug cost me more grief from my former party than you can ever imagine.”
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