Is Charlie Crist trying to lose?

Is Crist out of his mind?

Earlier this week, Crist kicked off his campaign by saying that he didn’t want DeSantis voters to vote for him because they have “hate” in their hearts. This represented a novel strategy, given that DeSantis won the election in 2018. But picking Hernandez-Mats? That makes Crist’s opening gambit look like a masterstroke. A lot of new voters have moved into Florida since 2018, and the thing they care about more than anything else in the world is that the schools here were open while they were locked down up in the Northeast.

DeSantis made keeping the schools open his calling card. Hernandez-Mats? Not so much…