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Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said in an interview Tuesday that the primary reason he left the Republican Party is because of its intolerable racism.

The Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat told Fusion TVs Jorge Ramos that he saw so much hostility toward President Obama that he just couldnt take it anymore.

Theyre perceived now as being anti-woman, anti-immigrant, anti-minority, anti-gay, anti-education, anti-environment, he said. I just wasnt comfortable.

I couldnt be consistent with myself and my core beliefs, and stay with a party that was so unfriendly toward the African-American president, Ill just go there, he said.

I was a Republican and I saw the activists and what they were doing, it was intolerable to me I couldnt take it anymore, he added. I am liberated as a Democrat, my true soul is able to be seen, and I couldnt be happier about it.

Mr. Crist is running again for governor and currently has a double-digit lead in at least one poll over Gov. Rick Scott, Fusion noted.

The Democrat has faced criticism for flip-flopping on many major issues, and Republicans are calling his racism claims dishonest.

Being a flip-flopper is bad enough, but playing the race card to win over voters is pitiful, Republican National Committee spokeswoman Izzy Santa said in an email to Fusion.

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Democrat Charlie Crist: I left GOP due to 'intolerable' racism