Florida gubernatorial applicant Charlie Crist chosen his functioning mate more than the weekend, teacher union boss Karla Hernandez-Mats, who earlier claimed that Cubans "mourn" the loss of life of Fidel Castro.

Crist, a Democrat, manufactured the conclusion Saturday for Hernandez-Mats, the head of the Miami-Dade teachers union and vice president of the American Federation of Lecturers, to run alongside him as applicant for lieutenant governor in the Sunshine Point out.

Hernandez-Mats reported in 2016 that the loss of life of Cuban dictator Castro would be mourned by quite a few folks in Cuba.

"A political figure dies at 90. Most in Miami rejoice, many in Cuba mourn #FidelCastro," she wrote in a tweet on November 26 of that yr.

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Florida gubernatorial applicant Charlie Crist picked instructor union boss Karla Hernandez-Mats around the weekend. (Thomas Wheelock through Getty Illustrations or photos)

Castro died on November 25, 2016, at the age of 90. A Cuban revolutionary and supporter of Communism, he led the state from 1959 to 2008.

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Hernandez-Mats has also opposed initiatives to reopen colleges in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, even driving a hearse to a school board assembly to alert of likely fatalities from the virus. 

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Crist's functioning mate experienced explained in 2016 that the Cuban dictator would be mourned by a lot of men and women in Cuba. (Joe Raedle/Getty Photographs)

Throughout a speech immediately after Crist introduced her as his working mate, Hernandez-Mats explained, "Are you sick of politicians who act like authoritarians seeking to tear aside our democracy?… That's why we are in this article currently. To defeat Ron DeSantis and deliver decency and regard again to the point out of Florida."

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is favored for reelection in opposition to Crist.