Posted on 12/17/2023 8:36:36 AM PST by conservative98
Jeff Roe, a top strategist for the main super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign, announced his resignation from the group late Saturday — the latest in a string of departures from the organization.
The pro-DeSantis group, Never Back Down, has been enveloped in turmoil in recent weeks. Two weeks ago, it fired three of its top officials, including the super PAC’s chief executive officer. The board chairman, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, also left, as did the organization’s president, Chris Jankowski.
Republican strategist Phil Cox, a longtime DeSantis ally and adviser, has stepped in to help steer the PAC in the final weeks before the Iowa caucus.
Roe ‘s departure followed the publishing of an article in The Washington Post on Saturday about backbiting within the PAC.
Roe said in a statement posted to X that he “cannot in good conscience stay affiliated with Never Back Down given the statements in the Washington Post today. They are not true and an unwanted distraction at a critical time for Governor DeSantis.”
He added, “I can’t believe it ended this way.
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Roe promised DeSantis he would never back down.
It sounds good—right?
Lol.
Every time I see the term “republican strategist”, I think of liberal RINO pushers. The republican strategist’s job is to get the most liberal RINO across the finish line, that they can get away with.
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Wasn’t DeSantis lecturing Trump and all of us about how much better he could run the Federal government and would only hire the best people, never making a miss?
The man can’t even run his own campaign, over which he has complete control, and consistently hires the wrong people who can’t either.
DeSantis tried to have his cake and eat it too:
—Massive budget of SuperPacs which legally are not under his control
—Attempting to control the SuperPac without ending up in jail
The plan was doomed from the start—just from a technical campaign standpoint and ignoring politics.
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