Agreed. Desantis is running and he has a PR team. No shocker.
Elizabeth! I'm comin' to join ya!!! LOL
Posted on 03/06/2023 11:47:26 AM PST by GulliverSwift
According to five Republicans familiar with the discussions, the governor’s top lieutenants have quietly recruited a network of conservative social media influencers as part of a broader attempt to circumvent the mainstream press and appeal directly to GOP primary voters nationwide.
And who are, according to the three Republicans who received the initial pitch, among the ranks in DeSantis’ digital army?
Jack Murphy, a podcast host and self-described “alpha-male giga chad” involved in a quasi-professional cuckolding porn scandal. John Cardillo, a former Newsmax TV host and unregistered arms dealer who allegedly stiffed the Ukrainian government for $200,000 worth of body armor plates. Christian Walker, Herschel Walker’s right-wing influencer son who helped tank his father’s Senate campaign. David Reaboi, a Hungary-loving and Qatar-hating bodybuilder with longstanding ties to John Bolton. And Caleb Hull, an ex-Trump digital strategist who has said some very, very racist things.
This is the DeSantis A-team, and they’re fighting a battle for a presidential campaign that hasn’t even started yet—with plenty of DeSantis face time, dinners, and photo ops.
The effort has picked up steam ever since Christina Pushaw, DeSantis’ perennially online rapid response director, moved from the governor’s office to his campaign in August of last year.
Pushaw, who has deep connections in right-wing media, has been reaching out—either in person or through intermediaries—to recruit conservative influencers, promising to boost their follower count and engagement with the help of an alleged “bot farm,” according to three Republican influencers who received the pitch.
“I didn’t realize I was being used,” said one of the conservative influencers who agreed to be interviewed on the condition of anonymity.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
He's a coward hiding behind the skirts of Rupert Murdoch and RINO Twitter posters
“far right” = secure borders,no larger countries invading smaller neighbors,milk at $1.99 a gallon,Maoist government officials not ordering Americans to hide under their beds,top government officials not getting 10% of their kids’ illegal income....
I’m expecting a certain amount of flack up to election primary.
Trump is likely to win nomination.
I still think De Santis is a good Governor and would eb an excellent runner up for President
DeSantis army of secret supporters is so hush hush secret we were able to write an article about them.
This doesn’t sound good.
I have seen pro-DeSantis content in my timeline and they knock Trump as well. I did wonder why anyone would write this nonsense and it looks like it’s part of some kind of campaign.
If Ron is funding it then that’s not good in my opinion!
Whatever label you want to put on these people, they are getting paid off by Meatball Ron.
“...allegedly stiffed the Ukrainian government for $200,000 worth of body armor plates.”
That guy can’t be all bad if he swindles the swindlers.
Trumpers are now posting Daily Beast articles and agreeing with them??? HAHAHAHA! You people are so scared.
How dare DeSantis try to actually win political influence! Doesn’t he understand that all those conservatives are supposed to slink back into the shadows and let their betters run Romney for president? This whole “trying to win” business is just un-gentlemanly.
I am sorry this is happening to you. Do you need a safespace and some hot cocoa?
I don't like Bolton, but nothing wrong with admiring Orban's Hungary.
It isn’t great I have seen accounts knocking Trump and I wondered why they would write this because no one on “our side” would be THAT disrespectful, right?
You can like and support Ron without taking cheap shots. Many on FR do for example and I respect them but this is a moderated forum with many known posters who have been here for decades. Twitter is a different story.
Ron needs to stop this if he has any say, etc. (be careful with this source the Daily Beast!)
And this is a bad thing... why?
You forgot not supporting free tranny surgery for schoolchildren.
Agreed. Desantis is running and he has a PR team. No shocker.
Elizabeth! I'm comin' to join ya!!! LOL
But, when these communist anti-Americans criticize him, I’m a bit more inclined to give him the benefit of some doubt. Of course, they could just be playing us, so I still reserve judgement.
Why am I, just now, getting such spam emails from someone who isn't running for any national office? I never gave to him and I don't live in Florida.
If he was running, I'd understand. I only got emails from Nikki Haley on the day she announced (and promptly removed myself).
Even Nikki didn't spam me before announcing. Ronnie doesn't have such class.
DeSantis posters have been doing the same thing, posting unnamed sources from the NY Times, CNN, AP and the unabashedly unfair and unbalanced Fox.
For example the poorly sourced claim that Trump is planning on calling Ron, "meatball" and "Tiny D".
Haha's all around.
People are going to take sides regardless of some bots.
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