Posted on 11/16/2023 4:14:44 PM PST by thegagline
Make America Great Again Inc., the super PAC backing former President Donald Trump, has spent a magnitude more on ads targeting 2024 rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis than on President Biden — despite Trump leading the GOP field by over 40 points on average.
MAGA Inc. has spent over $23 million funding ads opposing DeSantis and over $6.7 million against Biden, according to data published by Rob Pyers, research director for the California Target Book.
The large discrepancy in spending shows Trump’s camp is engaged in the primary election and is not merely focusing on beating Biden, as the former president’s campaign has tried to convey in his messaging and skipping out on every GOP debate.
“The spending will stop when Ron DeSantis goes back to doing what he was elected to do — govern the state of Florida,” Karoline Leavitt, spokeswoman for MAGA Inc., told The Post.
Trump has called on the Republican National Committee to cancel all debates to focus on defeating the Democrats. He has also said he would not want to engage in debates with “people that shouldn’t even be running for president” while speaking to Tucker Carlson in a counter-program interview during the first GOP debate.
The Florida governor is the primary target of negative advertising out of all the candidates, racking up over $25 million in opposing ads from backers of other White House hopefuls. Biden comes in second place with a total of $20.2 million in attack ads from the 2024 field, according to Pyers’ data.
Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting DeSantis, has not spent any money on Biden attack ads, and has instead focused on Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, the data shows. ***
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“Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting DeSantis, has not spent any money on Biden attack ads, and has instead focused on Trump”
Using the Nevertrumper simpleton logic, DeSantis must REALLY like Biden then.
“Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting DeSantis, has not spent any money on Biden.”
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UniParty hack?
Dang it, you beat me to it. 😂
If DeSimpus would drop out that money could be saved for the general. But no......................
Barring something unforeseen, Trump’s got the primaries in the bag, so why the wasteful spending on a candidate that’s nowhere near you?
Save it for the general, gonna need that to target not only Biden but a potential third party(Kennedy)
Super Pac spent the money, not Trump campaign.
This is PAST money spent. Biden will get his turn. Be patient.
Still money that could be better spent in the general.
Just my two cents....
Tell that to Never Back Down and DeSantis who spent $100m trying to take down Trump. Trump’spac has to do deal with Desantis first because this dumb SOB put his name in the race and his whole campaign is based on the premise of Trump is thrown in prison. What the hell? Desantis having some neg ads is REQUIRED and is well deserved and the least that should that happen to him, he should have never declared to run against Trump, should have seen that Trump has unfinished business and been supportive.
The Super Pacs do as they please. You may be right but they have the money and make the call.
If DeSimpus would drop out that money could be saved for the general. But no......................
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The Florida ingrate is the one causing division.
His campaign has been disastrous, but that isn’t going to stop him from doubling down on his foolishness.
Unfortunately, the “never back down kid” is going to have to take a “beat down” before he drops his floundering campaign.
DeSantis has one slim shot at being relevant for a brief time.....win the Iowa Caucus. After Iowa he’s toast and DOA no matter what he does.
Tell that to Never Back Down and DeSantis who spent $100m trying to take down Trump. Trump’spac has to do deal with Desantis first because this dumb SOB put his name in the race and his whole campaign is based on the premise of Trump is thrown in prison. What the hell? Desantis having some neg ads is REQUIRED and is well deserved and the least that should that happen to him, he should have never declared to run against Trump, should have seen that Trump has unfinished business and been supportive.
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DeSantis is the one setting off the party fratricide.
He and his supporters need to take responsibility for draining coffers & energy on their “lost cause.”
They won’t, many of them have been malcontents since the 2015-2016 time period.
Biden is evil, Trump is crazy, and we are up a creek without a paddle.
Meanwhile, Biden and the Democrats are completely unscathed.
Trump could do a lot more for the country by studying and emulating Reagan’s leadership style and Reagan’s focus on the economy than he ever will by stealing Reagan’s catchy slogans and playing the victim all the time.
“He and his supporters need to take responsibility for draining coffers & energy on their ‘lost cause’”
I see DeSantis as akin to our “Strategic Petroleum Reserve”. Trump could get hit by an asteroid...
Desantis pac pissed away millions and got a distant, what? second or third to Haley.
Money wasted so Trump and his PAC should learned to save for the big contest.
This is true and since I haven’t put my money in it yet it’s not my business but it still seems unwise.
Oh well...
Dianan failed polysci and English before getting on the J school track
Before the general election, there is a primary election
Extreme waste of money.
Trump hasn’t fixed his primary issue.
“Focus”
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