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Tallanasty: DeSantis Adviser Embroiled in Filthy Scandal Plaguing Florida GOP Gubernatorial Primary Undercard
Breitbart ^ | Jan 19, 2026 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 01/20/2026 2:15:49 PM PST by backpacker_c

Christina Pushaw is a top DeSantis administration official who rose to prominence in political influencer circles in the 2024 GOP presidential primary race when she commanded a legion of “influencers” on DeSantis’s behalf in the race that saw him get blown out by Trump on his path back to the White House.

Now, Pushaw works for the governor’s office and apparently has been moonlighting as an informal adviser to a man named James Fishback who is running for the GOP nomination for governor.

Fishback has come under serious scrutiny over reports he lived with an underage girl for some time earlier in his life, and for his associations with anti-Israel activists.

Pushaw, from her perch in the governor’s mansion, had apparently been secretly advising and helping launch Fishback’s campaign while quietly attending campaign events for Fishback.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: christinapushaw; desantis; florida; govenor; jamesfishback; pushaw
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More political intrige and backstabbing in the article

The desantis political deceit and corruption continues

1 posted on 01/20/2026 2:15:49 PM PST by backpacker_c
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To: backpacker_c
Not clear this has anything to do with DeSantis: Pushaw seems to be one of those creatures addicted to power with no scruples about whom she helps as long as she thinks that person can succeed and she can ride the coattails.

Is there any evidence DeSantis is backing Fishback?

2 posted on 01/20/2026 2:27:55 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: backpacker_c
Fishback has come under serious scrutiny over reports he lived with an underage girl

Yeah, good try. This went to court and was thrown out for utter lack of evidence. So, there’s been “scrutiny” and he was cleared, but this “journalist” wants to not report that and keep hammering him with stale, disproven allegations anyway. You can’t hate these people enough.
3 posted on 01/20/2026 2:31:25 PM PST by E Pluribus Bellum
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To: backpacker_c

What sort of idiocy is this article?

Fishback ranks near the bottom of the (so far) 14 Republicans who are running for Governor of Florida this year.

Nobody knows or cares abut this hopeless Fishback chump, but I guess any chance to bash DeSantis for something in which he isn’t even remotely involved is a joy for the feeble-minded.


4 posted on 01/20/2026 2:32:32 PM PST by PermaRag (Facts, context, and more facts)
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To: pierrem15
Not clear this has anything to do with DeSantis: Pushaw seems to be one of those creatures addicted to power with no scruples about whom she helps as long as she thinks that person can succeed and she can ride the coattails.

One of the big problems with DeSantis is the alliances he keeps with Globalist like GWB, Jeb Bush, John Bolton et. all.

Couple that with people like Pushaw that he hires, and there are real trust issues.
5 posted on 01/20/2026 2:34:09 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: PermaRag

My thoughts, precisely!


6 posted on 01/20/2026 2:35:17 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: pierrem15

pushaw has long been associated with desantis

she has been his press secretary before he ran for president, became his media advisor, and went back to work for him when he bowed out as some sort of ‘analyst’.


7 posted on 01/20/2026 2:53:21 PM PST by backpacker_c
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To: Seaplaner

“ . . . lived with an underage girl for sometime earlier in his life.” So?

I lived with a nearly underage girl, too. Neither of us had a clue, except we were both hard workers. 45 years later we’re doing ok and still married.


8 posted on 01/20/2026 3:01:32 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: backpacker_c

The DeSantis bashers are getting a head start on the next election cycle—just in case. DeSantis could invent a cure for cancer, and some people would complain about how he is putting doctors out of work.


9 posted on 01/20/2026 3:28:46 PM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands (If someone says that there are no absolutes, ask them if they are absolutely sure.)
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To: backpacker_c

Meh. Desantis will never be president, so this is simply theater.


10 posted on 01/20/2026 3:44:30 PM PST by ChuckHam
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

Yep. Sore winner is never a good look. Many of them live in crap hole states and can’t stand his success in Florida. DeSantis got stuff done and unlike “conservatives” like Youngkin he managed to get things codified in legislation so it can’t be reversed by a successor. Meanwhile the new communist governor of Virginia is already trashing Youngkin’s EOs.


11 posted on 01/20/2026 4:15:42 PM PST by clintonh8r (The truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth. ©️)
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