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Zorro

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Fri Jul 28, 2023, 09:00 PM Jul 2023

DeSantis' PAC Has a New Strategy: Go All-In on Texas

The Florida governor’s bid is in imminent danger—but his PAC is sending staff to organize in Texas, which votes weeks after Iowa and New Hampshire.

With his presidential campaign laying off dozens of staffers, struggling in the polls, and already promising a full-fledged reboot, Ron DeSantis might find himself lucky to survive the summer.

Against that dire backdrop, the Florida governor’s most important ally—an outside super PAC functioning as his shadow campaign—appears to be making a baffling strategic move.

According to internal communications obtained by The Daily Beast, the Never Back Down PAC has been telling new field organizing staffers that they can either pack their bags for Iowa—or for Texas.

Iowa, of course, is the first-in-the nation caucus state and a must-win for DeSantis. But Texas does not vote until next year’s Super Tuesday, March 5—at which point the GOP nomination might be firmly in Donald Trump’s hands.

Yet, Never Back Down has told new hires that if they do not want to be dispatched to knock doors and canvass voters in Iowa, their only other choice is Texas, according to the communications, which were shared by a Republican source with direct knowledge of the situation.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-never-back-down-super-pac-has-a-new-strategy-go-all-in-on-texas
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DeSantis' PAC Has a New Strategy: Go All-In on Texas (Original Post) Zorro Jul 2023 OP
I hope one of his morons knock on my door. marble falls Jul 2023 #1
That's as equally brilliant as Guiliani going all-in on Florida Renew Deal Jul 2023 #2

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