If you have followed the management and branding efforts of the team around Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the protestations today by campaign official and registered foreign agent Christina Pushaw are quite bizarre.Posted on 04/05/2023 4:29:35 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
If you have followed the management and branding efforts of the team around Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the protestations today by campaign official and registered foreign agent Christina Pushaw are quite bizarre.
The Daily Beast wrote an article [SEE HERE] about how Ms. Pushaw organized an astroturf campaign of support for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, which included the recruitment of several conservative influencers. The substance of the article is generally well known.
In late 2021, early 2022, Ms. Pushaw invited a group of “influencers” to spend time with Governor DeSantis. It’s not a debatable event. Factually, the collective group took gleeful pictures of their first visit on January 6, 2022, and continued to post frequent pictures on their social media of events throughout last year. The group went to the reelection celebration and inauguration of DeSantis earlier this month.
However, for some odd reason, likely more concerned about people realizing the ‘organized‘ nature of the creation, in a bizarre turn of events, Ms. Christina Pushaw is now denying she ever organized the assembly and stating that without any documentary evidence, saying she organized the group is just a conspiracy theory. [Tweet Link]
If Ms. Pushaw is to be believed, the random group of Florida conservative “influencers” just happened to show up at the Governor’s office on January 6, 2022, without any invitation, organization or coordination on her part.
Even lacking the invitation details, hanging your defense on the absence of a paper trail under these circumstances seems like a very odd position to take.
Why does the DeSantis team fear sunlight on the origin of how this outreach and subsequent meetings took place? Very odd.
I sincerely doubt this group just randomly showed up at Ron DeSantis’ office, on January 6, 2022, without an invitation or organizing.
The same group then continued meeting throughout the year….
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Nothing about their recruitment, continued meet-ups and aggressive promotion of Ron DeSantis for the GOP nomination in 2024, would be that interesting or even noteworthy if Ms. Christina Pushaw didn’t paint them all into a box by denying she ever organized their first assembly.
And there’s the rub… Why is Christina Pushaw denying that she first organized them on behalf of the political aspirations of her boss, Ron DeSantis?
The only logical reason to make such an outlandish and transparently false claim, is if that original assembly was intended as seed material to use the “influencers” for another purpose, like a 2024 presidential bid. Yet, Ron DeSantis hasn’t announced a 2024 presidential bid…. so that issue is a nonstarter, unless that announcement is eventually going to come forth.
If Ron DeSantis is going to announce his candidacy for the GOP nomination, then suddenly all these background moves look like proactive steps on behalf of the management team. The January 6, 2022 meeting would then infer the presidential aspirations as far back as December 2021.
In combination with the $200+ million in Wall Street money assembled by DeSantis, perhaps that 2024 plan is the risk necessitating the absurd denial.
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They all just randomly showed up to hang out with DeSantis. Yep, that’s the story and Pushaw is sticking to it.
For those interested, central planning and organization is the difference between “organic support” and “astroturf.”
Slava Ukraine!
Lots of Hate for a guy that’s not even running. Trump must be terrified of him.
There is SunDunce making stuff up, again…
His opposers do seem to be a bit obsessed and histrionic.
This is so weak, it is comical.
Do you think Trump did not prepare in advance of coming down the escalator?
DeSantis has been a darned good governor from what I’ve seen. I have given Trump thousands in the past but I won’t give him one dime if its going to be used on garbage attacks like the Social Security commercial. My opponent is in the White House and the communists on Capitol Hill.
Attacking DeSantis is pointless. I love DeSantis. I love Trump. DeSantis will make an excellent president (in 2028).
In the present circumstance, there is no way I’m backing away from Trump. I don’t see anyone seriously opposing him from GOP after the indictments. They would be pariah if they did.
Stop posting things attacking our side.
Or....we could just look at the policies Ron has implemented to make Florida better, and forget about this peripheral nonsense.
Trump’s henchman SunDense at work again, I see.
I am a Trump supporter, but I see nothing strange about Florida influencers/people of note wanting to get their pictures taken with the sitting governor of Florida at his inauguration party. I’ve seen friendly pictures of the Trumps and the Clintons smiling together, too.
I have a thank you note from Lt. Gov. Jody Rell of Connecticut from when I ran for State Rep there. That doesn’t mean I supported her.
Can somebody please explain, what exactly we are supposed to be pissed off about , and why we are supposed to be pissed off about these meetings of these people?
The clear tone of this, is that we are supposed to be pissed off at these people having gotten together. But I am missing something as to why this is a problem.
I hate republican primary season. Not so much any possible candidates, but the infighting of the supporters on sites like this gets ugly. I’ve had to just tune out for months before because of it.
The Trump/Cruz battle saw record loss of longtime conservative FRiends here.
I’ve been here since ‘04, lurking before that, so I’ve seen the battles, hard and lasting hatred of other conservatives, banning, and opuses. (though some are hilarious)...(can’t remember her short name, but her very short opus drew thousands of replies..”lily” something)
The Viking Kitties better stock up on Kibble and catnip
Define 'our side'.
Trump or Bust!
Please see comment #13
Attacking from the Left is never something sa Conservative should support.
“I have given Trump thousands in the past but I won’t give him one dime if its going to be used on garbage attacks like the Social Security commercial.”
I certainly haven’t given Trump thousands, but I have donated on multiple occasions. However, this tired BS doesn’t inspire me to donate anything.
gaslight
“Can somebody please explain, what exactly we are supposed to be pissed off about...”
My best guess is that you’re supposed to be in a state of constant rage at the mere mention of anyone’s name who has even a minuscule chance of successfully challenging DJT. Anything less than a constant seething and you’re a libtard, Trump hater, Bidenista, never-Trumper, Dem plant, troll, Commie, stooge, anti-American, GOPe-er, ad nauseum.
—> Attacking DeSantis is pointless.
Beat the crap out of your opponents.
And they should beat the crap out of you.
This is a war.
Not a church social.
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