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Top strategist resigns from DeSantis-backing super PAC with less than a month before Iowa caucuses
apnews ^ | Dec 16, 2023 | Jill Colvin

Posted on 12/16/2023 9:34:40 PM PST by backpacker_c

The top strategist for the embattled super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' campaign for the White House resigned Saturday night in the latest sign of trouble for the GOP hopeful less than one month before voting begins with Iowa’s kickoff caucuses.

Jeff Roe, the top adviser to Never Back Down, is the latest senior staffer to exit Never Back Down, which has been the largest outside group supporting DeSantis’ candidacy.

The Associated Press reported earlier this week on growing concern among some within DeSantis’ operation that interactions between his campaign and his network of outside groups were blurring the lines of what’s legally permissible.

Weighing in on his social media site from Las Vegas, where he is watching a UFC fight, Trump late Saturday cheered the news. “Jeff Roe is out—GAME OVER for DeSanctimonious!” he wrote.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 00001loserron; astroturf; axiomstrategies; desanctimonious; desantis; gameover; holycrap; iowa; iowacaucus; jebbush; jeff; jeffroe; neverbackdown; roe; satnightmassacre; teamdesantis; trump; worstcandidateever
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To: Brian Griffin

LOL...

winning by putting out the dirty trick of desantis’ campaign, which was to spread the story that ben carson had dropped out of the presidential campaign before the caucus...

And it wasn’t the first time roe used dirty tricks to influence elections by spreading things just before the voting, so there wasn’t time to respond to the rumor or allegations...


21 posted on 12/16/2023 10:33:18 PM PST by backpacker_c
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To: backpacker_c

22 posted on 12/16/2023 10:35:01 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: backpacker_c
FINALLY! Jeff Roe is gone. Hopefully Christina Pushaw is next to leave and then DeSantis can start righting his campaign.

Thanks for the good news!

23 posted on 12/16/2023 10:40:31 PM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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To: conservative98

Jeff Roe and Fatt Wolking (@MattWolking) have QUIT the DeSantis super pac with just 4 weeks until Iowa.

The DeSantis campaign is the worst campaign in the HISTORY of politics and the biggest grifters in politics (Axiom Strategies) will never get another serious client again.

Good riddance, morons! MAGA!!!! https://t.co/KqrKR5lYXa— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) December 17, 2023

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BREAKING: Jeff Roe, top strategist for DeSantis Super PAC, resigned tonight. “I cannot in good conscience stay affiliated with Never Back Down given the statements in the Washington Post today. They are not true and an unwanted distraction.” More here—> https://t.co/ZVBVVnmjQR— Michael Scherer (@michaelscherer) December 17, 2023


24 posted on 12/16/2023 10:54:54 PM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

would like to make it very clear that Jeff Roe had $100M to spend on promoting “Rob” DeSantis and he got absolutely crushed by an army of mom and dads who love Trump & meme/sh#t post for fun.@mattwolking and @jeffroe will never recover from this.

Trump 2024!— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) December 17, 2023


25 posted on 12/16/2023 10:55:10 PM PST by conservative98
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To: backpacker_c

The movie is over…
Fade out…
Roll the credits…
THE END.

Trump 2024, like your life depends on it, because it does.


26 posted on 12/16/2023 10:56:00 PM PST by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
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To: conservative98

Totally normal for a successful campaign with just 4 weeks until Iowa https://t.co/WTvH5Tyato— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 17, 2023

🚨Just in: Jeff Roe has officially resigned from DeSantis 2024 Super PAC Never Back Down. pic.twitter.com/EcmkoH6yq9— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) December 17, 2023


27 posted on 12/16/2023 10:56:39 PM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

dang...

The dilley meme team is going to be great over the next week over the crushing of the media and social media influencers that’s coming...

Almost makes me want to get a new account on twitter to read their stuff...

hmmmm....


28 posted on 12/16/2023 11:13:46 PM PST by backpacker_c
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To: backpacker_c

J E F F R O E Q U I T S 🤣🐊🤡#Iowa #Trump2024 #DilleyMemeTeam pic.twitter.com/ThwGsicTEp— miguelifornia (@miguelifornia) December 17, 2023


29 posted on 12/16/2023 11:26:31 PM PST by conservative98
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To: SoConPubbie

🐊ALL IS WELL IN DESANTIS LAND 🤣#Iowa #Trump2024 #DilleyMemeTeam pic.twitter.com/Th3UXhJlMX— miguelifornia (@miguelifornia) December 17, 2023


30 posted on 12/16/2023 11:27:55 PM PST by conservative98
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To: Brian Griffin

That Wikipedia piece reads like his mother wrote it.


31 posted on 12/16/2023 11:55:27 PM PST by Laslo Fripp (Semper Fidelis)
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To: backpacker_c

32 posted on 12/17/2023 12:43:20 AM PST by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: backpacker_c

Updating the list of people that left...

Chris Jankowski - CEO - quit
Adam Laxalt - Chairman neverbackdown - quit
Kristin Davison - interim CEO - fired
Erin Perrine - Communications director - fired
Matt Palmisano - Director of operations - fired
Jeff Roe - Chief strategist - quit

The person I didn’t remember that left kind of left silently, so wasn’t really noticed, and that was....

steve cortes - national spoksman - quit

And in conservative98’s postings of Alex Bruesewitz tweets, it says that matt wolking - strategic communications director, also quit, but I haven’t seen any other outlet report it yet.

It could be he’s gone too, but, like when perine and palimisano were fired, it wasn’t revealed for a few days.


33 posted on 12/17/2023 2:12:06 AM PST by backpacker_c
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To: conservative98

lol...

Thanks for posting those... the dilley show is going to be funny too...

The dilley300 meme team are volunteers putting out memes that are pro Trump and anti desantis.... Trump has had them at both Bedminster and Mar A Largo to thank them for their help...

The reason they are important, is that social media is a big part of where certain age groups get their news and information.... I’ll post more on that later.

warning - There’s lots of curse words for those that sensitive to it’s usage if you’re wondering what the show is like and decide to check it out...


34 posted on 12/17/2023 2:23:38 AM PST by backpacker_c
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To: MinorityRepublican
The opposition has had plenty of opportunity to raise their profiles, but they haven't.

Trump is ahead in the field and always has been.

No one is giving this to Trump because it's his turn. We're giving it to him because he's proven himself over and over again.

He wasn't a perfect president, but the vast majority of mistakes he made was in trusting people that were still beholden to the Bush family and their way of doing things.

The GOP isn't what it used to be, and those of us that want to make it a better party are solidly behind Trump.

We are sick and tired of Republicans that promise the moon, only to cave on time after time to the left.

It's no more Mr. Nice Guy for us.

35 posted on 12/17/2023 4:41:23 AM PST by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: roving

DeSantis’s future would’ve been brightest if he had finished his full-term as governor, then taken a very high post in the Trump administration for two years.


36 posted on 12/17/2023 5:14:58 AM PST by Freee-dame
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To: conservative98

Trump also alienated the entire cohort of election consultants and strategists who can make enormous commissions buying ads etc. for a candidate. I don’t think Trump used any of them in 2016.


37 posted on 12/17/2023 5:20:29 AM PST by Freee-dame
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To: backpacker_c

Q. How does a member of the DeSantis team resign?

A. They say “Think of it as participation in action”. Bye.


38 posted on 12/17/2023 5:25:07 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Obey or get canceled.)
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To: Freee-dame

“election consultants and strategists who can make enormous commissions buying ads”

Those folks have an inherent conflict of interest—they will always want the candidate to fundraise and spend like crazy—creating an astroturf advertising campaign while they rake in the cash.

They will also be in direct conflict with all other parts of the campaign who consider advertising just one piece of an overall strategy.

This is campaign basics stuff—apparently DeSantis did not understand how the game was played—or was too weak to control the process.

(That said—the convoluted campaign laws force campaigns to pretend they don’t control some fundraising operations—so the lawyers are always whispering in your ear that you should not be micromanaging them.

The big picture “process” issues are tough—and need to be carefully thought out at the beginning—with no room for error.)


39 posted on 12/17/2023 5:52:38 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Obey or get canceled.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The problem is really that the DeSantis star never burned too bright. Perhaps it is because the “star” hadn’t really developed yet.


40 posted on 12/17/2023 6:02:58 AM PST by dforest
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