Ron DeSantis’ Campaign is Reeling, and so is the Staff.

Things are getting ugly behind the scenes.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readNov 22, 2023
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It’s no secret that Ron DeSantis’ campaign has been all but finished since before it even really got started. His message has failed to resonate outside of Florida, he attached himself too closely to Trump in his previous election for anyone to take him seriously if or when he tries to attack him, and he was so afraid of missing the moment that he most likely ruined any more future plans to run for President entirely.

The campaign is reeling, and apparently so is the staff.

Dasha Burns, Matt Dixon, Natasha Korecki and Jonathan Allen with NBC write:

“Leaders of Ron DeSantis’ Never Back Down super PAC met privately last Tuesday to hash out a strategy for fighting Nikki Haley’s rise in the polls. Instead, two of them nearly came to blows.

Jeff Roe, the top consultant for the super PAC, got into a heated argument with longtime DeSantis confidant Scott Wagner while a small group of nine board members and senior staff were discussing budgeting.

“You have a stick up your a — , Scott,” Roe fumed at Wagner, who is a member of the Never Back Down board.

“Why don’t you come over here and get it?” Wagner responded, rising from his chair. He…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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