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.
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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. Earlier this month, however, Never Back Down appeared to be trying to head off the spending crisis that hit the campaign, putting some upcoming hires on hold in an effort to conserve resources, according to the source and internal communications. And the Lone Star State was one of two priorities.
To an unusual degree for a presidential candidate, DeSantis is outsourcing key campaign projects, like field organizing, to a supportive outside super PAC, whose main function is typically to blanket states with TV ads backing their candidate. Rival campaigns were bemused to hear the DeSantis team is targeting Texas instead of investing in other key early states, with some speculating that his campaign will collapse long before Super Tuesday.
The governor has made hardline immigration rhetoric, and stunts like flying migrants to blue states, hallmarks of his political brand, which could appeal to Texas GOP voters. In late June, he made a trip to the U.S.
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