{"id":2008572,"date":"2023-08-22T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T23:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-chip-roy-and-gov-kevin-stitt-among-desantis-surrogates-in-milwaukee\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T19:10:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T23:10:01","slug":"republican-debate-chip-roy-and-gov-kevin-stitt-among-desantis-surrogates-in-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-chip-roy-and-gov-kevin-stitt-among-desantis-surrogates-in-milwaukee\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican debate in Milwaukee features Chip Roy and Gov. Kevin Stitt as DeSantis surrogates."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-debate-chip-roy-and-gov-kevin-stitt-among-desantis-surrogates-in-milwaukee%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2008572&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis Gains Strong \u200bSupport Ahead of Republican National Committee&#8217;s \u200bFirst\u200b Primary Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is set\u200c to receive a powerful boost from\u2063 a diverse group of prominent supporters at the upcoming Republican National Committee&#8217;s primary debate. Among the impressive lineup of\u200c DeSantis surrogates making their way to Milwaukee to rally behind the Florida governor \u2064are Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX), \u2064Laurel Lee (R-FL), Rich McCormick (R-GA), Gov. Kevin\u2063 Stitt (R-OK), and Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez.<\/p>\n<h3>Can the\u2064 Debates Help Winnow the GOP Field?<\/h3>\n<p>When asked about his goals for\u2062 attending\u2063 the debate in\u200c support of\u200b DeSantis, \u200bRoy succinctly\u200d stated, &#8220;Win.&#8221; The \u2063debate will \u2064be \u2064broadcasted by \u200cFox \u200cNews, and DeSantis&#8217;s campaign has arranged for both Roy and Stitt\u2064 to participate\u200c in the network&#8217;s post-debate &#8220;spin \u2063room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Several other influential\u2062 figures are converging \u200con the city as part \u200bof the \u2062DeSantis campaign&#8217;s efforts to bolster its surrogate\u200b operation. The campaign has been diligently working with surrogates and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-big-tech-and-media-actions-to-steal-the-election-heres-whats-going-on-in-pennsylvania-and-michigan\/\" title=\"Democrat, Big Tech and Media Actions to Steal the Election \u2013 Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going on in Pennsylvania and Michigan\">media outlets<\/a> to \u2062secure appearances for various \u2063spokespeople, \u200dincluding endorsers, campaign \u200dadvisers,\u2062 contributors, and staff.<\/p>\n<p>This surge in activity comes as DeSantis himself has\u2064 significantly increased his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-suspended-from-education-program-for-saying-a-man-is-a-man-a-woman-is-a-woman\/\" title=\"Student Suspended From Education Program For Saying, \u2018A Man Is A Man, A Woman Is A Woman\u2019\">media presence<\/a>, engaging in \u2062nearly 70 interviews, press conferences, and gaggles since\u2064 July\u2064 18. This heightened\u200d media operation was initiated \u2063by\u200b his notable CNN interview with Jake Tapper, which marked \u2064a departure from his initial media strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-chip-roy-and-gov-kevin-stitt-among-desantis-surrogates-in-milwaukee\/\" title=\"Republican debate in Milwaukee features Chip Roy and Gov. Kevin Stitt as DeSantis surrogates.\">numerous state lawmakers<\/a> from Florida, Iowa, and South Carolina will be present at the Fiserv \u2064Forum arena to show their support for DeSantis&#8217;s 2024 campaign. Notable attendees include Florida state Sens. Jay \u2062Collins and Blaise Ingoglia, as\u200c well\u2063 as\u2064 state Rep. Kiyan Michael, who\u200c tragically \u200blost a\u200d child to \u2063an \u200dillegal immigrant. Iowa state Sens. Jesse Green, Dan Zumbach,\u200d Adrian Dickey, \u2062and Jeff Reichman, who recently switched his endorsement\u2064 from former President Donald Trump to DeSantis, will also \u2062be in\u2063 attendance. Additionally, Iowa House\u200d Majority \u2063Leader Matt Windschitl and State Rep. Matt Rinker,\u2063 along with South Carolina state Reps. Travis Moore\u200d and Micah \u2063Caskey and state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, are making their way to Wisconsin for the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Reichman&#8217;s change of endorsement occurred after Trump publicly feuded with \u2063Gov. Kim Reynolds \u2064(R-IA), prompting Reichman\u200b to express his admiration for\u200c DeSantis in an\u2064 op-ed, stating, &#8220;Governor Reynolds \u200bhas\u2064 done an outstanding job\u200b in Iowa, and former President Trump should be supportive\u2063 of successful fellow \u200dRepublicans.&#8221; He further emphasized the qualities he sees in DeSantis that\u2063 he admires\u2062 in Gov. Reynolds.\u200c DeSantis \u200dhas maintained a positive relationship \u2063with the Iowa governor, setting himself apart \u2063from Trump, who has taken credit for\u2062 her election.<\/p>\n<p>Joining \u2064the \u200dranks of DeSantis&#8217;s surrogates at the debate are former Trump officials, including Christian Whiton,\u2062 a former senior adviser in the Trump\u200b and George\u2062 W. Bush administrations,\u200c and Alex Gray, a \u200bformer special assistant to Trump and \u2062chief\u200b of staff at the National Security Council. Additionally, \u2063former Florida Sen. \u2062George LeMieux and former Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva, who recently joined the \u2062DeSantis campaign as a senior adviser, \u2062will be present to support the Florida governor.<\/p>\n<p>Notable donors attending the debate\u200c on DeSantis&#8217;s\u200c behalf include Hal Lambert, founder and \u200cCEO of Point Bridge Capital, \u2063and Pete Synder, founder and \u2064CEO of Disruptor Capital. CEOs from Canary,\u200d LLC and Digibuild will also be\u2063 making \u2064their way to Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>Despite former \u2062President Trump&#8217;s absence from the debate, prominent\u200d surrogates for Trump\u200b are also descending on the \u2062city. However, a reported memo from Fox News has limited access to\u2063 the crucial media &#8220;spin room&#8221; \u2063to aides of participating candidates. Others will only be \u2063granted entry if they are guests of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles 'Anonymous' Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">media organizations<\/a>, making \u200dit\u2063 more challenging for Trump supporters like Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Mike Waltz (R-FL), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and former Republican gubernatorial candidate in Arizona \u200dKari Lake to\u2063 gain access to the media\u200d center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(R-OK), and former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2008573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}