{"id":2019256,"date":"2023-09-01T11:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-it-over-desantis-super-pac-abandons-operations-in-key-primary-states\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T11:44:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:44:52","slug":"is-it-over-desantis-super-pac-abandons-operations-in-key-primary-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-it-over-desantis-super-pac-abandons-operations-in-key-primary-states\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Super-PAC Ends Operations in Crucial Primary States"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fis-it-over-desantis-super-pac-abandons-operations-in-key-primary-states%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=2019256&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>Is It \u2064Over? DeSantis \u2062Super-PAC Abandons Operations in Key Primary States<\/h2>\n<p>When an\u200d organization chooses a motto as a name, it\u2019s practically an invitation to\u2062 twist \u200bthe slogan into\u200d mockery when opportunities for criticism arise.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the\u200c case for <strong>Never Back Down<\/strong>, the super-PAC promoting\u2063 Republican Gov. Ron\u2062 DeSantis of Florida for\u2064 president.<\/p>\n<p>Never Back Down officials announced Wednesday they would back down from its current door knocking\u200b operations in four \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miami-mayor-francis-suarez-files-paperwork-to-run-for-gop-presidential-nomination\/\" title=\"Miami Mayor Francis Suarez seeks GOP presidential nomination.\">major primary states<\/a>. \u200dThe move away from such key strategic areas unsurprisingly led to conjecture on the status of DeSantis\u2019s presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>On social media,\u200d some expressed the predictable joke based \u200doff the super-PAC\u2019s brand name.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Safe to say they are Backing Down<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike \u200dSmitty \u2062 (@gettinolda) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gettinolda\/status\/1697271749836964208?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cSafe to say they are \u2063Backing Down\u201d<\/em> is the punchline.<\/p>\n<p>While ceasing\u200c operations in select locations may be part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-chief-guterres-says-endure-high-gas-prices-for-the-good-of-the-planet\/\" title=\"U.N. Chief Guterres Says Endure High Gas Prices for the Good of the Planet\">long term plan<\/a>, it makes\u200c for bad optics\u200c to be seen\u200c as retreating under the \u200dcurrent conditions of the DeSantis campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 announcement came after a series of recent,\u200b negative news\u200d about DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Over\u2063 the last \u200dmonth, \u200cDeSantis slipped to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/big-shakeup-2024-gop-primary-desantis-loses-second-place-position\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">third place<\/a> in \u200bsome \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-falls-3rd-place-key-gop-primary-bellwether-state-dark-horse-surges-past-gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polling<\/a>. There were \u200dclaims he was overshadowed by \u2063pro-Trump chants at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-hammered-iowa-state-fair-pro-trump-hecklers-drown-3-word-chant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa State Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis faced \u200badditional \u200dpush back after referring to certain, outspoken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-suffering-backlash-listless-vessels-comment-provides-fun-teachable-lesson-insulting-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump supporters<\/a> as \u201clistless vessels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Together, these stories could easily\u200b suggest a collapsing campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 reality of Never Back Down\u2019s\u200b reallocation of \u2062resources is obviously\u2063 much more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200d reported by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/-ron-desantis-super-pac-ends-door-knocking-nevada-super-tuesday-states-rcna102645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> NBC News<\/a>, \u2062Never\u200c Back Down ended its door knocking outreach operations in Nevada and California.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-it-over-desantis-super-pac-abandons-operations-in-key-primary-states\/\" title=\"DeSantis Super-PAC Ends Operations in Crucial Primary States\">door knocking operations\u200d ended weeks ago<\/a> in North Carolina \u2062and Texas.<\/p>\n<p>All four of these \u2064states are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.270towin.com\/2024-presidential-election-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">early participants<\/a> in the\u2063 run up to the 2024 presidential election. Nevada holds \u200da Republican caucus on February 8,\u2063 2024. \u2062The other\u200b three states are considered \u2062key battlegrounds in the March 5,\u2063 2024, Super Tuesday primaries.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2064 does seem counterproductive \u2062to\u200d willingly\u200d walk away from the grassroots connections\u2063 door knocking creates. It could be a \u200csign the DeSantis campaign is struggling financially after failing\u200c to rise in the polls.<\/p>\n<p>However, the DeSantis campaign \u200bexplained \u200cthe rationale behind ceasing \u2064operations in the four states for now.\u200c They are ramping up operations in three \u2062states with \u200cearlier primaries: Iowa,\u200b New Hampshire, and \u2062South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa\u2019s Republican caucus\u200b is\u200d January 15. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/iowas-gop-caucus-date-set-timing-new-hampshires-primary-not-simple-rcna94575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Hampshire<\/a> has \u2063not set a date, but it\u2063 is presumed\u200c its primary will be \u200bin January. South Carolina\u2019s primary is February 24.<\/p>\n<p>Never Back Down spokeswoman Erin Perrine said, \u201cWe want to reinvest in the \u2064first\u2063 three,\u201d noting \u2063the \u2062results in those states will influence \u200dthe outcome\u200b of March primary\u200c results.<\/p>\n<p>According to Perrine, changes made in Nevada and California made the \u200bstates less competitive.<\/p>\n<p>Perrine noted \u200crevisions made in Nevada\u2019s \u2063primary process \u2062caused\u2064 confusion, alleging it \u2063was \u2062done to\u2063 assist Donald Trump\u2019s chances in the \u2064race.<\/p>\n<p>According to NBC, \u201cPerrine blasted Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald as a\u2064 \u2018Trump puppet\u2019 who is \u2018conducting that caucus\/primary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-super-pac-cuts-back-on-door-knocking-in-several-states\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis' super PAC reduces door-knocking in multiple states.\">primary\/caucus routine<\/a> that he\u2019s\u2062 doing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perrine\u200b said, \u201cWhen \u2062you have that kind\u2062 of uncertainty about how\u200b the election\u2019s going to be conducted, that\u2062 becomes a \u200cpretty unstable environment to be investing the kind of resources that \u2064we\u2019re investing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McDonald has denied any bias, saying they are making changes to address concerns \u2062about voter fraud. The Nevada GOP has\u200c appealed to\u2064 the state\u200d Supreme Court to determine\u200c how the election will be run.<\/p>\n<p>California also had changes to\u2064 its delegate allocation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2023-07-29\/california-republican-primary-delegates-trump-desantis-presidential-election-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a> reported the state\u200b Republican\u2062 Party switched from awarding delegates by congressional district to a winner \u2063takes\u200b all 169 delegates outcome, as long \u2064as the\u2062 candidate received more than\u2064 50 \u2064percent of \u2062the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Perrine \u200dsaid\u2064 the changes were \u201cTrump inspired \u2064rigging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A senior advisor to\u200b Trump\u2019s campaign, Chris LaCivita, responded to the NBC News \u200creporting with another spoof on the\u2063 DeSantis super-PAC, \u200ccalling them \u201cAlways\u200d Back Down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Never Back Down sources emphasized they\u200b had already \u200dcompleted a pass of door knocking operations in\u2062 the states they are leaving. They also say door knocking teams could return\u200b to those states again later.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has also had some positive press lately, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-literally-cashes-big-gop-debate-performance-doubles-runner-ups-haul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strong\u2064 fundraising<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-sends-warning-part-florida-reports-hurricane-looting-loot-shoot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assertive leadership<\/a> \u200d during Hurricane Idalia.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible Never Back Down\u200c will, \u200din fact, be \u2063back up.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-super-pac-abandons-operations-key-primary-states\/\">Is \u200cIt Over? DeSantis \u2064Super-PAC Abandons Operations in Key Primary\u2064 States<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u200bWestern Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When an organization adopts a motto as its name, it invites mockery when criticism arises. This is evident with Never Back Down, the super-PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis for president. 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