Professional-DeSantis PAC suggests governor has 'grit' in New Hampshire and Iowa advertisement invest in

Julia Johnson

July 28, 05:30 PM July 28, 05:38 PM

Distinctive — The super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) presidential campaign will debut a new tv advertisement in the to start with-in-the-country caucus and main states of Iowa and New Hampshire on Monday as part of a new 7-determine advertisement acquire.

The 30-second spot from In no way Back Down, titled "Grit," highlights DeSantis's army services as nicely as his past work as an electrician's assistant.

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"Uniforms really don't outline a man, but they do tell a story," a narrator tells viewers. "Ron DeSantis wore an electrician's assistant uniform, generating six bucks an hour to pay out for school, gained a Yale Bulldogs baseball jersey, voted staff captain, and led his group to victories."

"Soon after 9/11, volunteered to serve America in overcome fatigues as a Jag with the Navy Seals in Iraq," it proceeds.

The advertisement, the eighth of its form from the political motion committee, will also air nationally on WHD News and Newsmax.

"The Governor’s tale shows how the American desire will take grit," the professional-DeSantis PAC claimed.

The Florida Republican is touring Iowa, campaigning in counties all through the condition. He recently stopped at the Flexibility Rock in Appanoose County, assembly with fellow veterans. He also visited the "Welcome House Soldier" monument in Albia, a public monument arranged by veterans to honor past, existing, and upcoming veterans. In accordance to the PAC, DeSantis also toured the CJ3 Foundation in the point out, a nonprofit team that features products and services to and advocates for veterans in Iowa.

As the only veteran polling in the double digits in the 2024 race, DeSantis finds himself in a placement to capitalize on his armed service expertise.

In a recent interview with the Washington Examiner, he argued he is the most effective equipped to be president and especially to revamp the army mainly because "I realize what it normally takes. I fully grasp the needs of support. I fully grasp the sacrifices that individuals make."

"If you are going to question persons to make all those varieties of sacrifices, you improved make certain they're sacrificing for one thing that is unifying and that seriously, actually matters," he mentioned.

In a distinctive 7-figure advertisement buy before this month, the PAC attacked previous President Donald Trump, the front-runner in the main, above his public feud with well-liked Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA). Immediately after criticizing Reynolds for remaining neutral ahead of the caucuses, Trump experienced the reduction of an endorsement, with state Sen. Jeff Reichman endorsing DeSantis as an alternative.

DeSantis is polling at 16% nationally, according to Morning Talk to. He is second only to Trump, who enjoys the aid of far more than 50 percent of Republican most important voters.

DeSantis returns to Capitol Hill amid brewing 2024 troubles with Trump

Mabinty Quarshie

April 18, 02:09 PM April 18, 02:09 PM

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is attending a "meet-and-greet policy discussion" at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday evening as tensions between DeSantis and former President Donald Trump continue to rise.

The event, hosted by the nonprofit group And to the Republic, will feature expected guest appearances from Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Chip Roy (R-TX) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT).

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But also hovering over DeSantis's visit to Washington, D.C., are the escalating attacks between the Trump camp and DeSantis's allies.

In recent days and weeks, super PACs affiliated with both men have launched attack ads against each other despite DeSantis not being a declared 2024 presidential candidate.

MAGA Inc., a Trump-backed PAC, released a 30-second ad last week mocking DeSantis for allegedly eating chocolate pudding with his fingers. The pudding allegations were reported by the Daily Beast last month. MAGA Inc. also purchased a $3 million ad buy highlighting DeSantis's votes to cut Social Security and Medicare.

Not to be outdone, Never Back Down, a pro-DeSantis PAC, came to the governor's rescue. The group released an ad on Friday, the same day Trump spoke to the National Rifle Association, attacking the former president's Second Amendment credentials. The group also released an ad on Sunday attacking Trump for lying about DeSantis's record on Social Security.

Even more worryingly for DeSantis, Florida Republicans are defecting and endorsing Trump. Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) announced his support for Trump on Monday. Steube joined other Sunshine State Republicans, such as Reps. Byron Donalds, Matt Gaetz, Anna Paulina Luna, and Cory Mills, in backing Trump over DeSantis. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) have also endorsed Trump in recent days. (DeSantis said he will make a decision on a 2024 run after Florida's legislative session wraps up in May.)

GOP strategist Ford O'Connell said the Florida lawmakers' defection to Trump is a blow to the governor. "Losing those endorsements is not helpful because they are respected members of the Florida delegation," O'Connell told the Washington Examiner. "But again, it is recoverable, and times can change."

In most polls, DeSantis is the only Republican polling close to Trump, who is still in command of the GOP base. However, a Public Opinion Strategies poll obtained by McClatchy showed DeSantis narrowly beating President Joe Biden in Arizona and Pennsylvania, two important battleground states. DeSantis leads Biden 45% to 42% in Pennsylvania. He also leads Biden in Arizona 48% to 42%.

Meanwhile, Biden leads Trump in Pennsylvania, 46% to 42%. In Arizona, Biden beats Trump 45% to 44%.

Yet Trump is still king in the GOP, and his recent legal woes have bolstered his status with Republican voters. Trump was arrested and arraigned in a Manhattan court earlier this month stemming from a 2016 hush money payment scheme.

"Not only does he have the mantle, but he's also setting the sort of control for the conversation," O'Connell said. "He has all the momentum. It's very, very hard to take the mantle back from Donald Trump because he's sucking all the oxygen out of the Republican primary room."

DeSantis has made stoking the culture wars a critical part of his persona.

The governor passed a six-week abortion ban in Florida last week but has been reluctant to champion his legislative achievement in public. Similarly, Trump has been reluctant to champion the overturning of Roe v. Wade, even though he was responsible for nominating the three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn the landmark ruling last year. Trump has not publicly commented on DeSantis's abortion ruling.

A feud with Disney also led to some Republicans criticizing DeSantis. This week, DeSantis championed legislation that would revoke an agreement Disney made with the former Reedy Creek Improvement District Board of Supervisors to bypass Florida's control over the Walt Disney World Resort. The corporation and DeSantis have feuded since last year, when Disney criticized the Parental Rights in Education Act.

"Why do you want to punish a place that creates enormous tax revenue for your state? Enormous tourism for your state? And you want to punish them because they've disagreed with you?" former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said during an event with Semafor on Tuesday.

Christie, a possible 2024 candidate, also said he didn't think DeSantis was a "conservative" based on his actions toward Disney.

Likewise, GOP strategist Frank Luntz criticized DeSantis's feud with Disney.

"I don't know why Gov. DeSantis has decided to make Disney an enemy," Luntz said during C-SPAN's Washington Journal show on Tuesday. "He's trying to use Disney to elevate himself. He's got a brilliant record. Florida's economy is strong. Crime is down. Quality of life is up. It's a success story. So why are you demonizing a company?"

O'Connell, however, said the Disney flap can only help DeSantis.

"Here's why it helps him with the Republican base: because Disney is the symbol of corporate activism," O'Connell said. "And Republicans do not like corporate activism because they want to go back to the old Michael Jordan 'Republicans buy tennis shoes, too.'"

DeSantis will need to define his media narrative before Trump brandishes him. Events such as the meet-and-greet at the Heritage Foundation can help bolster DeSantis ahead of an expected 2024 run.

"I think that this is a case of DeSantis introducing himself to Heritage ... [and] the broader Heritage committee," O'Connell said. "But it's also an attempt to generate support and lay out his vision."

Herschel Walker tremendous PAC hits Raphael Warnock over illegal immigration

David M. Drucker

June 07, 06:00 AM June 07, 06:00 AM

The super PAC supporting Republican Herschel Walker is likely on television with a “seven figure” advertisement obtain attacking Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock as the basic election marketing campaign in the Georgia Senate race heats up.

The tremendous PAC, 34N22, is hitting the broadcast and cable airwaves in the Atlanta media sector, Georgia’s largest, though also working the new ad on digital platforms across the relaxation of the Peach Condition. The place ties Warnock to embattled President Joe Biden and blames both equally Democrats for the “surge” in illegal immigration at the southern border considering that Donald Trump remaining the White Property, nevertheless the former president is not stated by identify.

“Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock have opened the floodgates to the huge surge in unlawful immigration, crime, medicines, and fatalities we are observing in communities across Ga,” 34N22 spokesman Stephen Lawson claimed in a statement. The tremendous PAC, named following Walker’s jersey selection at the University of Ga and in the NFL, 34, as very well as 2022, the election calendar year, 1st shared its new advertisement with the Washington Examiner.

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The ad opens with a visual of a kitchen sink faucet, to start with just dripping drinking water and then turned on at complete strength.

“By 2020, illegal immigration had slowed to a trickle. Then, Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock took over. Unlawful border crossings surged,” the voiceover claims as the location opens. “Illegal drugs like fentanyl poured in. Violent crime flooded The us.”

Walker, 60, was recruited by Trump to operate for Senate. He was crowned the GOP nominee in the Might 24 principal, quickly defeating condition Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black. Irrespective of residing in Texas for quite a few years, Walker, a Heisman Trophy winner, is a people hero in Ga for major the Bulldogs to a national championship in 1980. He begins his bid to oust Warnock properly recognised and relatively well-known.

But Walker also has political baggage that Democrats are hoping to exploit, like unanswered queries about his comprehensive small business holdings as properly as previous circumstances of domestic abuse, a great deal of which the Georgia Republican individually, and voluntarily, disclosed yrs ahead of he entered politics. Meanwhile, Republicans believe Warnock also has liabilities from his own existence that could excursion up his reelection bid.

Warnock, 52, a pastor by trade, was elected to the Senate in January 2021 right after defeating then-Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) in a exclusive election runoff.

Loeffler was appointed to switch Johnny Isakson in early 2020 just after he resigned from the Senate for wellbeing good reasons. Warnock is a gifted politician who had crafted a $23 million war chest as of May possibly 4 but nevertheless faces a hard reelection bid this slide. Ga is a swing condition, and Democrats are vulnerable up and down the ticket, mainly thanks to Biden’s political struggles.