Ron DeSantis’ Campaign Continues to Spiral Out of Control

As polling for the 2024 GOP primaries begins to come in, DeSantis is not looking too good.

As of August 8th, Trump is polling at an impressive 53% while DeSantis hobbles along at a measly 15%

As a result, DeSantis has decided to fire Generra Peck, his campaign manager, and replace him with James Uthmeier, his chief of staff in Florida governor’s office.

The Washington Post has more on the story:

James Uthmeier, DeSantis’s chief of staff in the Florida governor’s office, will replace Generra Peck, who oversaw DeSantis’s blowout reelection last fall but came under fire as the campaign shed more than a third of its staff amid a cash crunch and, in the view of some allies, made unforced errors. Peck will become the campaign’s chief strategist. The changes, first reported by the Messenger, were confirmed by campaign officials, including spokesman Bryan Griffin.

David Polyansky, previously an adviser to the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down, will become deputy campaign manager, officials said, while Ryan Tyson — a senior adviser who also worked on DeSantis’s gubernatorial reelection — and Florida operative Marc Reichelderfer will take on elevated roles.

These moves are the latest of many shake-ups for a candidate who began the year with sky-high expectations, widely considered Trump’s most formidable rival, but who has lost ground in national and statewide polling. An official launch in late May did not turn things around, As the campaign cut staff in two rounds last month, advisers declared that the campaign was undergoing a “reset” that would involve reducing event and travel costs and leaning into an “underdog” mentality.

Many staffers and allies believed Peck’s job to be safe despite the turmoil. She was one of two people — along with the governor’s wife, Casey DeSantis — whom the governor thanked by name in his victory speech last fall, as he won reelection by nearly 20 points.

Trump continues to put pressure on DeSantis despite multiple unjust legal battles.

His solution?

Hiring another campaign manager who has no experience running a campaign.

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign IMPLODES again as he FIRES his campaign manager in what amounts to the third shakeup in recent months.

Campaign manager Generra Peck has been demoted to the position of chief strategist.

It gets even better:

Peck ran… pic.twitter.com/sobhlOw5AB

— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) August 8, 2023

DeSantis seems to love leaving his election at the mercy of inexperienced bureaucrats.

But maybe DeSantis needs to pivot his focus back home as things are starting to implode.

BREAKING: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just FIRED his campaign manager in another desperate attempt to relaunch his failing presidential campaign.

But DeSantis has BIGGER problems.

Florida has now been identified as the most expensive state to live in, while it is losing… pic.twitter.com/oIGdykMKMf

— Really American  (@ReallyAmerican1) August 8, 2023

DeSantis is having a hard enough time keeping his own state together!

Yet he wants to be President?

This next guy gets it!

You asked which people on Ron DeSantis’s staff deserved to be fired…?

I say, ALL OF THEM.

It’s the worst run Presidential campaign in the history of Presidential campaigns.

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 8, 2023

This campaign has been nothing short of a waste of resources.

CNN has more on the story:

      The latest moves reflect a campaign still grasping for solutions to build support and recapture momentum from the winter, when DeSantis was surging off a dominant performance in his gubernatorial reelection. Facing a summer of running behind former President Donald Trump and with fundraising below estimates, DeSantis cut more than a third of his campaign staff last month and promised a “leaner” and “insurgent” operation. In his first six weeks as a candidate, payroll on his campaign hit $1 million.    

      DeSantis, for his part, recently pushed back against the idea that his campaign was entering a new phase. Late last month, during a swing through Iowa after the cuts became public, DeSantis said his campaign wasn’t “that different” after the changes.   

  

      “You have an intent about what you want to see,” the Florida Republican said at the time. “When it’s not there, then you just adjust and go forward, but at the end of the day, it’s a lot of it is the same stuff. You’re putting out a vision. You’re putting that in front of voters, and you’re asking them to support you.”  

  

      Donors and DeSantis supporters had for weeks urged the Florida governor to consider a change at the top of his political operation, describing a campaign that didn’t have a clear message to voters. Peck, though, was well-liked by DeSantis and his wife Casey after leading his reelection effort and the couple was reluctant to give the appearance of deeper troubles. As of two weeks ago, several top Republican fundraisers believed Peck’s job was safe for the time being.   

It seems like DeSantis’ victory in Florida might’ve gotten to his head.

It’s one thing to win a state election.

But to win over the entire country.

While running against one of America’s greatest presidents.

It’s just not happening DeSantis.

I think this final tweet sums up what we’re all thinking:

Its my favorite campaign, because literally I laugh so hard every day..

Its therapeutic at this point..

🤣🤣🤷‍♂️

— Johnny Wishbone (@JWishbon3) August 8, 2023

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