{"id":1029016,"date":"2023-12-22T18:38:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T18:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029016"},"modified":"2024-05-16T18:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:06:21","slug":"ron-desantis-wraps-desastrous-december-as-never-back-down-once-again-backs-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/ron-desantis-wraps-desastrous-december-as-never-back-down-once-again-backs-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Wraps DeSastrous December As Never Back Down Once Again Backs Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Ron DeSantis\u2019s presidential campaign continuing to flail as his Never Back Down PAC pulls Iowa and New Hampshire ads, <\/em>DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs DeSantis\u2019s Never Back Down PAC backs down yet again, pulling the plug on any hopes they had of winning Iowa or New Hampshire, it\u2019s clear that everyone, including his own team, knows DeSantis\u2019s chances of becoming president are about as real as Santa Claus. We keep telling MAGA Republicans that their losing agenda is just that, and a Christmas miracle couldn\u2019t save DeSantis or the rest of the GOP presidential field from falling flat with voters as they persist in their plans to rip away health care and push for a national abortion ban. It\u2019s been a DeSastrous December for Ron \u2014 even Santa\u2019s elves couldn\u2019t build him a strategy that could save his trainwreck of a campaign in the new year.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron DeSantis\u2019s ironically-named super PAC Never Back Down is once again backing down. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AdImpact Politics<\/a>: \u201c\ud83d\udea8Pro-Ron DeSantis group Never Back Down is canceling all of its 2024 reservations in Iowa and New Hampshire. So far, we’ve tracked cancelations totaling $2.5M.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been one DeSastrous December for him. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis political woes deepen after chief strategist for Super Pac resigns\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cUpheaval Continues at DeSantis Super PAC as Another Top Official Departs\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cPro-DeSantis super PAC fires top officials as tumult continues\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what he gets for pushing an extreme and unpopular agenda thinking it\u2019ll get him anywhere. \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis Says He Would Sign a 15-Week Abortion Ban as President\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cIn an easily missed moment during Wednesday night\u2019s chaotic GOP presidential primary debate, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would sign a federal 15-week abortion ban.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justin Dougherty, Fox Carolina<\/a>: \u201cThe conversation about the Affordable Care Act \u2014 repealing and replacing it \u2014 has come up once again. Republicans failed to repeal it or replace it in 2017. If Republicans get control of Washington, [with] you in the White House, what\u2019s your plan to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis: \u201cWell, look, that was a big failure. Obviously, under the Trump administration, that was a core promise \u2014 it didn’t happen. You know, what we’re gonna do is we have this massive health care bureaucracy: pharmaceutical, government, insurance, all this stuff. It’s a total mess. We’re gonna have a comprehensive plan to lower people’s costs, and yes, Obamacare hasn’t done it, so we\u2019ll transcend Obamacare, but I think you got to do a lot more than just that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cA CNN KFile review of comments from DeSantis’ 2012 congressional campaign found he repeatedly said he supported plans to replace Medicare with a system in which the government paid for partial costs of private plans or a traditional Medicare plan. In one interview with a local newspaper, DeSantis said he supported \u2018the same thing\u2019 for Social Security, citing the need for \u2018market forces\u2019 to restructure the program.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Ron DeSantis\u2019s presidential campaign continuing to flail as his Never Back Down PAC pulls Iowa and New Hampshire ads, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:  \u201cAs DeSantis\u2019s Never Back Down PAC backs down yet again, pulling the plug on any hopes they had of winning Iowa or New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRon DeSantis Wraps DeSastrous December As Never Back Down Once Again Backs Down - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/ron-desantis-wraps-desastrous-december-as-never-back-down-once-again-backs-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-22T18:38:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-16T18:06:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/ron-desantis-wraps-desastrous-december-as-never-back-down-once-again-backs-down\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/ron-desantis-wraps-desastrous-december-as-never-back-down-once-again-backs-down\/\",\"name\":\"Ron DeSantis Wraps DeSastrous December As Never Back Down Once Again Backs Down - 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