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This is not particularly combustible stuff. What he did or didnt do on January 6, 2021 is at best so vague as to be completely meaningless. At worst, it dodges around the central contradiction at the heart of all campaigns against Trump: the unwillingness of his competitors to plainly state that he lost in 2020 and doesnt deserve another shot. Still, DeSantiss surrogates at least try to get in some licks and hit at Trumps vulnerabilities, from his wish to terminate the Constitution, to the fact that he was recently found guilty in a defamation case related to alleged sexual abuse. Its not a great start, in other words, but its a start.

Alas, the Never Back Down PAC then backed down: Dont expect to hear it again, reported the news start-up Semafor of the organizations willingness to throw some spicy barbs in Trumps direction. The tweet generated some heated internal pushback at Never Back Down, while multiple prominent conservative commentators piled on publicly.

That post was a massive mistake, one DeSantis ally told Semafor. It sounded like it came from CNN, and I think people inside realized that that was a massive mistake, and I hope it wont be repeated again.

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Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence Are Running Scared - The New Republic