The CEO of Never Back Down, the most prominent super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential campaign, has resigned.
Chris Jankowski resigned Wednesday, just days after a fight nearly broke out at one of the super PAC group’s strategy meetings as the Sunshine State governor sank in the GOP primary polls.
“Never Back Down’s primary goal and sole focus has been to elect Governor Ron DeSantis as president,” Jankowski said in a statement. “Given the current environment, it has become unsustainable for me to meet the shared objective and that goes far beyond a difference of strategic opinion.”
“For the future of our country I support and pray that Ron DeSantis will be our 47th president,” he added.
Jankowski’s resignation, first reported by the New York Times, comes after a heated Never Back Down strategy meeting last week focused on countering former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s surge in popularity during which was reportedly Never Back Down board member and DeSantis confidant Scott Wagner. They had to be physically restrained from pursuing one of the group’s political consultants, Jeff Roe, the founder of Axiom Strategies.
Jankowski said the group’s goal of putting DeSantis in the White House has become “untenable” in the current environment.
Wagner and Roe did not respond to The Post’s request for comment on the tense meeting, which was first reported by NBC News.
Florida’s governor and his wife, Casey DeSantis, are increasingly frustrated with Never Back Down’s leadership, according to the outlet.
The super PAC is no longer running ads in Iowa amid concerns that voters are too easily connecting Never Back Down to DeSantis and its ads are actually hurting the governor, the report notes.
DeSantis has reportedly become frustrated with Never Back Down’s leadership.ZUMAPRESS.com/MEGA
At the couple’s urging, a new DeSantis-aligned super PAC, Fight Right Inc., was launched earlier this week, and the group, armed with $1 million in funding from Never Back Down, is already running attack ads in Iowa comparing Haley with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Haley edged out DeSantis in two of the early primary states, outpolling the Sunshine State governor by 11 points in New Hampshire and by more than 8 points in South Carolina, according to a RealClearPolitics polling average.
DeSantis remains in second place in Iowa, where he received endorsements from Hawkeye State Gov. Kim Reynolds and evangelical Christian leader Bob Vander Plaats, but he trails former President Donald Trump by nearly 30 points and his lead over Haley has narrowed. reduced to 3 points. , according to RealClearPolitics.
An Emerson College poll released Wednesday showed Trump increasing his national lead by five points from last month (64%) and Haley, at 9%, moving ahead of DeSantis, who has 8%. The same poll pegged both Haley and DeSantis at 8% support last month.
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