The campaign of Mr. Ron DeSantis is reportedly facing internal challenges, with a top adviser likening its current state to a 'hospice phase' and suggesting that efforts should focus on making 'the patient comfortable.' This comes amid revelations that the DeSantis campaign is projected to spend more on private jets, the governor’s preferred mode of travel, than on television advertisements by the time of the Iowa caucuses. Ryan Tyson, a longtime pollster for DeSantis and a close advisor, has been cited as the source of the hospice care analogy, although he has publicly denied making such statements. The campaign's spending priorities have raised eyebrows, with federal records indicating a preference for private jets over traditional media expenditure for campaign outreach. Additionally, Tyson has been previously involved in a 2020 political corruption scandal in Florida.
.@ryan_tyson is one of @RonDeSantis’s closest advisors. He was involved in a big political corruption scandal in Florida in 2020. Hey Ryan, Does “keeping the patient comfortable” involve moving around millions of dollars of dark $! I know you know all about moving dark money.… https://t.co/URY99CTaj2 https://t.co/382L24a8e1
🚨🚨 @RonDeSantis’s own campaign is now admitting that he is dead in the water🚨🚨 @ryan_tyson Ryan Tyson is one of @RonDeSantis’s closest advisors and one of his pollsters. He’s been with the Governor since he ran for Governor and he’s been advising his Presidential campaign.… https://t.co/kQnAbt6YdD
DeSantis Campaign Spent More on Private Jets Than TV Ads. Read more: https://t.co/T9bMux5i1P Ron DeSantis's beleaguered presidential campaign will have spent "significantly more" on private ...
“Federal records show that, by the time of the Iowa caucuses, the DeSantis campaign is on pace to spend significantly more on private jets — the governor’s preferred mode of travel — than on airing television ads.” https://t.co/0J4KSnRopN
“Federal records show that, by the time of the Iowa caucuses, the DeSantis campaign is on pace to spend significantly more on private jets — the governor’s preferred mode of travel — than on airing television ads.” What an absolute grift. https://t.co/ypG4y0QEv3
"Federal records show that, by the time of the Iowa caucuses, the DeSantis campaign is on pace to spend significantly more on private jets — the governor’s preferred mode of travel — than on airing television ads." https://t.co/M3Lt2fcYdO
Ryan Tyson, Ron DeSantis’s longtime pollster, has privately said to multiple people that they are now at the point in the campaign where they need to “make the patient comfortable,” a phrase evoking hospice care. Ryan denies it. via @NYTimes https://t.co/Ns499cxDhy
A top adviser is telling people that Mr. DeSantis’s campaign has entered something of a hospice phase, saying they need to “make the patient comfortable.” Meanwhile, Mr. DeSantis is spending more on private planes than television ads. https://t.co/hG71gwGPxb