The CEO of Never Back Down, a prominent super PAC supporting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential campaign, has resigned.
Chris Jankowski resigned Wednesday, just days after a brawl nearly broke out at one of the super PAC group’s strategy meetings as the Sunshine State governor sank into the GOP primary.
“Never Back Down’s main goal and main focus is to elect Governor Ron DeSantis as President,” Jankowski said in a statement. “Given the current environment, it has become indefensible for me to achieve common goals and that goes beyond strategic differences of opinion.”
“For the future of our country, I support and pray Ron DeSantis is 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 the rise in popularity of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley — in which Never Back Down board members and DeSantis confidants, Scott Wagner reportedly had to be physically restrained from going after one of the group’s political consultants, Jeff Roe, founder of Axiom Strategies.
Jankowski said the group’s goal of getting DeSantis into the White House has become “untenable” in the current environment.AP
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.
Super PACs are no longer running ads in Iowa amid concerns that voters too easily connect Never Back Down to DeSantis and where they are actually hurting the governor, the report notes.
DeSantis is reportedly increasingly frustrated with the leadership of Never Back Down.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 – which got $1 million in funding from Never Back Down – is already running attack ads in Iowa comparing Haley to ex. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Haley has surpassed DeSantis in two early early states, polling ahead of the Sunshine State governor by 11 points in New Hampshire and more than 8 points in South Carolina, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.
DeSantis remains in second place in Iowa — where he has received the endorsements of 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 dwindled to 3 points, according to RealClearPolitics.
An Emerson College poll released Wednesday showed Trump increasing his national lead by five points since last month – 64% – and Haley, at 9%, moving ahead of DeSantis, who sits at 8%. The same poll pegged both Haley and DeSantis at 8% support last month.
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