A super PAC supporting former Pres. Trump has already spent more than $6 million on TV ads attacking Florida Gov. DeSantis, who has yet to declare his candidacy.
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The expenditures are described in the PAC's disclosure filings to the Federal Election Commission as media placements opposing "presidential candidate" DeSantis.The latest ad from last week zeroed in on the Florida governor's past record of supporting cuts to social security and Medicare during his time in Congress. Other ads have focused on DeSantis' alleged eating habits and have claimed that DeSantis is "just not ready to be president.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Heritage Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration leadership summit, April 21, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md.Dan Eberhart, a GOP donor and fundraiser who has previously supported and donated to Trump, told ABC News that the pro-Trump super PAC's anti-DeSantis ads are a "backhanded compliment that shows who he's afraid of" -- and that DeSantis needs to "punch back.
"I think he runs the risk of how Obama defined Romney in the summer of 2012 because Romney didn't answer," Eberhard said, referencing the 2012 presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. "I think DeSantis is being defined by Trump and he has not answered, and you're seeing that hurting his poll numbers.", saying they want a different face to lead the party.
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