I was quite surprised to see a commercial extolling DeSantis for President. It shows Ron giving a speech, while his beaming supporters replace their “Trump 2020” bumper stickers and yard signs with ones saying “DeSantis for President”.
The ad was paid for by a PAC (“don’t back down”, IIRC) but it barely qualifies as a fig leaf.
I was surprised to see it too. Hey wait! He’s not even officially running yet!
I noticed that name from some Times articles. “Never Back Down” is the PAC, who bankrolled his last campaign. Run by some of Ted Cruz’ and Glen Youngkin’s people.
I’ve heard this commercial discussed on a podcast and this was seen as being too passive vs. Trump. Show them ripping up red hats and it might be stronger.