Pro-DeSantis Super PAC Begins Laying Off Employees

The New York Times reports:

The super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida in the presidential race began carrying out layoffs on Wednesday, even as the campaign insisted he had a path forward.

It was unclear how broad the layoffs were at the super PAC, Never Back Down. The group had spent heavily on a vast field operation in Iowa, taking over many of the responsibilities of a traditional campaign, but Mr. DeSantis lost the state’s caucuses to former President Donald J. Trump on Monday by 30 percentage points.

One of those who was laid off, George Andrews, who had been assigned as a caucus precinct operations director in Iowa but also listed himself on LinkedIn as a state director in California, posted on the career website that he had been let go.

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NEWS: The main DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down has begun implementing layoffs as Ron DeSantis says he still has a path forward.

It’s not yet clear how widespread layoffs are.
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