A.G. Gancarski
The Ron DeSantis campaign is encouraging supporters from around the country to come to Iowa next month for the pivotal caucuses to try to sway locals into backing its candidate.
But in an email to supporters, they’re saying those committed backers need to be prepared to pay their own way.
“Since we’re doing what we can to make it from Iowa to New Hampshire to South Carolina, we aren’t able to commit at this time to paying for everything for the few hundred surrogates we’ll have up here,” wrote Amanda Vargo, on behalf of the campaign.
“If you’re not comfortable with the possibility of paying your own way, we completely understand. We will do our best to connect you with others joining us from out of state and those who are local to help defray transport and hotel costs.”
Vargo suggests that Iowans will welcome those from elsewhere to be a part of their “very localized process, where neighbors are thrown into a room and vote for their Presidential Nominee.”
“Candidates can have surrogates speak on their behalf at caucus night. We have more than 500 caucus locations that we’re looking to fill, and we’d love to have some of Governor DeSantis’ trusted supporters speak on his behalf! It’s an all-hands-on-deck effort!”
The DeSantis campaign is leaving open the possibility that their imported supporters will potentially “be the only advocate in the room for Governor DeSantis.” But they don’t have to worry about what to say, as talking points will be provided.
“You’ll be given the floor to read a script we’ll provide and give the caucus-goers some personal reasons why you support Governor DeSantis. Your speech, whether to a room of 20 or 100 people, could be someone in that room’s deciding vote (some of them come into caucus still undecided) and that level of impact across the state makes all the difference.”
The email follows up on a call from First Lady Casey DeSantis to “moms and grandmoms to come from wherever it might be — North Carolina, South Carolina — and descend upon the state of Iowa to be a part of the caucus because you do not have to be a resident of Iowa to be able to participate in the caucus.”
Casey DeSantis clarified these comments during a later event in Iowa, noting that the campaign knows “that they cannot vote in the caucus process, but they can come and volunteer and they can be a part of it in that way, so you’re seeing people from North Carolina, from South Carolina, from Florida, in particular coming because they feel so strongly about protecting the future of their kids.
The Iowa GOP noted that all caucus participants must actually live in the state in the wake of those comments, while the Donald Trump campaign suggested the DeSantises were engaged in a voter fraud scheme.
15 comments
tom palmer
December 21, 2023 at 2:47 pm
they are paid by……
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December 21, 2023 at 5:46 pm
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Dont Say FLA
December 22, 2023 at 7:49 am
By gum, tom, I think you’re right. This place’s perpetual scam commenter is very likely to be the losing Rhonda Campaign, desperate for money, figuring Trump scams his cult, so why not scam whoever will fall for it?
Being unable to scam money out of folks based on a “fanboy of Rhonda” status, being that Rhonda has zero fanboys, they had to go “general employment” with their scam, trying to sucker some cash out of losers seeking a magic solution to their own loserdom that arose out of their own making.
Bwj
December 21, 2023 at 2:59 pm
How is this legal?
Josh Green
December 21, 2023 at 4:01 pm
The thing you need to understand is that Ron DeSantis is a criminal. One you realize that, this kind of stuff makes more sense.
AnitaBee
December 21, 2023 at 3:17 pm
It sounds like fraud to me, didn’t his wife try this before.
AnitaBee
December 21, 2023 at 3:18 pm
This is fraud
Pleasebackoff
December 21, 2023 at 3:55 pm
Had to find some way to spin the stupidity that spewed from Casey’s (“face”) mouth. Pivoting to increased fraud, lol, gotta hand it to the Never Back Downers. Bootsie & Gloved
Biscuit
December 21, 2023 at 4:47 pm
NewsClues out of Iowa: The campaign team of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis unveiled a new strategy to win the hearts, minds, and votes of Iowans today. Dropping all pretense of appearing confident they have a winning formula, they now proclaim they are desperate for outside help from anybody with any ideas whatsoever, and will provide free Google maps for anyone who wants to get to Iowa to help out.
Arf.
Elmo
December 21, 2023 at 6:14 pm
“We’re doing all we can to eat stone crab while we fly in a private jet back and forth from Iowa to New Hampshire so you’ll have to shell out your own cash to get there.”
Dont Say FLA
December 21, 2023 at 6:21 pm
Why would anybody drive to Iowa to support Rhonda when they don’t support him at home? Even if the trip were free, still, why? WHY would anybody want to go Iowa to commit voter fraud for the Rhonda campaign? Especially in January? For Rhonda?
Tom
December 22, 2023 at 8:00 am
I live in SWF and half the snowbirds are from Iowa. I figured he wanted them to head home and vote rather than sit here on the beach enjoying themselves (and clogging up the roads, restaurants and pricing locals out of the housing market).
Sonja Fitch
December 22, 2023 at 4:04 am
Ask your cult leader Trump! Trump ain’t hesitant or embarrassed to ask for money! Republicans get rid of this lousy trump cult and trump! America is the land of common good! Iowans are conservatives! Iowans are the backbone of America! Get rid of these fascist trumpers! When Chris Christie is the best , the Republicans are desperate for the common good!
Ron Forrest Ron
December 23, 2023 at 11:41 am
Given Ron’s Scheiße Fetischismus, his Exkremente der Lust, if Ron truly wanted to win Iowa, he would be showing everyone pictures of his family’s poo full of Iowan corn. But he does not.
Why does not Ron not show his own corn poo pics?
There is no other way to beat Donald Urin gibt es die Bezeichnung Naturkaviar Trump than to beat him at his own game.
PeterH
December 24, 2023 at 7:44 am
Isn’t this identical to buying votes?
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