Mr. Roe, who helped lead Never Back Down, the super PAC behind the Florida governor’s campaign, resigned Saturday, the latest shake up in the group.
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Jeff Roe, the chief strategist for the leading super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential bid, resigned on Saturday night, the latest and perhaps most significant departure from the group, which has been consumed by turmoil in recent weeks.
Since the day before Thanksgiving the pro-DeSantis super PAC, which is called Never Back Down, has seen the resignation of one chief executive and one board chairman, the firing of a second chief executive along with two other top officials, and now the late-night quitting of Mr. Roe.
”I can’t believe it ended this way,” Mr. Roe wrote in a statement he posted on X on Saturday night.
The decision to quit followed comments from the new chairman of the super PAC’s board, Scott Wagner, a DeSantis loyalist and appointee in Florida, who had explained to The Washington Post why the previous chief executive and two others — all of whom had worked for Mr. Roe — had been fired.
Mr. Wagner accused them of “mismanagement and conduct issues” as well as “numerous unauthorized leaks.” The Post reported that an attorney for those employees contacted Mr. Wagner, who then revised his statement to add hedges to those accusations.
“I cannot in good conscience stay affiliated with Never Back Down given the statements in The Washington Post,” Mr. Roe wrote in a statement.
Mr. Wagner did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday.
Maggie Haberman is a senior political correspondent reporting on the 2024 presidential campaign, down ballot races across the country and the investigations into former President Donald J. Trump. More about Maggie Haberman
Shane Goldmacher is a national political correspondent, covering the 2024 campaign and the major developments, trends and forces shaping American politics. He can be reached at [email protected]. More about Shane Goldmacher
Nicholas Nehamas is a Times political reporter covering the presidential campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. More about Nicholas Nehamas
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