DeSantis Campaign Has Allegedly Hit the ‘Make the Patient Comfortable’ Stage: Report

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Before a single Republican vote has been cast at the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses, media outlets are writing campaign obituaries for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in his attempt to win the Republican presidential nomination.

A gloom-infested summary of the DeSantis campaign from The New York Times drew a picture of a chaotic campaign in a tailspin.

The report quoted Ryan Tyson, a DeSantis pollster and adviser as saying privately the campaign was in the “make the patient comfortable” stage, a reference to hospice care for the terminally ill.

Andrew Romeo, the communication director, for the campaign, issued a statement from Tyson denying he made the comment.

“Different day, same media hit job based on unnamed sources with agendas,” Romeo said.

“While the media tried to proclaim this campaign dead back in August, Ron DeSantis fought back and enters the home stretch in Iowa as the hardest-working candidate with the most robust ground game. DeSantis has been underestimated in every race he’s ever run and always proved the doubters wrong — we are confident he will defy the odds once again on Jan. 15,” Romeo added.

But the Times, which claimed it spoke with more than a dozen sources, said the campaign had withered “after a slow-motion implosion of the relationship between the campaign and an allied super PAC left even his most ardent supporters drained and demoralized.”

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