DeSantis Press Sec. Christina Pushaw Resigns To Serve As Gubernatorial Campaign’s Rapid-Response Director

DeSantis Press Sec. Christina Pushaw Resigns To Serve As Gubernatorial Campaign’s Rapid-Response Director

Christina Pushaw has been one of, if not the, best press secretaries to serve any governor or president. On Friday, she announced that she was tendering her resignation, effective the same day, to serve as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Rapid Response Director on his reelection campaign.

The Hill reports:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) top spokesperson is moving over to his reelection campaign.

Christina Pushaw began working for the governor’s office as DeSantis’s press secretary a little more than a year ago, but in that time she’s earned a reputation among Florida politicos and journalists for her combative online presence and frequent squabbling with reporters and virtually anyone willing to criticize her boss.

. . . . She’s expected to serve as the director of rapid response for DeSantis’s reelection campaign, a position that will almost certainly allow her to reprise her role as the governor’s most aggressive defender. Bryan Griffin, the deputy press secretary for DeSantis’s office, will replace Pushaw as the press secretary at the governor’s office.

. . . . Still, he appears in a solid position to win a second term in the governor’s mansion in November. He faces no primary opposition and polling shows him leading both of his top Democratic challengers, Rep. Charlie Crist and state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried.

Now, the gloves are off 😬 https://t.co/zTRxWoTcig

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 12, 2022

If you can’t see it in this tweet, you can read the full resignation letter here.

Pushaw has a well-earned reputation for cutting through the leftist garbage and setting the media straight.

Pushaw has earned notoriety for being hard-hitting against the governor’s critics, particularly on social media, and debunking false narratives in the media, like the misinformation about Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill.

“Before Governor DeSantis signed this into law, there was a full-court press from the media trying to smear and demonize proponents of the bill as ‘hateful, bigoted, homophobic,’ and many other false and hurtful epithets,” Pushaw told PJ Media in an exclusive interview last month. “Due to the corporate media narrative, many Americans incorrectly believed that the bill targeted gay parents. Simply reading the text of the legislation would have dispelled this misconception.”

Here’s a further sampling of her effective pushback.

As always, mainstream media are in lockstep with marching orders to use the Orwellian euphemism “gender-affirming care” instead of accurately describing what the Florida Medical Board is addressing.

I even see conservatives using this phrase. Just call things by their real names pic.twitter.com/NzPlLaNf3Z

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 6, 2022

“Affirming” to me means accepting kids as they are, assuring them that there’s nothing wrong with their body. True affirmation means helping them accept their body as they grow up, through therapy & support, as with teens who have eating disorders or body dysmorphia generally.

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 6, 2022

Wow, thank you @MiamiHerald this is a great headline! pic.twitter.com/lwcfnfnl6T

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 4, 2022

The latest fake news hysteria is about the new Gadsden Flag license plate @GovRonDeSantis announced to help Florida veterans in need. Media is smearing this as a "racist"/"domestic terrorist" symbol, which is absurd!

See details & order online here: https://t.co/y819qcDllj pic.twitter.com/kQoSrBZo4Z

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 3, 2022

Hi @jackshafer! FYI, you are wrong about the reason @GovRonDeSantis doesn’t talk to liberal media, including Politico. He isn’t worried about “negative press”; you’re always negative.

It’s just that he doesn’t care.

And he doesn’t want to give you clicks or ratings. pic.twitter.com/MwCCfYN8Ye

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) July 28, 2022

And that’s apparently with the gloves on.

Last month, Dave Rubin did a great interview with Pushaw.

She’s clearly excited about the move.

Thanks so much! I’ve always said I wanted to be in the place where I could be most helpful to his mission and agenda for Florida. And for now I feel like it’s this opportunity on the campaign 😊🙏🏼

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 12, 2022

Thank you so much. I look forward to working with you to keep Florida FREE! ❣️❣️❣️

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 13, 2022

While the regressive left are busy trying to push leftie Floridians to vote for Charlie Crist (R, D, I, whichever way the wind is blowing), I haven’t seen a serious poll that remotely suggests DeSantis is in danger of losing his reelection bid in November. So this move is rather interesting. Why move one of your best visible assets to the campaign unless there is more brewing here . . . or internal polling suggests a tighter race than has thus far been indicated.

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