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.
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.
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.
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.
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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