Tuesday 24 May 2022 07:37 PM Reagan's campaign chair launches committee to encourage Ron DeSantis to run for ... trends now
A new political action committee has launched to call on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024.
The 'Ready for Ron' PAC is led by Ed Rollins, Ronald Reagan's campaign chairman in in 1984, the year he won a landslide victory and cinched 49 states, and Lilian Rodriguez-Baz, an appellate attorney and conservative activist.
The draft committee is unaffiliated with DeSantis himself, and now is working to amass an army of supporters to convince him to run for president.
The group avoided badmouthing former President Trump, who has consistently teased a 2024 race, but says they are moving in on DeSantis since Trump has not announced his candidacy.
'The era of President Trump was wonderful, but now, since he isn't currently running, we must get ready for a new leader, we must be Ready for Ron,' Rollins said in a statement.
A new political action committee has launched to call on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024
The 'Ready for Ron' PAC is led by Ed Rollins, Ronald Reagan's campaign chairman in in 1984, the year he won a landslide victory and cinched 49 states
The group has launched a petition online for supporters to sign to 'draft' DeSantis to run for the presidency, as well as a new advertising campaign to garner support for a DeSantis candidacy. The PAC also took the unusual step of asking the FEC to allow it to share its supporter list with DeSantis if he does launch a bid for the presidency.
Not wanting to commit to challenging a former president, potential 2024 contenders have so far been stuck in limbo waiting on Trump to publicly commit one way or another on whether he'll run. Trump has been testing his 'kingmaker' status within the party over a series of spring primary races that pit Trump-backed candidates against a number of his incumbent foes who refused
