Jeff Roe resigned Saturday night. He was the chief strategist for Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis. This is a huge development, especially close to the Iowa caucus.
To be honest, I’m shaking my head as I’m reading about this. Roe resigned over remarks published in the Washington Post. Rumors have been flying for weeks about the turmoil in the campaign. There have been staff firings and hiring that add to the sense of chaos behind the scenes. Roe resigned late Saturday night over what he says are false statements published by WaPo.
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. All have come after intense infighting and…