Burns: The DeSantis-Aligned Super PAC, Never Back Down, Spent Time in Office Working on a Jigsaw Puzzle

WELKER Dasha I want ░░░░░░░░ start with you You ░░░░░░░░ been covering the DeSantis ░░░░░░░░ As we said at ░░░░░░░░ top of the show ░░░░░░░░ was scheduled to appear ░░░░░░░░ morning he didn t ░░░░░░░░ to what his campaign ░░░░░░░░ was a scheduling conflict ░░░░░░░░ have a deep dive ░░░░░░░░ what s happening in ░░░░░░░░ campaign You call it ░░░░░░░░ a source calls it ░░░░░░░░ total failure to launch ░░░░░░░░ did you learn BURNS ░░░░░░░░ look over the course ░░░░░░░░ covering this campaign there ░░░░░░░░ many stories that kind ░░░░░░░░ explain why he failed ░░░░░░░░ really get off the ░░░░░░░░ in the way that ░░░░░░░░ lot of people expected ░░░░░░░░ to But one of ░░░░░░░░ stories came to us ░░░░░░░░ the final days of ░░░░░░░░ Iowa caucus and it ░░░░░░░░ to do with a ░░░░░░░░ now stay with me ░░░░░░░░ Multiple staffers from the ░░░░░░░░ of the DeSantis Iowa ░░░░░░░░ their field operation run ░░░░░░░░ Never Back Down reached ░░░░░░░░ to me and my ░░░░░░░░ Abby Brooks and said ░░░░░░░░ the CEO and chairman ░░░░░░░░ that organization was spending ░░░░░░░░ significant amount of time ░░░░░░░░ those final critical days ░░░░░░░░ on a thousand piece ░░░░░░░░ puzzle Now some of ░░░░░░░░ staffers were were so ░░░░░░░░ and found it so ░░░░░░░░ that one of them ░░░░░░░░ took a photo of ░░░░░░░░ and shared it with ░░░░░░░░ And the frustration was ░░░░░░░░ to me from one ░░░░░░░░ them saying that You ░░░░░░░░ look staffers are putting ░░░░░░░░ dedication and devotion to ░░░░░░░░ Governor DeSantis and they ░░░░░░░░ in and the CEO ░░░░░░░░ chairman of the organization ░░░░░░░░ sitting there working on ░░░░░░░░ puzzle for hours Now ░░░░░░░░ a comment to NBC ░░░░░░░░ Scott Wagner the gentleman ░░░░░░░░ the picture there tells ░░░░░░░░ that it was an ░░░░░░░░ puzzle He said that ░░░░░░░░ was there when they ░░░░░░░░ and became a sense ░░░░░░░░ pride for team members ░░░░░░░░ everyone chipped in a ░░░░░░░░ minutes to get it ░░░░░░░░ and and noted his ░░░░░░░░ of the team But ░░░░░░░░ Kristen the fact that ░░░░░░░░ those critical final days ░░░░░░░░ of the top people ░░░░░░░░ was trying to get ░░░░░░░░ elected trying to get ░░░░░░░░ win for him in ░░░░░░░░ was spending time working ░░░░░░░░ something unrelated to the ░░░░░░░░ is just emblematic of ░░░░░░░░ sort of mismanagement and ░░░░░░░░ effort that a lot ░░░░░░░░ the sources we talked ░░░░░░░░ for this piece say ░░░░░░░░ the team and the ░░░░░░░░ campaign from the very ░░░░░░░░ Martin: “Not ideal.”