The memo, shared with The Associated Press, pointed to Reynolds' surprise endorsement — a rarity for sitting Iowa governors before the caucuses — as proof that DeSantis could cut into Trump's margins.
In her own memo, Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney on Monday described the Iowa contest as a “dead heat” between DeSantis and Haley, while ignoring Trump's massive lead.
He has no end game.”The new DeSantis memo points to the political infrastructure that he and an allied super PAC have established across several early voting states.
In Iowa, the memo claims “there will soon be 50 dedicated paid staff" and the organizing help of Reynolds, who has her own statewide operation.
But learning of Reynolds’ support for DeSantis Sunday did nothing to move her toward him, she said Monday.
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