Scarred DeSantis staffers form a support group
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🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. |
| 0:04.9 | It's Friday morning. I'm Olivia Rheingold, and this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing. |
| 0:13.7 | Former President Donald Trump recently told Fox News that, hypothetically speaking, if he were ever to run for his old post again, Florida |
| 0:22.4 | Governor Ron DeSantis had a good shot at being his running mate. |
| 0:26.2 | I endorsed Ron, and after I endorsed him, he took off like a rocket ship. He's done a great job. |
| 0:31.2 | His governor, a lot of people like that, you know, I'm just saying what I read and what you |
| 0:35.7 | read. They love that ticket. But certainly Ron would be considered. It's a great guy. |
| 0:40.8 | But it's no secret that DeSantis is eyeing the White House for himself. |
| 0:44.7 | And this morning, Politico is learning something that could get in the way of staffing up a 2020-bid. |
| 0:50.9 | A long trail of disgruntled staffers. |
| 0:57.0 | More on that in a minute. But first, here's what everyone in Washington is up to today. The big theme this Friday is jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. The president will |
| 1:07.9 | receive the president's daily briefing at 10.30 a.m. But then an hour later, |
| 1:13.1 | Jobs Day kicks off with Biden pivoting to giving public remarks on the April jobs report at 1130 |
| 1:19.3 | atm. At 1.45 p.m. Biden will receive his weekly economic briefing with VP Kamala Harris and meet |
| 1:27.4 | with his jobs cabinet at 3.15 p.m. |
| 1:30.7 | Meanwhile, Harris will host Mexican president Andreas Manuel Lopez Oprador for a virtual bilateral at 10 a.m. |
| 1:38.3 | The White House COVID-19 response team and public health officials are planning to brief at 10.30 a.m. Then press secretary |
| 1:45.9 | Jen Saki will brief at 1230 p.m. with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The House will meet at 1030 a.m. |
| 1:53.3 | The Senate is out. |
| 1:57.6 | Back to DeSantis. First, why it matters that Politico is learning that not only does the governor have a high rate of turnover in his office, but once those staffers leave, they don't always have kind things to say. This could be a problem for DeSantis if he does decide to follow through with the 2024 White House run because it takes a big political |
| 2:18.3 | machine to mount a national campaign. And his record with former staffers means he could |
| 2:23.8 | have to do a lot of hiring from scratch. He's known to mostly rely upon himself and his wife, |
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