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A couple months back, this show called PBD podcast dedicated a whole two hours to bantering back

and forth with a person who at the time I had never heard of. Gentlemen, we're live.

Gentlemen and a lady. We have here David. Their guest was a woman named Christina Pusha.

Governor Ron DeSantis's press secretary, Christina Pusha, here with us. Thank you for making

a time for being here. And thank you so much for having me here. Christina Pusha had been working

for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for less than a year at the time of this recording. And let

me just say it's a little weird for a governor's press flag to end up as the subject of an extended

interview in the first place. Usually being a press secretary means working behind the scenes,

being someone who gently nudges a politician in front of a microphone or cleans up their verbal

snafu's. But it's clear listening to Pusha, she sees her job a little differently.

How much leeway do you have? Meaning, you know, you have to represent them. How much you say,

listen, I trust you just do your thing. You know, we talked about this or it's like stick to the

script. This is what it is. If you screw up, we're going to come like, how does it work your job?

Well, I think it's different for every politician. But with Governor DeSantis, I'm really lucky because

I do get a good amount of leeway. And I actually, I feel like I have more of an ability to hit back

when there's like fake news. You're the flag carrier. You're playing the role of a flag carrier.

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