WATCH: Trump super PAC launches ‘Pudding Fingers’ ad attacking DeSantis
Christian Datoc
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MAGA Inc., a super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump‘s 2024 White House bid, is running a new television ad attacking Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
The campaign highlights recent reports questioning DeSantis’s charisma, specifically one that claimed the second-term governor ate chocolate pudding on a recent flight using just his fingers.
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The new 30-second spot opens with a shot of chocolate pudding and states that “Ron DeSantis loves sticking his fingers where they don’t belong, and we’re not just talking about pudding.”
“DeSantis has his dirty fingers all over senior entitlements, like cutting Medicare, slashing Social Security, even raising our retirement age,” the ad continues. “Tell Ron DeSantis to keep his pudding fingers off our money. Oh, and somebody get this man a spoon.”
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MAGA Inc. had previously purchased $3 million of airtime on Fox News, CNN, and Newsmax to run a campaign titled “3 Years,” highlighting DeSantis’s votes to cut entitlement packages while serving as a House representative for Florida.
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MAGA Inc. officials said the PAC has renewed the buy, bringing the campaign total to $4.5 million, and will slot “Pudding Fingers” into the rotation along with the previous ad.
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Though he is yet to announce a presidential campaign of his own, DeSantis has been consistently highlighted as Trump’s chief competition in the 2024 Republican primary.
Still, polling following the announcement of Trump’s indictment in Manhattan and subsequent arraignment has shown the former president widening his lead over DeSantis and other GOP challengers in early states, including Iowa and New Hampshire.