In an audio recording obtained by Politico, strategist Jeff Roe boasted to donors that the Super PAC was responsible for disseminating opposition research on Ramaswamy. Roe stated, "Everything you read about him is from us...he's not going to go through that very well, and that will get worse for him."
Roe also acknowledged that a strong performance by Ramaswamy in the debate could potentially harm the DeSantis campaign. Never Back Down had previously released a memo outlining DeSantis' strategy for targeting Ramaswamy during the debate. However, the Super PAC declined to comment when approached by Politico.
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In response to the revelations, Ramaswamy took to Twitter, expressing his belief that the attacks against him were manufactured. He wrote, "The attacks on me felt manufactured & now we learn that they absolutely were...They're just playing their roles in a badly broken & corrupt political system."
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Ramaswamy gained significant attention following the Republican debate due to his heated exchanges with former Vice President Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. The 38-year-old candidate's name generated the highest number of Google searches among all the candidates, and Ramaswamy himself expressed satisfaction with his performance, stating that he exceeded his own expectations.
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A poll conducted by the Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, and Ipsos revealed that DeSantis and Ramaswamy were perceived as the top performers by Republican voters. It is worth noting that former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, did not participate in the debate.
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