Do not let these transparently corrupt political grifters like Republican strategist Steve Cortes raise your blood pressure; instead, mock them mercilessly wherever and whenever you see them.
Former Trump ally Steve Cortes announced today he has taken a job with the Never Back Down PAC that supports Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. As a result, he is reversing all his prior points of advocacy to endorse Ron DeSantis for 2024.
[Pictured left, Cortes with fellow grifting scumbags John Cardillo and Matthew Tyrmand (the architect of the Project Veritas attack on O’Keefe) as they attend a pro-Desantis effort earlier this year.]
The shallow character of these income chasers is pathetic. However, the Sea Island billionaires are pouring money into the DeSantis camp for exactly this purpose.
The goal of the stop Trump corporate donors is to retain their own financial status; Cortes is simply accepting their money and displaying his own character, nothing more. We said last year, 2024 would be the opportunity to see what prices people put on their allegiances. Today, is just another reveal.
There’s no merit or value in looking at Cortes, other than just to accept his objective – to enrich himself.
Meanwhile back in Florida, Ron DeSantis has separated himself legally from his state political action committee (PAC) Friends of Ron DeSantis, which now creates the mechanism for his remaining $85 million to transfer into the Super PAC ‘Never Back Down’, the same organization that just hired Cortes.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis severed his connection to his long-standing state political committee and the tens of millions of dollars that it now controls, a step he needs to take ahead of a presidential campaign.
The Republican governor is expected to jump into the race for president soon and the move to rebrand his Florida political committee — called Friends of Ron DeSantis — is the most concrete sign so far that his candidacy is imminent.
The website for the committee was changed on Tuesday morning to say that its mission is “committed to advancing the Freedom Agenda and keeping Florida free.” But more importantly, the website says that the committee is associated with state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia and not DeSantis. The committee on Tuesday also filed paperwork that says Ingoglia is replacing a Tampa accountant as the official chair of the organization.
Ingoglia is a Republican ally of DeSantis who sponsored several of the governor’s key legislative priorities during the recently concluded legislative session, including a crackdown on illegal immigration that includes $12 million for the governor’s controversial migrant relocation program.
A spokesperson with DeSantis’ political operation did not comment on the shift and Ingoglia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
DeSantis first set up his committee back in 2018 and he used it to raise a record amount of money for his re-election campaign last year as he pulled in donations from many major Republican donors. Current campaign finance records show that the committee has nearly $86 million in the bank.
But DeSantis cannot use money raised for Friends of Ron DeSantis in a federal race because state law does not limit how much someone can give to the political committee or the source of the donations. But that money could be shifted to a super PAC that backs DeSantis if the governor is no longer connected to the political committee. While some have questioned the legality of such a move, the Federal Elections Commission deadlocked over a similar strategy that was used by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.). (read more)
There is still no indication how the DeSantis handlers are going to navigate the reality that once they make their official campaign announcement, it will be transparent to everyone that Ron DeSantis was lying about his intentions during his reelection pretense. In my opinion, recognizing that everything DeSantis is built upon fraud and lies, will likely make even people stop supporting him.
The insufferable pretending of the “Book Tour” and national branding effort to avoid the Florida “resign to run” law, shows just how corrupt and conniving the network is. Nothing they do now will erase that fundamental problem.
Ron DeSantis has been planning this 2024 effort for several years, and yet people who supported him denied it. Now that admissions will come, and the character of the governor will take center stage, it is very likely that fewer voters will accept his candidacy regardless of how many hundreds of billions are handed out to illicit endorsements, influence and support.
Cortes just becomes the latest in a long line of masks to drop as we see the financial corruption that exists within our national political constructs. There will be more, because there is so much money on the table. For the Sea Island billionaires that are buying the pundits, there are Trillions At Stake.
Steve Cortes was a senior advisor to Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He now serves as National Spokesman for the pro-DeSantis PAC, Never Back Down. (link)
Gee, I wonder what changed?…
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1655961480146165765
Meh, he is chasing $$$$$$$$! I guess he hasn’t seen any recent polling!!! I keep telling everyone to watch Vivek Ramaswamy in the first couple of early debates! He is a tremendous orator and very skilled debater and his first attacks will be at Densantis, the EASTABLISHMENTS BOY, and I predict he will score a potential knockout of Ron who isn’t as skilled a communicator!!! Vivek seems determined to try and be the successor to Pres DJT the MAGA movement even though there are questions aplenty still about him!!! But watch when he launches his attacks on Desantis, it could be very interesting!!! 🤔
Vivek, RFK Jr., and Trump are all truth tellers. What we need right now. A debate with the three of them would be interesting.
2 out of 3 are Trojan Horses
Any guesses?
In your opinion. Others feel differently and with reason. Let’s just see this play out.
Does that really matter? Only 1 has a realistic chance and if the other 2 keep telling the truth it’s a win.
We don’t need Vivek anywhere near the MAGA party.
A group of influencers keep coming on here trying to muddy the water and promote this corrupt soul.
See article below.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/benbartee/2023/05/05/2024-gop-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-reportedly-paid-wikipedia-editor-to-remove-reference-to-soros-fellowship-n1692885
Oh boy! Not surprised. Too many are tainted by the dollars.
Make Americans Laugh Again?
“I am pleased to see that Vivek Ramaswamy is doing so well in the most recent Republican Primary Poll, CBS YouGov. He is tied with Mike Pence, and seems to be on his way to catching Ron DeSanctimonious.
“The thing I like about Vivek is that he only has good things to say about ‘President Trump,’ and all that the Trump Administration has so successfully done—This is the reason he is doing so well. In any event, good luck to all of them, they will need it!”
–Donald J. Trump May 5, 2023
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110317875844693831
I love his sarcasm and sense of humor.
Perhaps he is the GOPe Establishment plant for Vice as Pence was. Pence NEVER carried water for Trump really. And because Trump was NOT a politician he allowed many people into his inner circle that should not have been, they made him blind in one eye and one hand behind his back. That does not even include the Democrats continually keeping him distracted. Next time will be different and they know it. Really surprised by his ability to stay on course but extremely appreciate it.
Kellyanne Conway has got to go.
RFK, in his announcement speech, blamed the pandemic “lockdown” on Trump, even though he was in agreement with the cdc’s and Trump’s “slow the spread” initially and even though Trump never put a lockdown on any city or state.
So much for effing integrity. It’s still party all the way, baby. Remember his father and uncle were only where they were because of the Dem stealing of the Va primary and the election night theft of the City of Chicago.
In other words, the would be nothing politically w/out their participation in the fraud and the “kid,” RFK, Jr. know that.
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“By the second week of March 2020… the task force took a plan to the president, developed by Fauci and Birx, to shut down much of the US economy for two weeks. We called it “15 Days to Slow the Spread.”
–Mike Pence, So Help Me God
I wish RFK Jr. would double down on his anti-CIA rhetoric and accuse the CIA of being responsible for the pandemic. Because it definitely sounds more plausible than the CCP doing it at this point!
But it was Trump who called it, even though he did it on the basis of bad advice. To not call it, he would have had to buck a lot of social influence. Plus things were still in a pretty incoherent state at that time. I do blame Trump for promoting the mRNA shot the way he has. But, as Steve Bannon notes, nobody’s perfect.
Incidentally, I’d be surprised if Steve Cortes jumped ship just because of the dollars. I gather he was a successful Wall Street trader, so he must be well-off. And his support for Trump must have cost him a lot (unlike most of us commenting on this site). Cortes is an astute fellow, so he probably sees more clearly than most where all this is going – and it scares him; so he opted out. That’s my take on the matter, at least for now.
Cortez is a traitor it was just a matter of price
It was met
No, we don’t need a debate with 3 truth tellers. We don’t need a debate at all. Trump is proven. There is nothing to debate.
I recently read an article on Citizen Free Press that claimed Vivek paid a Wikileaks administrator to remove from his bio the fact that he was a Soros young American leader.
He was a rising young star; he naturally wound up in that orbit. He may have grown since.
What you’re doing is what Sundance pointed out that the CNN people were doing to Donalds. It’s not just an Alinsky tactic. It’s the way most people think.
If he’s money hungry, now is the time to sellout for a very large amount. Right now RD has to buy support at a premium price because he can’t get it any other way. So, if you have a recognizable name and a payout is your goal, now is a very good time to sell your soul. You can only do it once so the payout has to be large (if you have a brain)
Darn it! If only I had spent my life on Social Media developing millions of followers so that I could be a Political Influencer!!
I respect your opinion, but I believe Vivek is a perfectly timed and perfectly packaged and polished deep state plane.
That’s what money do to you. No principles.
All of these creeps will get rich on globalist money only to lose another election by miles and miles. The GOP is fine with losing as long as Trump doesn’t have a chance.
The spiteful part of me would love to see DeSantis be the 2024 nominee. He would lose 40+ states including Florida and be humiliated on the world stage. He might be too dense to be embarrassed, especially since he’ll be Paul-Ryan-Rich in the end.
Cheap street whores, all of them.
Wouldn’t bother DeSoros or his globalist backers at all. They don’t care about who wins as long as it’s not PDT
Think to the future… let’s not focus on the grievances of the past…
“My guess is, there will be a yearning for a new generation…candidates focused on the future and not the grievances of the past.”
–Jeb Bush Oct. 20, 2022
“fine with losing” “love to see”
2008? 2012? Did you pay close attention to the machines?
“More reports of voting machines switching Romney votes to Obama. Pay close attention to the machines, don’t let your vote be stolen.”
–Donald J. Trump Nov. 6, 2012
He wouldnt’ lose- who do you think the Uniparty would harvest ballots for, stuff ballot boxes, or just create vote out of thin air for? RDS, that’s who. He’s bought and paid for….the Uniparty wins.
To quote The Scarlet Letter …
”Whore! Whore!”
Just another political whore!!
Ummm. If I was on the DeSantis team (perish the thought), would I trust a guy who jumped ship to the enemy camp, “Camp Meatball”, burned bridges with PDJT, colleagues and Patriots of the MAGA movement? This is where reputation comes into play and in my view, Cortes has destroyed his own reputation for the love of money and the illusion of relevance. As far as Steve Bannon is concerned, I’m sure he’s furious, but to talk about Cortes is a huge mistake. We need to move on. I’m sure there’s more betrayal on the horizon as we get closer to 2024.
I didn’t hear the afternoon Bannon show. I’ll be sure to tune in to the morning show tomorrow.
Steve Cortes
lostthrew away a lot of warroom friends today. I admit it: I got played. Again.Believed he was “1000%” in President Trump’s camp yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
He and Tyrmand deserve each other. But at least neither one will be shooting off his mouth on warroom about the polling numbers or the downward spiraling economy anymore.
Looks like the GOPe Wing of the UniParty bird’s strategy is to identify weakness among 2020 Trump campaign people and peel them off, one at a time.
Adiós Esteban. Te despistaste en pleno camino, pero de todos modos, buen viaje. No nos harás falta nunca.
¡Y no vuelvas!
Not sure who these muckrakers are, but they call him Rat Turd…
Reported Project Veritas Coup Leader Matthew Tyrmand Calls for James O’Keefe, among others, to be Jailed
“Vish, Bannon and Jok (James O’Keefe) can share a jail cell in a federal work camp one day soon.”
nationalfile.com/reported-project-veritas-coup-leader-matthew-tyrmand-calls-for-james-o-keefe-to-be-jailed/
they are throwing money at everyone from the DeSantis team. This is a good thing because it shows who are true patriots who are not…Sunlight is the best disinfectant
“there’s more betrayal”
SD tried to let us down easy… you win some, you lose some.
NeverBack Frowns?
So, so disappointing. I follow Cortes closely on Bannon’s War Room. I wonder how often Steve will have him on now as Bannon is always running anti-DeSantis ads. I liked Steve Cortes’ chalk talks.
Steve Cortes was legit. I watch War Room everyday and to know Cortes has jumped ship is disappointing to say the least. It’d be nice to see him infiltrate, but you know he won’t because it’s unnecessary. DeSantis cant hold Trump’s jockstrap. It was good while it lasted, Steve. Sayonara.
Zero, dead meat. Already had A. J. Antoni from Heritage today. Steve who?
well said! perfect!
…I might edit the comment to read …”dead rat meat.”
Hasn’t been on for over a week. I like Brat more(and others). There’s a dozen economic guests off the top of my head Natalie could schedule discussing financial “prepping”, that have decades experience online and off.
I always laughed at that tight collar and inflating head when, Steven, did his chalk drawings…
I like Dave Brat more then Steve Cortez anyways.
Bannon said he will never have Steve Cortes on the War Room again.
Goody. More Peter Navarro cowbell needed.
I read his Truth Social posts for a short time and and banned him almost immediately. Cortes is a quarter inch thick and a mile wide. No compass.
This year and next, will be a refining process. Purifying the individuals with character, integrity, loyalty, honor, and patriotism from the dross, like Steve Judas Cortes. I certainly hope that War Room totally removes this traitorous Judas from all future programing, as I will find it impossible to watch, if not. What a bummer. President Trump is finding out who his real friends are right now. Not a pleasant process, but a much needed one.
Damn …weird I saw a web page I had kept open with Steve Cortez. It’s very strange as I thought to myself what a badass SOB. I like(d) this guy.
I’m gonna tell you something guys. People like Cortez and Bannon are going to want to push the MIC agenda from the right.
“China is bad. We need war with China.”
“Go recruit white trash southern cannon fodder because they’re not signing up anymore. Once they enlist we can kick the lunacy back up.”
Screw them all. DT should work with RFK Jr IMHO. Those are the ONLY two who have a shot.
MacGregor just interviewed with Robert K. You can catch it on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. You won’t go wrong listening to that. Both RFK & Trump are trying to save this burning building. I will be helping and pulling for them but I’m afraid the odds are long. Still it’s only chance we got.
RFK + family = the original thieves of a Presidential election
Bannon was the one who got John Bolton in as NSA. What does that tell you?
Bannon promoted Cortez and Tyrmand, both of which have proven to be deepstate assets.
I wonder about Naomi Wolfe. Her apology to conservatives was weak sauce.
I would only be despondent if Bannon sold out.
I’ve come to the conclusion this country will only be won back by rogues, romanticists, and mercenaries.
Bannon has never been MAGA.
As I commented elsewhere this evening, it’s funny… usually you see rats LEAVE a sinking ship, not jump on board. Must be lots of good cheese on board the USS Meatball.
“Meanwhile back in Florida, Ron DeSantis has separated himself legally from his state political action committee (PAC) Friends of Ron DeSantis…”
Does that mean that Ron! has no friends ?????
I liked Cortez on economics when he appeared on the War Room… i have to say Im very disappointed – in fact disgusted by his clear lack of character…. But i think his lack of character will hurt his effectiveness on the campaign…. Conservatives don’t like liars & fakes….. look what’s happening to Fox News
What a disappointing article from Steve Cortes.
You want to support another candidate? That’s your choice. But to discuss the 2020 election you were part of as a consultant and fail to mention the details here and there (massive fraud) of that “loss” while you bounce off and on to war room acting as if that was anything other than a third world election, is ludicrous.
The consultant class will do anything and say anything.
-Seth Keshel – “Captain K”
https://skeshel.substack.com/
Its time we ignore the consultant class.
Sundance, any ideas on why Rove and Barr started a Law firm https://riteusa.org/news/ to repeal the CoVID and other election Laws and clear a path for 2024. They’re not doing it for the Don
After the midterms, Steve Bannon and John Fredricks were all set to abandon Trump for DeSantis too. They are all grifters. Throw in Charlie Kirk too. All controlled opposition grifters. Only Treehouse and Mike Lindell are truly loyal.
He’s a POS BACKSTABBER!
“Thou shalt speak no evil of any other Republican.” — Ronald Reagan
I would love to see a Trump+DeSantis ticket!
Watch the “Don and Ron” show, and win!
Yeah, Meatball Ron is a traitor. Why would we want a traitor ANYWHERE near the White House so that he can sabotage Trump along the line of Mike ’30’ Pence???
As far as the Reagan quote, we are divided between the Uniparty (commie dems and RINOs) versus MAGA.
Do you notice that the Uniparty rarely speak evil of each other?
DeSantis has been a great governor for my state of Florida! Traitor to who? Trump? I don’t see it that way, because as far as I know, Trump has not asked for his support as a running mate.
DON+RON IN 2024!!!
Why can’t Trump build an alliance with with Desantis? Insults like “Desanctimonious” are unnecessary and divisive. I like Trump’s leadership, but his combative personality cuts two ways.
Don’t forget the real enemy is the Democrats/communists. Dem balloting fraud will be hard enough to overcome.
United we stand, divided we fall. The GOP doesn’t need to be fighting amongst ourselves.
The Greedy Old Possums need taken down entirely.
Trump and MAGA are conducing a benign hostile takeover of the Republican Party.
If they prevent that from happening, we will destroy the GOP entirely and create a MAGA party.
What you are proposing is the same old Uniparty Punch and Judy rah rah puppet show, a paralyzing distraction.
Reagan was wrong.
He never lived to see the explosion of evil we face now.
It was definitely another time.
Why would we trust Ron DeSantis when he said he was running for governor of Florida for four years? Six months later he’s running for president but we knew that before, he just wasn’t honest. Why would we trust him? Why would Trump trust him? He’s not honest and would stab the President in the back any chance he got.
I don’t think anyone should trust him, frankly.
And I am a resident of Florida and all I care about Ron DeSantis doing is fixing the high price of property insurance around here. The legislative session totally ignore this huge problem that could help many many many Floridians to go after Disney instead.
The Meatball is overcooked.
So Bannon’s Warroom needs to out him, too
When you listen to the War Room guests, it seems easy to conclude that about half of them are not MAGA. Why is Bannon upset any shows his true colors? The “Conservative” stardom is filled with traitors (and grifters) against MAGA.
I remember the last thing I heard Sydney Powell say, just before she was unceremoniously tossed aside and banned from the public discourse regarding the fraud election on ’20:
“I hate to break it to you America, but your government is ‘irredeemably’ corrupt”.
Her use of the word “irredeemably” was all I needed to hear.
The R’s are simply taking the page out of the D’s book now.
Forget the polling, forget the desires of the actual people voting in the primary (which doesn’t include me as a “non-party” registrant) who overwhelmingly support President Trump- the RNC will decide that DeSantis is the guy they’re “nominating”.
Just yesterday, Sidney presented sundance’s recent article You Are NOT Alone in her Defending the Republic email to which I subscribe.
I believe Sidney is solid. She has both warrior spirit and positive attitude in common with both sundance and PDJT.
Initially when I heard the news about Cortes I felt gut punched. Now I’m over on Getter trying to unfollow the pos. He’s posting just like nothing happened. 99% of the comments are roasting the he// out of him and that makes me feel better.
I heard it on the war room first. Bannon was dismissive-“Hey its a free country”. Between the lines, definitely not happy. I think they were personal friends and this is a betrayal. I think we’ll see alot more of Dave Brat and we won’t see Cortes anymore on that show.
I heard Steve say this afternoon that Cortez would no longer be on War Room.
Excellent! Thank you, you made my day.
I would hate to have to dump War Room as a news source.
My husband and I were traveling through Destin, FL on Sunday, May 7th, when we saw a Ron Desantis for President come on the tv. It ended with a person placing a Desantis for President bumper sticker over a Trump sticker. We thought that last act would really pass off a lot of Trump supporters. I would never vote for Desantis for anything because he is too ambitious and easily manipulated.
You meant possibly to say PERHAPS????? that DeSanctimonious is Way TOO SERIOUSLY MANIPULATIVE, May BE!!!! ???????
Eh??????? Whut?????????
Desantis is cutthroat. He is in it for the money.
Trump already has money. Trump is in it for the people.
The normies’ argument. Disappointed by Cortes’ choice, but he sees it as where the smart money is. Maybe he isn’t wrong.
If you consider that most of these conspiracies tend to play out over 5 to 10 years, you could say DeSantis is the insurance plan against Trump by the GOP. The question is, how much coordination is there with the DOJ and specifically Jack Smith to make Trump go away? They probably see installing DeSantis as a blow off valve after 4 years of “Bribem”, and optically they can reset the field just like Twitter. Make the rubes see what they want, and basically change nothing behind the curtain. They can do that, because most people have an emotional level understanding of politics. Just like they had an emotional understanding of Sars Covid 2. If 2/3 or 3/4 of the population, whatever amount ran out to get jabbed, engage on “feelz” how are you going to move the needle without engaging in propaganda?
Better not to trust anyone in business with the Romney, Ryan, Shapiro, Jeb!, Rove cartel. DeSantis is betraying FL and ran on deception — the LAW said he couldn’t run for another office while Gov (just this past Nov) — now he had the law changed. Just another “things change” politician — Cortes can’t be trusted either. BTW Trump is the only one who answers emails and communications — DeS etc. couldn’t care less. They are with Rhona Romney McDanaiel — only care about the big donor class. RFK is my second choice after Trump — I’m a hard Never Desantis after all this.
They are all cheap political whores!!
My father told me to be careful of the company you keep, for that is how you will be judged. Obviously Steve Cortes never got that message or doesn’t care. What a shame, but Cortes seems to like the ‘high life’ so he can be bought.
I would like to hear what Bannon has to say about this.
My first thought as well.
I am really , really disappointed at Steve Cortes … I like Ron DeSantis , I like Steve Cortes too , but they are making a deal with devils that will put our nation back to the bush days where globalism rules , workers starved and the defense industry got filthy rich !! We the people had no one representing us !! I will NOT just go along with that shit !! I will vote for Trump no matter what !!