CBS reports:
Erin Perrine, who was the press communications director for former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, has joined a super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — another sign that the infrastructure for his yet unannounced 2024 presidential campaign is expanding.
Perrine will be the communications director for the “Never Back Down” PAC, a group led by Trump-era top homeland security official Ken Cuccinelli.
This group has been advocating a DeSantis presidential candidacy, and according to two sources familiar with the governor’s planning, it is likely to be the main outside super PAC supporting a potential DeSantis run.
After her stint as the 2020 Trump campaign’s national spokesperson, Perrine served as communications director for GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Cuccinelli and Perrine are two of the most prominent former Trump aides or officials who are now working to support DeSantis
It’s another sign of Cruz-world getting behind DeSantis. Although Cruz lost the 2016 primary, he almost certainly would have won if he had won over the supporters of Marco Rubio early in the race.