The DeSantis Super PAC posted its advice to the candidate on the web, where it was discovered and publicized all over the country. It is the latest of a series of embarrassments for the Hungarian Candidate; everything he does at the debate will be interpreted in light of that information.
The advice essentially is to maintain the usual passive-aggressive approach towards the absent Trump, go after the media (always a right-wing crowd-pleaser), and to attack the conservative bona fides of the other candidates, particularly Ramaswamy. The idea behind this presumably is to clear the non-Trump lane, avoid conflict with what figures to be a vocally pro-Trump live audience, and to deal with the man on golf cart later.
That’s the approach that most of Trump’s opponents used in 2016. It didn’t work then; why would it work better now? And does it make sense to attack the media when the debate is being hosted by Fox News?
It’s no wonder the guy is so far behind.