Missing social record
The missing record is part of the story.
Politico reported a pre-May 6, 2021 Twitter deletion and a removed Facebook page. Politico also preserved screenshots of older Facebook posts attributed to Pushaw.
Published evidence
Screenshots preserved by Politico
From the Politico article
Political culture post
From the Politico article
Leaving Georgia post
From the Politico article
Saakashvili and expat warning post
These images appeared with Politico's January 14, 2024 profile of Pushaw.
Pattern developed overseas
The record suggests Pushaw developed a political playbook overseas and brought it into the Fishback dispute.
Across the posts preserved by Politico, Pushaw describes apology as weakness, retaliation as the path to respect, criticism as character assassination, and perceived adversaries as jealous, unstable, or connected to destabilization. The later Fishback record follows a strikingly similar posture: private political access, an initial public denial, disclosure after conflict, attacks on the accuser's credibility, and a dispute over private communications, texts, and screenshots.
Overseas tactic 1
Retaliation as doctrine
Overseas record: Pushaw wrote that apologizing was perceived as weakness and that respect came from hitting an attacker back "twice as hard."
Florida recurrence: After acknowledging campaign advice, Pushaw apologized for anything she said that coarsened the primary while accusing Fishback of lying and exposing private communications.
Overseas tactic 2
Discredit the critic
Overseas record: Pushaw wrote that character assassination usually backfires on the person responsible and described critics in terms of envy, intrigue, and attempts to destroy successful people.
Florida recurrence: When Fishback published a competing account of her role, Pushaw attacked his credibility and accused him of lying and exposing private communications.
Overseas tactic 3
Assert openness after scrutiny
Overseas record: Pushaw wrote that she had "absolutely nothing to hide" and asked people to approach her directly rather than engage in intrigue or speculation.
Florida recurrence: Her campaign advice became public after reporting, an earlier denial that she worked for Fishback, and the later collapse of their relationship. The dispute then expanded to retained texts, screenshots, and private communications.
Campaign rhetoric
Did Pushaw's advice help shape a rhetoric-first campaign?
Pushaw's advisory period overlapped with Fishback's November 2025 campaign launch. The Associated Press reported that his launch video targeted legal and illegal immigration, declared that he would not apologize for Florida's history, and cut to a Confederate monument. Florida Politics reported that Fishback called Byron Donalds, who is Black, a "slave" of corporate interests.
Pushaw later wrote that she disagreed with Fishback's campaign rhetoric as it became "more extreme." The campaign later escalated to labels including "Black Teen Riots" and other racially charged attacks. At an April 2026 campaign stop, a Black man questioned Fishback about allegations of inappropriate conduct involving an underage girl. Fishback responded on video: "You should be lynched." What advice did Pushaw give about targets, framing, provocation, or social-media amplification, and which tactics remained after their relationship ended?
Did the overseas playbook resurface in Florida?
- Does the recurring sequence show a durable political playbook: reject weakness, retaliate harder, attack the critic's motives, and reframe scrutiny as persecution?
- Did that posture shape Pushaw's campaign advice to Fishback or her response after their relationship collapsed?
- Did Pushaw's advice help shape, sharpen, or normalize Fishback's use of incendiary racial rhetoric?
- Why did Pushaw's acknowledgment of campaign advice follow reporting and an earlier denial that she worked for Fishback?
- Do the deleted posts contain other examples of tactics later visible in the Fishback dispute?
- Did any of those tactics influence campaign activity conducted while Pushaw was on duty?
Ukraine record questions
What contact accompanied the public support?
- Did Pushaw communicate directly with Zelenskyy's presidential office or National Reform Council staff?
- Who commissioned, reviewed, or promoted her May 2020 article supporting the Saakashvili appointment?
- Did any post-May 2020 work concern Saakashvili's Ukrainian government duties, despite the filing's stated focus on Georgian politics?
- Do deleted posts document campaign events, meetings, or communications involving Zelenskyy?