DeSantis, who ran a successful re-election campaign last year, and Friends of Ron DeSantis, a political action committee that supported him, have taken a combined $3.9m in contributions from insurance industry players. If donations to the Republican party of Florida since 1 January 2019 – days before DeSantis assumed office – are added, this total swells to more than $9.9m.
The authors’ analysis of campaign finance data also found that two property casualty insurance firms donated a combined total of $125,000 to DeSantis’s 2023 inaugural celebration, which marked the beginning of his final term as governor in the term-limited state.
It is no coincidence, the report’s authors suggest, that DeSantis’s administration has put the insurance companies’ interests ahead of Florida’s own citizens, who are battling homeowner insurance rates nearly triple the national average.
They write: “Instead of fixing problems with Florida’s property insurance industry, DeSantis has lavished the industry with favors and benefits while everyday Floridians suffer.”
These benefits have included the creation of $2bn taxpayer-funded reinsurance fund. Such funds exist to insure the insurers and prevent them being wiped out during a catastrophic event. Usually, insurance companies buy such coverage on the open market but, in Florida, DeSantis chose to use tax dollars to provide access to a state-subsidised insurance fund.
DeSantis accused of favoring insurance-industry donors at residents’ expense
I exposed a lot of this corruption in my exclusive report last week, which President Trump posted on his Truth Social account.
The victims are all Florida home owners. https://t.co/JANH9JeNcP— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 3, 2023
Ron DeSantis is living so deep in your head that you rely on the American Federation of Teachers for your dirt?
The MSM has literally declared war on Republicans and Conservatives.
They are trying to destroy anyone who has leadership skills, including Conservative leaders in foreign countries like Israel, Hungary, and Brazil.
They are disappear-ing or camouflage-ing every issue that reflects badly on the Political Left.
This is news to anyone? Lobbying money from insurance industry usually favors Republicans while lobbying money from attorneys usually favors democrats.
5 Law Firms That Bankroll the Democratic Party
https://bluetent.us/articles/campaigns-elections/5-big-law-firms-bankrolling-the-democratic-pary/