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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told donors and supporters at a private retreat last weekend that he plans to help raise money for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to three sources familiar with the matter. “He did say it in front of a group of people at the Hard Rock,” a DeSantis adviser told NBC News. A Trump campaign adviser said they were not aware that DeSantis was going to start raising money from them but added that “everyone should be working towards defeating Joe Biden and electing President Trump.”

Donald Trump nearly doubled Joe Biden's "Three Presidents Plus Many Celebrities" fundraiser total last night, severely reducing the cash on hand gap between the two candidates.

PALM BEACH, Fla. (NewsNation) — With dueling events this weekend, some of the nation’s biggest GOP donors will have to choose between former President Donald Trump or former presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump is expected to attend a major joint fundraiser between his campaign and the RNC on Saturday. A campaign source confirmed to NewsNation that it will be hosted at a private residence in Palm Beach. Expectations are high for Trump to offset President Joe Biden’s recent $25 million fundraiser, with the Trump campaign anticipating an estimated $43 million fundraising haul Saturday. That’s an effort that could...

The Republican National Committee announced Donald Trump and aligned GOP groups brought in a whopping $65.6 million in March as the presidential money race for the general election heats up. The RNC said the ex-president and aligned groups ended last month with more than 93.1 million cash on hand. The boosted GOP war chest comes ahead of a mega donor fundraiser for Trump and Republicans on Saturday hosted by billionaire John Paulson in Palm Beach, Florida.

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro announced last week to the more than 15 million monthly listeners of his eponymous podcast that he wouldn’t just vote for Donald Trump, he would also co-host a fundraiser for the former president.Because the choices for president are identical to 2020, Shapiro said he would “walk over broken glass” to support Trump. Almost immediately, he had an opportunity. Trump said Monday that “any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion,” comments that the White House quickly condemned as “vile and unhinged antisemitic rhetoric.”Shapiro, an Orthodox Jew and outspoken ally of Israel, provided a quick...

President Joe Biden’s campaign has amassed $155 million in cash on hand for the 2024 election, far exceeding the in-hand total for his Republican opponent, Donald Trump. The president raised $53 million alone last month, which was the strongest grassroots fundraising month since the campaign launched, according to campaign officials. Among those efforts was a contest for supporters to attend a fundraiser on March 28 in New York with Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton that raised $4 million last month. “The enthusiasm we’re picking up as we go around the country is real,” Biden said in a radio interview...

EDMOND, OKLA. (KOKH) — Deer Creek School District released a statement Friday afternoon after a video was sent to Fox 25 that showed students licking toes during an event for the school's Wonderful Week of Fundraising. "It was surprising," an anonymous student told Fox 25. "I didn't think they were going to do all that. I was just shocked. I didn't really have like a feeling. I was kind of disgusted, and then kind of glad I wasn't over there." "Whenever she told me yesterday that was happening, I had to ask her, 'Wait, what? They're licking peanut butter off...

Biden Campaign Co-Chair Mitch Landrieu went on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to tout President Biden's reelection chances, saying "Joe Biden has had the best first three years of a presidency that we've seen in a long, long time. Our campaign fundraising has beaten all records. So, we feel like we're doing really well." He blamed the President's low approval ratings on the media. "The relentless flow of negative reporting ranging from the Hur report, the nit-picking coverage of the immigration surge, and international tensions has given many voters the wrong impression," Landrieu said. "I mean, why would so many immigrants want...

Nikki Haley will head west for a February 6th-7th fundraising tour hosted by 26 Democrat mega donors. Loomer Unleashed recently published an in-depth analysis of Haley’s February 6th events in San Francisco. 13 mega Democrat donors will host Haley’s February 7th fundraisers. These events will take place in Los Angeles and Orange County. In the past, Haley’s fundraising hosts have donated to Joe Biden, Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton, John Tester, Mark Kelly, and Chuck Schumer. Tester’s Montana race will be crucial in deciding control of the United States Senate. The fact that Haley is attending events hosted by Democrat donors...

The former president was indicted four times last year and has also had to answer civil lawsuits targeting his business and him as an individual.WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s affiliated committees spent about $27 million on lawyers’ bills and related legal fees in the last six months of 2023, new federal election filings show, bringing the total for a year that included four separate indictments to almost $50 million. Trump’s political fundraising apparatus is sprawling, but the new filings show that the price of lawyers is weighing him down. Still, Trump, the GOP presidential front-runner, has seized on the...

Opinions welcoome. Is your Email inbox inundated daily (as is mine) with campaign fund raising Emails from Trump's campaign organization? If so, what it is your opinion of the style/pitch used in those Emails. I will reserve my opinion till commments quit being added.

The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to boot Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot could create a fundraising goldmine for him and increase his standing with fellow Republicans, a top GOP advisor said. “It serves to energize the Trump supporters and to give the former president a chance to raise more money from people who are suddenly going to be angry about what’s going on,” Karl Rove, the former senior advisor during George W. Bush’s administration, told Fox News’ “The Story” on Saturday. “This does not look fair, does not look appropriate. And the response is going to...

The mere mention of the Republican National Committee to anyone on the right is bound to elicit a variety of emotions. Early in the year, a contentious battle over who would chair the organization transpired, with Ronna McDaniel ultimately being re-elected to the position a fourth time. Since then, questions about the RNC's effectiveness have abounded. During the 2023 election, reports emerged that the Virginia Republican Party asked for help and were denied. McDaniel responded by saying that because the RNC is a federal committee, it couldn't be expected to participate in state races. Given all races ultimately happen at...

FNC's Laura Ingraham asked Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday night what he would do as the nominee about the "disturbing" Republican National Committee fundraising numbers. "You need somebody who's leading the charge, like I did in Florida, who's going to inspire people to want to support the effort, because they see that your vision is going in the right direction. We did that in Florida," DeSantis said. but here's the thing as the nominee. I will be responsible for doing it and I will get the job done, regardless of who the chairman of it is. I led the drive...

Even as Hamas continues to hold civilian hostages, including about 10 Americans, no less than 17 Hamas-linked charities are operating in the open, sending money to Hamas or Hamas proxies and sometimes spreading Hamas propaganda in return. A Middle East Forum investigation published in the Focus on Western Islam documents over $260 million donated to Hamas-aligned 501(c)3, tax-exempt charitable organizations. According to the report, "Donors include the foundation arms of household companies such as PayPal, Fidelity, Shell, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Schwab, along with major philanthropic charities such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation."When the FBI is making...

DeSantis for President is selling plain white cotton T-shirts bearing the legend “DeSantis Airways” for $28 apiece. The governor signed an executive order Oct. 12 authorizing the Florida Division of Emergency Management to “carry out logistical, rescue and evacuation operations to keep its residents safe.” Per the DeSantis team, at least 544 Americans have been brought back from Israel via the flights. Kevin Guthrie, executive director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, estimated to NewsNation Tuesday that the price tag of the initial flight was “right around $4 million

The 2024 GOP presidential campaign for former President Trump raised $24.5 million in the third quarter of this year, roughly double what any of his primary rivals reported over the same period. The fundraising report released Sunday night by the Federal Election Commission comes at the same time Trump leads his closest primary rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, by nearly 45.5 points, according to the RealClearPolitics.com polls average. Trump also has more than three times as much available cash than DeSantis, who has essentially been Trump's closest challenger so far in the polls. Trump has $37.5 million, compared to $12.3...

Within hours of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement that he will run for president as an independent and not a Democrat, the super PAC supporting his candidacy raised more than $11 million.Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes a campaign announcement at a press conference in Philadelphia, Pa. on Oct. 9, 2023. Mr. Kennedy announced he will end his Democratic primary bid and will run for president as an independent. (Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)American Values 2024 disclosed on Oct. 10 that it has generated $11.28 million since Mr. Kennedy told an audience in front of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia,...

Ron DeSantis has less money and more problems. The Florida governor's presidential campaign entered this month with just $5 million in cash available for the primary, a sum that reignites doubts about his solvency, budgeting and ability to gain ground on front-running former President Donald Trump. The pain is so acute that DeSantis is redeploying aides from his Tallahassee headquarters to Des Moines for the stretch run of a do-or-die Jan. 15 Iowa caucus. At the end of the second quarter, DeSantis had $6.6 million in primary funds available, according to an NBC News analysis of his last campaign finance...

Political action committee Never Back Down spoke to dozens of wealthy Republican backers about how they are going to lean on 'warm and humble' Casey to make Ron more likable in the unfolding campaign. CEO Chris Jankowski told the donors on August 23: 'We just need your help getting $50 million more by the end of the year, and $100 million more by the end of March. Never Back Down has been operating as a type of shadow campaign for DeSantis after receiving an initial $82.5 million from his own state political committee. Jankowski, Davison and Roe spent their time...