Posted on 07/07/2023 7:54:23 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Against the backdrop of 1,000,000+ small donors each contributing an average of $34 to President Trump last quarter, Rupert Murdoch’s media outlet quickly jumped to the typeset to proclaim Ron DeSantis, as measured by billionaire contributions, as the richest political candidate in U.S. history.
Buried near the end of their article they note this, “A significant portion of Never Back Down’s fundraising was money transferred from funds originally raised to support DeSantis’ 2022 gubernatorial re-election.” [Funny enough, after we mocked them on the Twitter, Fox News stealth edited the article to note the $82 million.]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis brought in an impressive $20 million in fundraising during the first six weeks of his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, his political team told Fox News on Thursday.
Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting the Florida governor’s presidential run, in a separate announcement told Fox News that they’ve hauled in $130 million in fundraising since the committee launched in early March.
[…] Nearly half of the governor’s haul – $8.2 million – came in the first 24 hours after DeSantis declared his candidacy, his team announced in late May.
The DeSantis campaign highlighted in a release shared first with Fox News that their haul was the “largest first-quarter filing from any non-incumbent Republican candidate in more than a decade.” (read more)
Note something they don’t brag about? The average contribution amount.
Nowhere in the article do they want to even touch the issue of average contribution amount, which is likely in the $300/$500 range because it’s mostly BIG DOLLAR donors and professional political bundlers. Hence the Yale Club dinner in New York City last week.
The $6,600/plate appearance was the latest effort by Team DeSantis to connect to the ordinary working-class voter he needs to try and regain footing after his effort has fallen short of the Sea Island billionaires’ expectations.
Despite the combined efforts of Rupert Murdoch, Ken Griffin, Elon Musk, the Sea Island billionaires, hedge fund managers, Wall Street groups and a host of multinational corporations, recent polling shows the richest fundraiser in the GOP field has failed to gain traction with the lesser controllable voters.
Additionally, the purchased right-side media, Daily Wire, Salem Inc. and a strong coalition of “conservative influencers” are producing diminishing returns.
The former Team Cruz crowd is pushing hard, but it becomes a complicated dynamic of influence when they must pretend they are not aligned with Jeb and the Bush clan.
DeSantis is now promising to use tariffs against Mexico, break up the federal government, attack the FBI and DOJ and start shooting Mexicans at the border in a last-ditch effort to convince the suspicious crowd that his association with the spooks from Skull and Bones is only an optical illusion.
The tiaras of Casey are contingent upon selling a carefully branded narrative, that thus far has not captured enough of the sheeple masses for success. Today the campaign announced that Casey DeSantis would take the place of Ron in public appearances.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsNation) — Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’ wife, Casey, appeared in Iowa on Thursday to launch the grassroots group “Mamas for DeSantis,” hoping to boost his presidential hopes with a charismatic flare critics say the candidate himself lacks. (read more)
Powerful story from @CaseyDeSantis on her battle with breast cancer while raising 3 young children:
"When you go through something like that, and you're in the middle of the night, scared, and you don't know what's gonna happen, and you crawl into bed with your kids… and then… pic.twitter.com/7IlhjClSyy
— Team DeSantis (@TeamDeSantis) July 7, 2023
I will throw my gold bricks on board the sinking Titanic.
“Despite the combined efforts of Rupert Murdoch, Ken Griffin, Elon Musk, the Sea Island billionaires, hedge fund managers, Wall Street groups and a host of multinational corporations, recent polling shows the richest fundraiser in the GOP field has failed to gain traction with the lesser controllable voters.”
sounds a lot like Jeb! 2.0 ...
“Nowhere in the article do they want to even touch the issue of average contribution amount, which is likely in the $300/$500 range because it’s mostly BIG DOLLAR donors and professional political bundlers. Hence the Yale Club dinner in New York City last week.”
In other words Sundance the clown has no proof so is just making crap up.
Love that Pic of DeGlobalist Donors, Supporters and Deep State Hacks.
The Meatball fleeced FLA Donors to give him millions knowing he was
going to run for President. I wonder how many want their money back.
Desantis is owned by the establishment money men.. (Cheney et Al)
Trying to portray this as something else is just more of the same old same old
If nothing, you are predictable. Just admit that DeSantis brought in more money in SIX WEEKS than Trump did in TWELVE WEEKS. End of day, what matters is how it is spent, the ad yesterday, maybe you’ve seen it, is an incredible start, don’t you think?
Thank you. This is jus another Trump is God knock on Desantis, who s simply a very good man who would make a fine president.
Jeb raised over $100 Million after he announced.
What did that money buy?
Most of that money came from Rich Globalists.
You post from this source - then talk about deception?
That montage pic at the top of the article is beyond dishonest. Are you not embarrassed? I guess not since you continually post this garbage.
RDS transferred 80 million from his gubernatorial campaign to the presidential campaign. A very large portion of this total. Thank you Florida supporters that he backstabbed .
“Are you not embarrassed?”
About Being The Home State of Mitch McConnell, the most hated GOP Politician by most GOP Voters.
KY is one screwed up State.
You could almost get a job at MSLSD with your spin. DeSantis didn’t “fool” a single Floridian. His run has been expected for years by all Floridians, putting donated $$ into a campaign is also expected.. Almost all the people you try to “shame” have significant Florida roots. Like it or not, like his personality or not, DeSantis is running. Whether he wins or loses will depend on voters actually voting. Not polls (which Trump people should be very wary of.) Believe it or not, Trump faces the real possibility of being a convicted felon. Not generally a good look for a candidate. Any candidate is going to have to win 7 highly contested states. Felons don’t do well.
I take it you don’t live in Florida. I do. I hear my neighbors and other Floridians saying the same thing. You are swallowing the fake news b.s. and the rino spin. If we lose this country we know who to blame. RDS will not win the general. He will be lucky if he wins Florida in the primaries. RDS backers are counting on a Trump arrest. That’s the only way to winning.
Makes zero sense as a response to what I posted, as is usual for you.
But I know you have been profoundly disappointed with all of the Supreme Court conservative victories as of late so your bitterness is understandable.
Every time I see you post, I grit my teeth.
Thinking what kind of KY morons keep electing
the Most Hated Man in DC by Conservatives.
He happens to be a Senator from YOUR State.
And I’m not talking about Rand Paul.
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