Posted on 09/14/2023 9:17:42 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis is turning to Mitt Romney‘s former advisor, Emil Henry, for financial support in an effort to save his beleaguered 2024 presidential campaign.
Henry, CEO of the private equity firm Tiger Infrastructure Partners, will host a fund-raising lunch event on Thursday for the Florida Governor, charging a whopping $11,600 for admission. Henry, a long-term “moderate” Republican fundraiser, worked for the Romney on his 2012 presidential campaign, and as the assistant secretary of the Treasury in the George W. Bush administration.
DeSantis participated in a $11,600 per person breakfast on Thursday, alongside Republican fundraisers including David Blumberg, who has already donated over $60,000 to the Florida Governor, and Mark Gerson, who has similarly donated tens of thousands to DeSantis. Attendees will also required to make a minimum $1,500 campaign donation.
The Florida Governor’s campaign has relied heavily on corporate donors and D.C. Republican figures to raise capital after his campaign ranked eighth in grassroots, small-dollar donations earlier this summer. He is also having to re-raise the vast amounts his campaign has burned through without seeing any political gain.
go Desantis.
BTTT
DeSwamptis/Romney...figures.
er...you mean Romney...er Willard.
Attracting anti-Trumper Romney-Bush people is not a good look, but I guess money is money.
Everything this guy does makes it worse for himself. I think he is nothing other than a spoiler whose only purpose is to damage Trump because this guy won’t even win dogcatcher.
It’s a cherry picking hit piece on Desantis.
Here is a list of Trump appointees who were democrat before:
Michael Flynn Democratic[b][14] National Security Advisor 2017 Donald Trump Republican
Gary Cohn Democratic Director of the National Economic Council 2017–2018
Ivanka Trump Democratic[b][15] Advisor to the President 2017–2021
Peter Navarro Democratic[b] Director of the National Trade Council 2017
Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy 2017–2021
Robert O. Work Democratic Deputy Secretary of Defense 2017‡
Eric J. Fygi Democratic Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Energy 2017–2021’’
Trump also picked several neoxons to work for him:
JOHN BOLTON
JAMES WOOSLEY
FRANK GAFFNEY
ELLIOTT COHEN
More…
My point is not to directly demean Trump but to prove this is a selective attack on Desantis.
The company you keep.
ewwww
ewww
ewww
Must hate those that were prior democrats....
So must hate everything about Trump, too....
And of course...
Must hate everything about Ronald Reagan, also.....
Tsk, Tsk...
Such simple minded attempts at gaslighting .... smh....
Yes, this is an excellent idea since Romney is such a great example of success when looking for advice in running a Presidential campaign.
Whoever is advising DeSantis (Lincoln Project?) to distance himself from Trump supporters is doing him no favors. DeSantis could run a campaign differentiating himself slightly from Trump without totally alienating the Trump base. Instead, it appears he has has thrown in totally with the Rove/Romney Bush consulting groups that consists of mainly never-Trumpers. I’m truly disappointed he is taking this route.
As Sister Francis Marie used to admonish her 6th Graders:
“Show me your companions, and I will tell you what YOU are.”
Meatball is desperate because he’s getting his clock cleaned by Trump
Fail.
You can’t logically say I hate everything about Trump when I was using examples to show others do the same.
Thanks for pointing out Regan—you strengthened my argument.
Rom Neesantis.
Correction
“Ron true conservative Neesants”.
As much as Trump is.
:more NeverTrumpin':
Money!
Moneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoney!
And furthermore, money!
Is this why Mitt was in Florida before announcing he would not be running for re-electio?
Casey needs a fur coat so…
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