Posted on 05/25/2023 8:28:04 PM PDT by CA Conservative
Ron DeSantis’ 2024 campaign launch ran into a few glitches on Wednesday evening, but it wasn’t long before he hit his stride. After spending 75 minutes talking policy with Elon Musk, the Florida man shifted over to do primetime interviews with Mark Levin and Trey Gowdy before holding a tele-town hall with voters. He’s scheduled to cap his roll-out off in Iowa on Tuesday with an in-person rally at a baseball stadium.
Still, the headlines from the mainstream press weren’t kind to DeSantis. Many proclaimed his launch to be a “disaster,” with some going so far as to claim his campaign was already over. Well, that narrative was firmly put to bed after the 24-hour donation numbers were released for the newly-minted DeSantis campaign.
In a stunning, record-setting haul, $8.2 million was raised in just a single day, and that’s exactly why you should always be skeptical of what the press says (The New York Times).
"Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida raised $8.2 million in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, his campaign said on Thursday, a huge sum that cements his standing as the leading rival to Donald J. Trump.
Mr. DeSantis’s campaign began on Wednesday evening with a glitch-filled kickoff on Twitter, but that apparently did not slow donor enthusiasm. The campaign said on Wednesday that it had raised $1 million during a single hour.
The $8.2 million figure is more than the $6.3 million that Joseph R. Biden Jr. raised in his first 24 hours as a candidate in 2019, or the $6.1 million haul raised by former Representative Beto O’Rourke that same year."
Besting Biden’s formally-record-setting total by $1.9 million is no small feat. It’s also important to remember that campaign donations are capped at a fairly low amount, unlike donations to Super PACs where big-time donors like to send their money. That means that almost all of that $8.2 million would have to have come from normal, small-dollar donors around the country. There’s no way to spin that other than being impressive.
Does that mean DeSantis is going to romp his way through the primary? I have no idea, and I think that’s a perfectly good answer at this point in the campaign. Anyone telling you with any certainty what will happen is just telling you what they want to believe. We are seven months out from the first primary and there’s a ton that can change between now and then. In fact, history would suggest that we should all be ready for some surprises as we head into the fall.
For now, the candidates will be doing their best to get their message out there and to draw support. I think that’s what DeSantis’ huge fundraising total amounts to right now. It’s evidence that his candidacy is the real deal (you can’t fake small-dollar donations) and that he’s going to draw a lot of interest going forward. He’ll also have the resources to implement the infrastructure needed to compete. What that amounts to in the end will be decided when voters have their say. I’m comfortable with that arrangement.
Jeb raised more money than Trump did to from the donor class but it didn't make a bit of difference.
Too late. Trump has made his bed, probably gold plated headboard, if you were given a chance to explain. /s
He does whatever his handlers and financial backers tell him to do. That's how Ivy League lawyers who spend their careers in government operate.
All this proves is DeSantis is bought and paid for.
You didn’t read the article, apparently. That is all small money donors, not your establishment donors. They contribute to PACs so they can donate more.
It is the same argument they used in 2016 when Trump ripped the establishment candidates.
Hillary raised a lot of money, as I recall. It was a lot more than what Trump raised.
Good example. And there are more. Sometimes having the most money don’t mean zip.
In current climate he needs this trend to continue until he has $100 million in the bank within a month. If not, forget it.
You're a joke. You act like Trump wasn't President and we don't know who he is.
Except for the desantis supporters, everything Trump has done is bad and illegal, while everything desantis did is perfectly fine.
And according to desantis supporters, you should accept desantis lying to you and vote for him to be president.
And you think this is only establishment donors? Other than propaganda value why would you even suggest that, since there is no news or information to back it up. You’re a purely speculating.
I guess you didn't bother to read the article and will just stick to your typical narrative vs. fact routine.
Jeb raised more money than Trump did to from the donor class but it didn't make a bit of difference.
Oh, it made a huge difference - he used it to attack the other Republicans running assuming Trump would fizzle out - in effect helping Trump and doing nothing to help himself - people were looking for an alternative to him, not Trump. He helped them settle on Trump.
Nah, I am a former Trump supporter, happy to see that folks are moving on past him.
Not sure how you think I am the problem but go for it.
The polls, not money from establishment donors, reflect the interest in DeSantis and it’s putridly small amount.
Do you support DeSantis jumping in this?
His grassroots support is virtually non-existent.
RdS should hold some rallies at airports with his 757 behind him to show he has FU money and is therefore not owned by the Never Trumpers.
Plus we could see the support of 10s of thousands.
DeSantis seems like a smart smooth talker to me. I’m still going with Trump however. This country is engulfed in ruthless evil which we cannot vote away apparently. I want someone who has taken the arrows and is all elbows and punchs. To reverse the established evil in front of us requires someone who has proven he can maintain his resistance over the long haul.
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