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Exclusive — Donald Trump Jr.: Never Trump Billionaire Donor Movement Largely Behind DeSantis Bid
Breitbart ^ | 18 Jul 2023 | HANNAH BLEAU

Posted on 07/21/2023 8:51:13 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

The Never Trump billionaire donor movement is largely behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential bid because they want a president they can “control,” Donald Trump Jr. told Breitbart News during an exclusive interview at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida.

When asked why DeSantis did not attend the event taking place in his home state despite being invited, Don Jr. made it clear that the event was an “America First” event, despite DeSantis influencers deeming it a “MAGA” event. Further, Donald Trump Jr. pointed to a pattern.

“I live here. I live right up the road and Gov. DeSantis hasn’t been here seemingly in months. You had flooding a couple months ago in Fort Lauderdale. And he was on his perpetual book tour that was, you know, the three-month long book tour,” he said, adding, “I have two best sellers, and I’ve never seen a book tour go that long in my life.”

Don Jr. reacted to the latest news of the DeSantis team laying off staff due to money issues and added that his small-dollar donors are “almost non-existent, making up 15 percent of his take.” Further, Don Jr. said most of the money from DeSantis’s Super PAC is coming from Jeff Roe entities.

“I think it’s a big joke. You can create a lot of personality with social media influencers, as they have done for the last two years sort of de facto running against Trump. The reality is, in a Republican primary, like eventually you have to put that guy on the stage. And let’s just say, you know, once you get to know Ron DeSantis, you get to not like Ron DeSantis,” Don Jr. said, explaining that he has likely done more for the governor than any other person that was not a paid

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: desantis; trump

“The billionaire donor class, they don’t align with America First. They’re not with the hard-working blue-collar men and women that my father was fighting for. And you saw that right? You saw the interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox, he [DeSantis] took a ‘Trump Light,’ let’s call it, approach on Ukraine, and then two days later, well, ‘I changed my mind because I got a phone call from you know, one of umpteen billionaire donors who want to control their president,'” he said, concluding that DeSantis will do what it takes to please those people to move himself forward. Because of that, he continued, voters need to wonder if he will truly be devoted to the American people — not the billionaire donor class — if he makes it to the White House.


1 posted on 07/21/2023 8:51:13 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

DeSantis will either screw the big donors or screw us.


2 posted on 07/21/2023 8:56:32 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: SoConPubbie

DeSantis is nothing more than a head-fake meat puppet of the billionaires and multinational corporations. If DeSantis becomes president, the first thing he’ll do is everything the GOPe has been doing to shaft us for the past 40 years - surrender for fun and profit.

There is no change with DeSantis, just more of the same sh!t sandwich we have been gagging on.


3 posted on 07/21/2023 9:06:51 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (Biden will mess up the Ukraine worse than Afghanistan.)
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Bud light trannies are having their revenge.


4 posted on 07/21/2023 9:12:49 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Who? What? This is nonsense. He has been attacked by libs day in and day out. We are headed for colossal defeat in 2024.


5 posted on 07/21/2023 9:18:54 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: SoConPubbie

That’s “exclusive”???

Everyone has known this for months.


6 posted on 07/21/2023 9:20:05 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Make the GOP illegal - everything else will follow)
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To: wildcard_redneck
If DeSantis becomes president, the first thing he’ll do is everything the GOPe has been doing to shaft us for the past 40 years - surrender for fun and profit.

I'll tell you what he won't do. DeSantis won't ban guns by executive order, hand the country over to Fauci and Birx, and print up $4 trillion in free Covid cash.

7 posted on 07/21/2023 9:23:04 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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8 posted on 07/21/2023 9:24:39 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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To: SoConPubbie

DeSantis did not attend the event

Don Jr. made it clear that the event was an “America First”

Now we have rigging on both sides due to TDS it’s good to see the panic in their eyes.


9 posted on 07/21/2023 9:30:27 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: alternatives?

Who givrs a flip what that loser Jr.has to say.


10 posted on 07/21/2023 9:45:14 AM PDT by pghbjugop
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To: pghbjugop

I have to agree there. The kids & spouses are best when they are far from the campaign.


11 posted on 07/21/2023 9:56:58 AM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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To: Drew68
"I'll tell you what he won't do. DeSantis won't ban guns by executive order, hand the country over to Fauci and Birx, and print up $4 trillion in free Covid cash."

But DeSantis will continue to let us be invaded, impoverished, and victimized. You have TDS FRiend and your "endorsement" of DeSanctimonious lacks so passion that I remain unconvinced.

12 posted on 07/21/2023 10:14:14 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (Biden will mess up the Ukraine worse than Afghanistan.)
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To: pghbjugop

Let’s say Trump dies tomorrow of a heart attack. Who is our best choice now?


13 posted on 07/21/2023 10:17:41 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: alternatives?; pghbjugop
"Let’s say Trump dies tomorrow of a heart attack. Who is our best choice now?

Revolution?

14 posted on 07/21/2023 10:19:37 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (Biden will mess up the Ukraine worse than Afghanistan.)
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To: wildcard_redneck
But DeSantis will continue to let us be invaded, impoverished, and victimized.

Everyone of you swears up and down that DeSantis going to become "swampy" once elected yet every action that DeSantis has taken has been nothing short of stalwart conservatism. DeSantis has done nothing short of fighting and winning conservative victories!

I judge the man by his actions, not the stuff he only tweets about doing only to drop the ball once the opportunity lands in his lap.

15 posted on 07/21/2023 10:28:34 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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To: Drew68

Ok - DUPE...


16 posted on 07/21/2023 11:00:01 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (Biden will mess up the Ukraine worse than Afghanistan.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

I’m for Trump, his pond scum son dumping his family with 5 kids under 10 yo, is child abuse at best. He supposedly cheated on her in year 2, still went on to have 5 kids with her and dumped her in the middle of his dads term. Then picks up a skanky whore to boot.


17 posted on 07/21/2023 11:11:27 AM PDT by pghbjugop
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