Posted on 08/01/2023 11:34:00 AM PDT by conservative98
The super PAC supporting the presidential campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida spent nearly $34 million in recent months, pouring money into voter outreach, advertising, polling, consultants and other expenses as his standing in the polls steadily slipped.
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Mr. DeSantis and his allies, however, are testing the limits of the campaign finance system. Never Back Down isn’t just supplementing the campaign’s work; it has taken over nearly every aspect of the DeSantis campaign — staging events that the candidate attends as a “special guest,” running a bus tour through Iowa and paying people to knock on voters’ doors to sell them on the virtues of Mr. DeSantis.
It remains unclear whether Mr. DeSantis’s allies will be able to continue to raise the large sums of money required to sustain this gargantuan effort. His campaign has already fired more than a third of its staff to cut costs, and his super PAC is bearing even more of the burden of his daily operation.
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Officials with the group falsely exaggerated the strength of their early fund-raising, records show. They publicly claimed at the end of March that they had brought in $30 million; the filings show the actual amount was just under $23 million.
The super PAC did not reach $30 million until almost two months later, the week that Mr. DeSantis formally became a presidential candidate. An official with the group did not explain why they had initially provided a misleading number.
When Mr. DeSantis’s super PAC made the earlier claim about its fund-raising, the money raised came primarily from a single megadonor, Robert Bigelow, a real estate and aerospace mogul from Las Vegas.
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My prediction, which I’ve made several times, is that DeSoros will be out by Christmas. Donors will “just say no.”
DeSantis, the better you get to know him the more you dislike him.
I’m saying out by Labor Day.
Agree. Primary is mostly done now.
you call Governor DeSantis “DeSoros”. Do you have any proof that Soros is his benefactor? Or are you just a reckless fool with a big mouth who should be ignored? My money is on the latter.
Looks like he and the people pushing him, have no problem blowing other people’s money. Not a good sign for someone who claims they want to be President.
Do you have any proof that he isn’t a Soros benefactor? You want someone to show you proof, but you haven’t shown any proof yourself.
He's set up a separate legal defense fund that people can donate to, totally unconnected to his campaign funding.
You’re probably closer. I heard yesterday that if DeSantis doesn’t get a cash infusion into his campaign very soon that he won’t make it to October.
Are you talking about Trump? His PACs are begging for money as they've spent over 50 Million Dollars in Legal Defense funds.
He certainly will be out of the race before the Florida primary.. there is no recovering from the humiliation of being the sitting governor of a state and losing the primary there.
He can live in denial and attempt to limp along with a prayer of having some sort of showing through March 12th, but I like you doubt he’ll have any $$ by then... but even if he is living in the worst case of denial, he’ll drop out before 3/19... here is just no recovery from losing the primary of your home state as a sitting governor.
Yes he has.
And what a pity his legal defense fund has spent far more than his election campaign.
But lets just blame the Deep State, mmm-kay?
What was his problem LS?
A shame.
I like DeSantis. I thought he would have made an excellent VP at one time. He should have stayed on the Trump train a little longer.
The people running his campaign were tone deaf.
WOW your rudeness is very unbecoming you sound just like a Dem when they don’t get their way!! LS happens to be a very famous Freeper evidently you haven’t been here long, maybe you should find another site to do your name calling!!
Your the one using the demeaning nick name “DeSoros” for Governor DeSantis. Now you want me to prover that Soros is NOT supporting the right-wing DeSantis, even when its well know that Soros supports far-left candidates? oh brother...I earlier characterized you as “foolish” and I rest my case.
4 ADULTS TO WRITE THIS? Tells me this was a TRAP TO RUIN DESANTIS!
Who the hell else would you blame, if you think it is ANYTHING other than a weaponized government PLEASE tell us who you blame?? Mean tweets maybe JEEZE!! Since your donations are going to DeSantis you have nothing to worry about except money being wasted, Trump is FIGHTING a government BEAST I will gladly donate to that endeavor!!
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