Posted on 09/07/2023 7:51:46 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Politico on Wednesday reported that only 16 of 50 big donors to DeSantis’s 2022 reelection campaign have opened their wallets for the governor’s super PAC Never Back Down, which is supporting his 2024 run, and only eight others have given directly to his presidential campaign.
Five of the 50 donors are supporting rival presidential candidates and those who are giving to DeSantis’s campaign or Never Back Down are also donating to other candidates, the report added.
The report cites several donors who said they are concerned with the positions DeSantis has taken on the campaign trail, arguing they are not moderate enough.
In a huge blow, hotel and aerospace executive Robert Bigelow — the biggest individual contributor to Never Back Down and to DeSantis’s reelection campaign — last month told Reuters that he would not give any more to DeSantis’s super PAC until he adopted more moderate policies and can show he can pull in more contributions on his own.
And businessman Thomas Peterffy told the Financial Times that he and “a bunch of friends, are holding our powder dry” because of positions the governor had taken on social issues, Politico reported. Peterffy has donated to a PAC aligned with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who some donors hope will run.
The report noted that Never Back Down still has a whopping $97 million to spend, which surpasses his rivals, but those funds are “overwhelmingly drawn” from an $82 million transfer from a Florida-based political committee that backed DeSantis’s reelection bid.
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Fools and their money.
The Meatball is overcooked as are the sniveling NeverTrump’ers who tried to foist this mess on US.
Why bother. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if no election happens. The US is done.
“The Meatball is overcooked as are the sniveling NeverTrump’ers who tried to foist this mess on US.”
To my final days, I’ll never understand why DeSantis found it necessary to channel the NeverTrumpers and thus, permanently, take himself out of national politics. It couldn’t just be money - maybe blackmail of some kind?
It’s Trump or bust at this point. GOPe had years to find someone more “refined” than Trump but with a similar platform but instead they spent their time attacking the guy and his supporters.
crisco christie has been all over the MSM + faux + news max all weekend and this week too.
maybe they never trump money is moving over to crisco?
Stuck on Stupid.
I really tried, I really wanted an alternative to Trump. But it isn’t there. Trump or Bust!
It’s perhaps the dopiest political decision I’ve ever seen. He’s a young man and would have had clear sailing in 2028, not to mention a potential WH appointment in a 2nd Trump administration. It’s all ruined for reasons unknown.
I don’t see that he’s taking himself permanently out of national politics.
History tells us that many candidates who lost out in the primaries, get the nomination when they run in future years.
You scared of DeSantis Puppie you think he is a threat you must have DDS DeSantis derangement syndrome
“I don’t see that he’s taking himself permanently out of national politics. History tells us that many candidates who lost out in the primaries, get the nomination when they run in future years.”
Typically they’ve been defeated by others when they lose, rather than pissing off the base and thereby defeating themselves.
But yes, maybe DeSantis will divorce his wife, come clean, and start over - who knows!
tell me why he would have had clear sailing in 2028 when (if DJT wins 24) his incumbent VP would be the assumed nominee?
Trying to remember when divorcing one’s wife became a Republican party value..........
“Trying to remember when divorcing one’s wife became a Republican party value.”
Trump had to do it, Reagan had to do it. It happens.
People have been saying she’s a beard for years now.
The chaos around Trump is not from Trump. It’s from those who think they own our money, who think they own us. Trump is the only hope we have of taking back our country and our future.
which people?
A lot of good that did Quayle, Cheney and Pence, to name a few.
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