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GOP Donor Class Drift Back to Trump as DeSantis Flounders
The National Pulse ^ | Oct. 27, 2023

Posted on 10/27/2023 10:15:34 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

Republican donors who were backing or considering backing Ron DeSantis and other alternative candidates to Donald Trump are now returning to the former president, recognizing his lead over his rivals appears insurmountable.

“There is no doubt in my mind that Donald Trump will be the nominee of our party,” said Ed Broyhill, who served as Trump’s finance chairman in North Carolina in the last election but had been considering moving his support to DeSantis or Mike Pence in 2024.

“I have met with all the candidates. None are close to the level of support Trump has,” he explained, noting Trump’s grassroots support provided him with a “solid foundation”.

Other donors returning to Trump’s donor list include Oklahoma oil and gas baron Harold Hamm, who had previously supported DeSantis and Nikki Haley, and South Carolina financier Scott Bessent, who previously donated to Pence and Tim Scott.

Pressed on why donors who had sought to displace Trump as the GOP’s leading man are now writing checks for him again, one unnamed money man told NBC the answer was simple: “Why? It is easy, I want to win.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bloggers; deepstate; desantis; desantis2028; foreignpolicy; gopclub; gopestablishment; nothanks; rinos; trump; uniparty

1 posted on 10/27/2023 10:15:34 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

Well well well


2 posted on 10/27/2023 10:18:38 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: SoConPubbie

“...one unnamed money man told NBC the answer was simple: “Why? It is easy, I want to win.””

He’s already a “looser”.


3 posted on 10/27/2023 10:18:42 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SoConPubbie

Ha. They think they’ll have influence with Trump. They wanted the bargain basement Meatball and Nimawratta.


4 posted on 10/27/2023 10:46:06 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: SoConPubbie

I wonder who these donors are since they are not mentioned


5 posted on 10/27/2023 11:13:48 AM PDT by wild74
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I wonder who these donors are since they are not mentioned

Other donors returning to Trump’s donor list include Oklahoma oil and gas baron Harold Hamm, who had previously supported DeSantis and Nikki Haley, and South Carolina financier Scott Bessent, who previously donated to Pence and Tim Scott.

6 posted on 10/27/2023 12:24:08 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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