The big money donors don’t care that their candidates have no chance of winning. Their purpose is not to win the primaries - it is to split the Republican vote.
Their hope is that DeSantis, Haley and Christie supporters will be sore losers and stay home in November - thus throwing the race to the Democrats.
I doubt this strategy will work at all, since it fails to factor in “the elephant in the room”: Namely, that Republican grass root voters know full well that what has been done to President Trump for the past 8 years stinks to high Heaven.
Grass root Republican voters may not have a name for it - “deep state” or whatever - but they know there is something very wrong, and their sympathy lies with President Trump. More importantly - and what the rival GOP candidates and their donors don’t seem to get - running against Trump and failing to defend him against this unfair onslaught reeks of disloyalty and opportunism.
DeSantis, Haley, Christie - none of them except Ramaswamy - ever say a word about the corrupt lawfare being waged against their fellow Republican - nor about the stolen 2020 election. This is abject election interference against Republicans - yet these Republican politicians say nothing.
By their silence, they are endorsing it - and it is turning off grass roots Republican voters big time. That is why Trump support rises with each new attack - and why none of his rivals can get any traction.
Republican voters will rally around President Trump because they know he has put himself in harm’s way to expose massive corruption, while his fellow Republican politicians look the other way. This is a deep betrayal, and the voters are watching.
One year ago, if Governor DeSantis had spoken out in defense of President Trump instead of deciding to run against him, he would have had a very bright political future - instead he is dog doodoo.
DeSantis is bought and paid for piece of dog sh*t. Fixed it for you lol.