Posted on 09/25/2023 10:50:29 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Establishment Republican donors once hopeful of elevating a candidate other than Donald Trump are growing increasingly resigned to Trump’s dominance. Many are hesitant to give financial contributions, with only 66 individual donors contributing $250,000 or more to GOP presidential primary super PACs through the end of June – a 24 percent drop compared to this time in 2016.
“Trump’s like 50 points ahead,” said one New York-based donor. “Who wants to get involved and waste money?”
Trump, who is running a small-dollar fundraising campaign, has received grassroots donations of $23.7 million through June, which is more than twice the combined grassroots donations of other GOP candidates.
Ron DeSantis, once considered the man most likely to dethrone Trump, appears to be losing the blessing of the donor classing as he slides in the polls, with some looking Nikki Haley instead. Haley garnered 12 percent support in a recent CNN/University of New Hampshire poll, nearly matching the Florida Governor, and a few have already put money on Haley, such as billionaire WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum, venture capitalist Tim Draper, and venture capitalist Steven Stull.
Duh
Unless you want to buy Meatball a new swimming pool
And Ron Destupid will be sitting on the sidelines when he could have been right in the thick of it as Trump’s running mate. That wasn’t good enough for Ron, Instead of helping the country by supporting Trump, he had to grab for all of it instead.
Now he’s just another politician that Trump has trounced.
I other words.
THE FIX IS IN AGAIN AND BETTER THAN BEFORE
SO WE WON’T WASTE ‘OUR’ MONEY.
GOPe had 7 years to find a Trump replacement but instead spent their time insulting him and his supporters.
I feel sorry for DeSantis. It doesn’t seem like he knows how to say “No” to his backers. He did so much good in Florida that this almost (!) seems like a scheme to damage him longer term.
Question for Ron to consider: Is there political life after a campaign against Trump?
Something to consider.
These STUPID donors need to put their stinking money into vote chasing AND stopping the fraud and cheating from the other side!! I have to wonder how such STUPID people ended up so damn wealthy!!!
My predictions:
1. Trump will win the nomination, easily.
2. His Democrat opponent will win the general election, easily.
Before he’s finished, Trump will permanently harm the Republican Party.
Establishment donors didn’t want someone other than Trump because Trump wasn’t MAGA enough.
DUH...
Trump, was the nominee as of Jan 7, 2021, so long as he decided to run... anyone telling you otherwise was an ignoramus or a liar.
To this day no one dominated the political landscape like Trump.
Can anyone tell me what the walking vegetable did today? Nope, but you know damned well if Trump has something to say, it will be what everyone is talking about.
Trump was SO GREAT for this country WHY IN THE HELL are these stinking donors so dead set against him!! For crying out loud he SLASHED regulations, he SLASHED their taxes, what the hell is their problem???
Yawn.
RE:GOPe had 7 years to find a Trump replacement but instead spent their time insulting him and his supporters.
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Some people are unique. He wasn’t one of the outspoken and independent non-Swamp dwelling types-——he was THE candidate like that.
All our eggs are in the one basket. May God watch over and protect him.
Trump will win the primary with over 60 if not over 70% of the votes cast.
He will win the general election handily as well. Electability is the last bastion of the uniparty/establishment defense when the pleebs stop following their script.
We’ll see whose right.
The GOP is not the place to look for Trump alternatives (“replacements”).
The actually existing GOP (not the imaginary FR GOP) is deader than a door nail, using lies and memes to sell 51% of the voters on things 5% of the people want.
It’s dead, dead, dead. Let’s get on with the funeral and move on to something people want. Learn from the past. Even if you have Trump in the White House, a GOP Congress is his opposition.
My sense is that DeSantis was always motivated more by career than by principle. People like that can be useful if their career interests align with good policy, but they’re not dependable. And they’re not leaders.
I hope you’re right.
Harm the Rejerkoff Party? That is rich. Post Trump the R's go the way of the Whigs.
What part of the republican party are you so worried about saving? You do realize both parties are robbing us blind, right?
Trump is the only one fighting them for us.
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