Posted on 09/18/2023 7:59:26 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Ron DeSantis is attending a Texas fundraiser hosted by Lamar Smith, a former Texas Congressman who is now a registered foreign agent and a donor to Democrat politician Jamie Raskin, who led impeachment efforts against Donald Trump over January 6th.
Smith is advertised by Team DeSantis as one of the hosts of the Friday fundraiser in San Antonio. The Florida Governor is currently polling at 10 percent to Trump’s 61 percent in Texas, and Smith seems unlikely to help burnish the Floridian’s America First credentials, being a registered foreign agent.
Despite his background as a GOP legislator, Smith is also a donor to Representative Jamie Raskin, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. Raskin was a prominent member of the January 6th Committee, and served as House impeachment manager against then-President Trump in 2021.
Smith is not the only DeSantis donor who has supported Raskin financially, either, with key backer ‘Mullah’ Morteza Hosseini and his wife having also funded the Democrat – along with Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Anthony Weiner – through an Iranian political action committee.
EXCLUSIVE: @RonDeSantis will be attending a fundraiser in Texas this week that will be hosted by Lamar Smith, a former US congressman from Texas who is now a registered foreign agent for Hong Kong. Smith also donated to Jamie Raskin, one of the leading members of the J6… https://t.co/olN7AlZprc pic.twitter.com/fQ5h3Hs9uO
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) September 17, 2023
I don’t think that his wife thinks that he has a prayer of defeating Trump, or any other Republican, if Trump is ‘out of the way’.
I will never vote for a deep state puppet like DeSantis. The GOPe can FOAD.
Whoa whoa whoa I have it on good authority that there’s no such thing as a Deep State or anything.
[snip] Smith is also a donor to Representative Jamie Raskin, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. Raskin was a prominent member of the January 6th Committee, and served as House impeachment manager against then-President Trump in 2021.
Smith is not the only DeSantis donor who has supported Raskin financially, either, with key backer ‘Mullah’ Morteza Hosseini and his wife having also funded the Democrat – along with Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Anthony Weiner – through an Iranian political action committee. [/snip]
politics makes for strange bedfellows
I have tried to be open-minded about DeSantis, but things like this do not help. Yeah...I know it is “money”, but they have strings attached. And I don’t want those “strings” from “those” people.
The uni-Party sure are an incestuous lot.
Lie down with dogs, get fleas.
I’m glad DeSantis’ true colors came out this year rather than not coming out in 2028. That piece of chit will never get my vote.
RDS committing political suicide faster than Jeb! I would not have thought that possible.
RDS is Uniparty deceiver at work.
Well if that don’t beat all we have ever seen
Why because you know what a puppet is, maybe someone who repeats everything Trump says...LOL
So a RINO's RINO. Or an Assistant Democrat's assistant Democrat....
DeSantis has crawled into "donor" bed with some very strange bedfellows, in his quest....
This is an unenforced error, politically.
Foreign agent for Hing Kong as if they haven’t been part of China for over 20 years. DeSantis hosted by a registered lobbyist for China.
Beginning to think "Trump without the mean tweets" is a recycled "kindler, gentler capitalism" (for the latter if you're not old enough, that was GHW Bush's sales pitch post Reagan)
DeSantis a zombie candidate. A Jeb! 2.0 if he is anything..
Correction to my previous post on the George Bush quote.
**There’s a rumor Dan Phelan of attempted Paxton impeachment fame is tied into this. If true, you know there is a Bush nexus linked to the DeSantis’ campaign.**
More here: https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1703574385926254734
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