Posted on 10/19/2023 10:59:14 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Investor Keith Rabois and his same-sex spouse Jacob Helberg – both strong backers of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis – appear to have defected to the camp of former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and will be hosting an “intimate private reception” to raise money for her later this month.
“I want to say very clearly that my husband and I are significant supporters of [DeSasntis] and all his policies,” Rabois said as recently as three months ago, adding he and Helberg “think what he’s doing in Florida is the recipe that should be copied in every state – period, without exception.”
With the DeSantis campaign failing to gain traction against Donald Trump, however, this no longer appears to be the case, with the pair’s $10,000-per-head fundraiser for Haley due to take place under the Florida Governor’s nose in Miami.
Rabois and Helberg are “very much on board” with Haley and “really like her,” according to ABC News. At the time of publication, Rabois’s most recent X post was a repost of Nikki Haley’s take on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Haley and DeSantis recently clashed on the subject, making Rabois’s repost particularly pertinent.
They are not the first members of the donor class to have abandoned DeSantis. Ken Griffin, a billionaire money manager who had previously indicated he would help to bankroll DeSantis’s run at the presidency, announced he was “on the sidelines” following the first GOP primary debate, where the Floridian failed to distinguish himself despite Trump’s absence.
“It’s not clear to me what voter base [DeSantis] is intending to appeal to,” Griffin said at the time.
BTTT
I wonder how many states Nikki could possibly win in a general election
🚽 As the race swirls down the drain.
That’s funny.
This group of donors just keeps digging. Flawed reality testing and unable to learn from experience. They are so anxious to be relevant and they have so much money to be burned they careen from one loser to the next.
On to Never Nikki, intensely disliked by a significant portion of the base and ineligible.
Nikki is a HUGE downgrade from Ron. She's awful.
Megadonor gnashing of teeth accelerates as every trick they try falls flat. Lol stupid rich people.
No big deal.
Hailey is much worse than Desantis.
BUT, neither of them were going anywhere, but spending the RINO/Globalist money.
The race is over. Trump will be the nominee.
The public will see to that.
AND if the RINO’s can find a way to keep Trump off the Ballot.
He could win on 3rd Party or Write-IN.
He is strong enough for that.
Not sure what to call this.....”Throwing good money after bad” theory of politics maybe?
No they didn’t DeSantis is still on track to take the GOP nomination as soon as Trump pleads for no jail time with the condition he will withdraw from the election.
Stop posting the pathetic Trump Garbage propaganda site .
Its so bad its insulting to the site .
When are you moving out of FL ?
the FL Gop does not a seething Desantis DU like hater of Desantis here .
We dont your divisive
Yankee hate posting non stop.
Desantis is a great guy and Governor and the FL Gop does not need your division .
Now that they’ve switched to Nikki, hopefully the Trump-only Republicans will stop maligning DeSantis as a RINO.
any ticket with Haley’s name on it will get ZERO electoral votes in the south ... ZERO!
>> Nikki is a HUGE downgrade from Ron. She’s awful.
Not a RdS fan, but I have to agree.
Thanks for sharing your opinion!
Rich homos have gone from flushing their money down the toilet, to setting it on fire.
Neither one of them stand a snowball’s chance in hades.
President Trump 47/2024 or bust!
Here, Alburt, try this:
https://study.com/academy/course/remedial-9th-grade-english.html
You’re welcome!
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