Tapia made those remarks just before DeSantis held a giant donor conference in Trump’s hometown of Palm Beach. But the former ambassador told The Messenger that he never technically endorsed the governor – despite the media reports – and now he’s prepared to cut a “half million to a million” check to the former president’s MAGA Inc. super PAC to make his allegiance clear.
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As Breitbart News reported in July:
Republican megadonor Ken Griffin is also reconsidering his support for DeSantis after previously claiming, “our country would be well-served by him as president,” months before DeSantis launched his campaign.
Griffin is one of several donors who supported DeSantis’s gubernatorial campaigns but are shying away from contributing to his presidential campaign. Former Marvel chairman Ike Perlmutter — who donated, with his wife, over $2 million to DeSantis’s gubernatorial reelection campaign — is planning to support Trump’s third White House bid with a “meaningful” contribution, CNBC reported.
Billionaire Ronald Lauder, who donated more than $200,000 to DeSantis’s gubernatorial campaigns, is now considering throwing his financial support to Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Politico reported.
These rumblings prompted the DeSantis campaign to release a confidential memo, which was ultimately leaked, designed to reassure donors in July. However, his strategy — of focusing on early primary states rather than Super Tuesday states — has failed to materialize in the polls, as he is down double digits to Trump and even falling behind Nikki Haley in states such as South Carolina and New Hampshire.
If he drops out and says he shouldn’t have run and puts full support behind Trump and holds to it, maybe he can be considered again.
He had to run. He was in the zone. One never knows what will happen to the front runner.
Remember when GHWB was practically guaranteed reelection. Mario Cuomo stayed out. Jay Rockafeller stayed out. Others stayed out. Then, intending 1992 to be his practice run, Bill Clinton waltzed to the WH.
Anything can happen. ALL of the Pubbies who ran this cycle did the right thing. What they do next is the big test.
He's FOS. Big donors and the bribes they give to corrupt politicians have turned the U.S. into a bucket of s**t.
They need to be publicly mocked and ridiculed 24/7.
Go Trump!
I could have told them that months ago and I’m not even a millionaire.
He’s never been ready for it. Nor will he ever be.
The political machine is stacked entirely in favor of the RIGHT. Someone would actually have to try and eff that up.
He’s a construct of the GOPe and UNIPARTY to take out Pres Trump. Nothing more.
He’ll never be ready. He lacks the toolbox.
I’m no fan and certainly not in his corner, but he was fine and ready before Trump jumped in.
I’ll never vote for Meatball after this clown show he calls a campaign where insults voters. He needs one his big giant clown boots up his butt
DeSantis did it to himself.
Nationally he is done.
Almost like he's a different person...
He was popular. He was a shoe-in if he waited his turn. He turned against Trump and we turned against him. It is his own fault.