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Trump Really Should Be Concerned About
DeSantis Now

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 7/8/2023 12:23:27 AM

Trump may have an edge in primary polling, but even he can’t deny that Ron DeSantis is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to fundraising. On Thursday, DeSantis’s first quarter fundraising numbers were released, showing that he has raised a whopping $20 million since launching his campaign on May 24. Nearly half of that came in the first 24 hours. The DeSantis campaign shared its fundraising data with Fox News, touting the fact that this haul was the “largest first-quarter filing from any non-incumbent Republican candidate in more than a decade,” and that it even “bests the $18.3 million former president and quasi-incumbent Donald Trump’s campaign raised

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Reply 1 - Posted by: seamusm 7/8/2023 12:26:07 AM (No. 1508115)
And how much of this rolled over from his gubernatorial war-chest? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: HisHandmaiden 7/8/2023 1:11:15 AM (No. 1508125)
No, Margolis, Trump nor MAGA is not ‘concerned.’ FL gov was bought by Club for Growth, RNC, GOPe, Soros, et al. DJT has 84,000,000 Patriots, and counting… and we Patriots will volunteer at our precincts to watch and verify, and bring amazing attorneys when in doubt [like Lin Wood, who was awarded $350 Million]. TBIYTC
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Reply 3 - Posted by: stablemoney 7/8/2023 1:20:30 AM (No. 1508127)
I don't vote based on the dollars raised.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Moritz55 7/8/2023 1:28:33 AM (No. 1508129)
President Trump has been concerned all along — and that’s a good thing. He knows better than to rest on his laurels or assume that his lead won’t shrink. And unlike some of his staunchest supporters, he doesn’t run on the assumption that he is entitled to the 2024 nomination just because he was cheated in 2020. He will gain the nomination the same way he has gained everything else: by working hard and earning it.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: smokincol 7/8/2023 1:32:05 AM (No. 1508132)
wonder if DeSantis is not doing all this prepping for 2024?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: YorkieMom 7/8/2023 1:39:36 AM (No. 1508135)
Forget the money raised by any candidate. If the all mail in, ballot harvesting, and other democrat tricks are still in play, Trump cannot win. And probably no Republican candidate can. Trump lost my state the last 3 elections, many are deserting him this time because he has badmouthed them, like Laxalt, and hasn’t seemed able to gain new voters. My state is needed for a win, and I am worried. I always thought the economy was important until the red wave didn’t happen.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Catherine 7/8/2023 1:50:45 AM (No. 1508138)
No he shouldn't. He's doing fine. The media is having a hard time, tho, accepting that. If it's a fair and honest election, Trump will win by tens of millions.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 7/8/2023 2:22:58 AM (No. 1508140)
Fundraising does not denote popularity. My guess is they are anti-Trump efforts instead of pro-DeSantis.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: judy 7/8/2023 5:33:49 AM (No. 1508193)
DeSantis is boring...
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Rinktum 7/8/2023 6:15:15 AM (No. 1508215)
This kind of argument infuriates me. Of course DeSantis can raise lots money. He has every anti-Trumper, super PAC, the pathetic Rino class, and establishment mega-donor in his pocket that has pushed loser after loser on us since Ronald Reagan. These people hate their working class base. They want their vote but they want to tells us who is worthy to lead us. However, every single one of their candidates were losers. They either lost in the general election or they won and promptly did the bidding of the donor elites. These vultures need our votes but they hate us. We are what the minorities are to the democrat party, useful idiots. I am done with that. President Trump will get my support and vote because he understand the value of the working class. These arrogant donors believe they have not only the power but the right to buy the Presidency. I reject that belief wholeheartedly. Anyone dependent upon their support I find unacceptable. We the people put Donald Trump in the White House and we intend to do it again. By the way, Ron, we are going no where. This is a movement and you made a very poor decision when you threw in with the GOPe.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: chumley 7/8/2023 6:34:42 AM (No. 1508226)
The people who buy or publish these "studies" are counting on the human tendency to do something because they think everyone else is doing it. Sadly, it often is true.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: pros7767 7/8/2023 7:34:48 AM (No. 1508262)
Heard yesterday that the average Trump donation was $32.00. Average DeSantis donation was $220. Big money doesn't equal votes. Patriots donating $5,10, 15, 50 dollars in droves carry Trump.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: anniebc 7/8/2023 7:52:03 AM (No. 1508276)
Sure. What is it they say? Follow the money.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: commonsence 7/8/2023 8:19:57 AM (No. 1508301)
I don't see any evidence that this money helped DeSantis in any way with the voters. He can't seem to transition from a regional candidate to a national candidate. All the money in the world will not help them with that. He just has not ran a competent campaign.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Jackie 7/8/2023 9:16:56 AM (No. 1508347)
I had a young DeSantis supporter at my door asking what I thought about DeSantis... I told she was at the wrong house. I was a Trump supporter from the get- go. She said they just wanted to know.. Well ok, I was polite and friendly but......I explained to her my thoughts about him...heh heh heh..
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Ashley Brenton 7/8/2023 9:58:23 AM (No. 1508391)
Jeb! was a force to be reckoned with on fundraising. Dropped out after New Hampshire, if memory serves. And I read that Kemp and the Bush family support DeSantis, which makes him the "Donor's Choice Award" establishment candidate. No thanks.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: MickTurn 7/8/2023 10:02:23 AM (No. 1508397)
PJ Media, isn't that the clowns that live in mommies basement?
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Kate318 7/8/2023 10:46:12 AM (No. 1508436)
Sorry, Matt, that dog don’t hunt.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: raphaela 7/8/2023 10:47:11 AM (No. 1508437)
Heh. DeSantis was recently interviewed by Fox and was asked about his relatability to base Republican voters. The man immediately countered with his fund raising success among corporate donors. That pretty much tells you all you need to know.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: unagator 7/8/2023 10:56:27 AM (No. 1508449)
If Trump had spent the last the last two years smoothing his rough edges and being less repellent to swing voters he wouldn’t have to worry about Ron at all, but he didn’t have it in him. Kind baffling since he can be so charming, self-deprecating, and funny when he wants to be.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Surroundedbyblue 7/8/2023 11:42:55 AM (No. 1508489)
Desk ‘tis still needs votes. They ought skew it for him to be the Republican candidate, but they will still have to convince Trump supporters to vote for him in the general election (many won’t - they will either write in a vote for Trump, or won’t vote at all).
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Reply 22 - Posted by: cold porridge 7/8/2023 12:12:33 PM (No. 1508507)
Bull Pucky. Just because Margolis attempts to make DeSantis look like he is a viable candidate doesn't make it so. I don't for a second believe his statement that only 24% of the base support Trump. Did I read that right?
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Reply 23 - Posted by: BarryNo 7/8/2023 12:55:18 PM (No. 1508530)
The comparison between the two should be crowd size VS. Fundraising. I see massive crowds for Trump and respectable fund raising. The crowds for DeSantis are respectable, but the dollar amount raised per supporter seems far more massive, leading me to believe he has multimillionaire buying access. This is suspicious. Most multimillionaire get that way, these days, by being the problem we need to defeat. If they are supporting DeSantis, it makes him suspect as well.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: Rhh0nda 7/8/2023 3:26:39 PM (No. 1508617)
This is no cause for concern for America 1st,Trump/MAGA. This is Billionaires investing in Millionaires investing in Legislators who will turn their investment into Trillions. It's the circle of life. It's trickle down economics. It's why you scratch your head and and say, I didn't vote for that!! No you didn't vote for that but you will pay for it. It's taxation without representation. Support Ukraine!! Right?
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Reply 25 - Posted by: DanvilleBill 7/8/2023 3:53:35 PM (No. 1508628)
20+ years ago Trump's neo-isolationist, populist, anti-establishment message would have attracted non-college, working class Dems. Today Trump has moved those same voters into the Republican column. That's quite an achievement.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 7/8/2023 6:39:33 PM (No. 1508707)
IIRC, Jeb Bush raised a bundle of money when he ran against Trump. Didn't help a bit. Hillary out raised Trump as well. She still lost.
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