The Trump campaign is attempting to damage the Florida governor’s financial backing by contacting his contributors.
The 2024 campaign for former President Donald Trump is emphasizing their candidate’s soaring poll scores in the most recent Republican primary polls in an effort to convince Republican donors to quit supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The Trump campaign reached out to contributors for DeSantis this week via email, urging them to “show your support and join Team 47 early.” Fox News received the email.
“The two things the memo shows are how big the President’s numbers are and how bad Governor Ron DeSantis’ numbers,” the Trump team wrote.
Trump launched his third bid for the presidency in November. In recent weeks, he has emerged as the clear frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. This is because Republican support for him increased after he made history by becoming the first ex-president to be indicted in American politics.
According to the most recent Republican primary surveys, Trump’s and DeSantis’ lead is widening, while the rest of the contenders are in the mid- to low-single digits. DeSantis has not formally announced his candidacy for president in 2024, but he is expected to do so following the completion of the Florida legislative session later this spring.
The email, which includes a letter written by Trump campaign researcher John McLaughlin and a link to a donation website, was originally reported on by Politico. In the second GOP primary contest, which will take place in New Hampshire, the document discusses recent polls showing the former president’s double-digit advantages against DeSantis are growing.
To cover up a hush money payment he made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016, Trump was detained on Tuesday on accusations of forgery related to financial documents. A long time ago, Stormy said she and Trump had sexual intercourse. Both sleeping with Daniels and altering financial documents to conceal the payment are things the ex-president has denied doing.
Trump, though, has profited from the litigation. His team said on Wednesday that they had raised over $12 million since the charges were made public on the evening of March 30.
Republicans in Florida’s state government, led by two-term Governor Ron DeSantis, have been under increased pressure from former President Barack Obama and his allies in recent weeks. This memo is the most recent indicator that Trump and his closest political friends view DeSantis as their major rival in 2024.
The governor’s popularity among Republican voters has skyrocketed in the previous three years. Because he is a “cultural warrior” who vigorously opposes the mainstream press, big business, and the rights of educators.
DeSantis’s re-election as governor last year, which he won by 19 percentage points, was accompanied by a financial haul of almost $217 million, demonstrating his adeptness with money. He outraised every other American gubernatorial contender by a wide margin. About $90 million were in DeSantis’ state political fund as of a month ago. This funding might be redistributed to another political action committee.
DeSantis’ reelection campaign in 2022 was funded in large part by major Republicans donors. In February, Florida’s governor hosted a conference for major donors. present were a number of wealthy donors present who had previously supported Trump. At a Club for Growth luncheon in Palm Beach, Florida, a month ago, DeSantis spoke and met with major Republican contributors, earning him a lot of support.
In case DeSantis runs for president in 2024, a new super PAC called Never Back Down claims to have raised $30 million since its March 9 launch, making it the largest outside political party backing DeSantis.
Polls reveal that Governor DeSantis would defeat Joe Biden in 2020 if he were to run for president, whereas Donald Trump would once again be defeated. Never Back Down’s marketing director, Erin Perrine, recently spoke with Fox News on the motivations of Democrats and the left-leaning media in their efforts to make Trump the nominee.
Those Republicans “who want to win” are “realizing that the primary is a two-man race,” as Perrine put it, and “the choice is between taking back the White House and going home empty-handed.”