- Strategist John Thomas secured $50million in donations for ‘Ron to the Rescue’
- But the group will shut down after donors had second thoughts on the campaign after basic errors
- The DeSantis campaign called it ‘welcome news’ that the ‘scam PAC’ is no longer operating
A super PAC set up to back Ron DeSantis with $50 million is closing as donors backed out – while its founder said the Florida governor’s campaign was guilty of ‘rookie s**t’ mistakes and he will now back Donald Trump.
John Thomas, a Republican strategist known as the ‘Billy the Kid of Political Battles’ set up ‘Ron to the Rescue’ in November and had secured financial commitments from mega-wealthy donors.
But he said the donors began having second thoughts after the botched DeSantis campaign launch on Twitter Spaces in May…
