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Ron DeSantis Suffers Major Blow as Key GOP Donor Says Plans to Help Finance DeSantis’s Likely White House Campaign Are “On Hold”

By Cullen Linebarger

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has had a rough start to the year and the news only got worse on Saturday.

His primary polling numbers have completely cratered following brutal attacks on his record and questionable statements on President Donald Trump’s indictment on bogus “financial fraud” charges. The latest numbers show Trump opening up a 31 point lead over DeSantis.

Now would-be donors are bailing on DeSantis when he is in dire need of financial assistance for a presidential campaign.

As the Daily Mail reported, Hungarian-born billionaire Thomas Peterffy announced he and his friends are were “keeping their powder dry” on a likely White House run by the Florida governor. Peterffy previously said he was looking forward to backing DeSantis for President.

I have put myself on hold.

I am more reluctant to back him. We are waiting to see who among the primary candidates is most likely to be able to win the general, and then put all of our firepower behind them.

Peterffy, who has an estimated net worth of $26 billion, has long been a top Republican donor. In 2022, he gave $7.7million to individual Republican campaigns and conservative political action committees according to Open Secrets.

The billionaire revealed the reason for his change of heart was due to DeSantis signing a six-week abortion ban into law. He views the new law as too extreme.

Read Full Article Here…(thegatewaypundit.com)


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