The GOP-Friendly Jet Company Making Big Bucks Off DeSantis' Migrant Stunts
When Florida taxpayers shelled out $615,000 last week to charter a plane that whisked 48 Venezuelan migrants away to Martha’s Vineyard, they paid a significant premium for a service that lined the pockets of a Florida GOP donor.
Vertol Systems, Inc., which was founded in Oregon but has ties to the Florida Panhandle, was the company hired for the gig. They reaped more than $12,000 per migrant to transport the group from San Antonio, Texas, to Massachusetts, with stopovers in Florida and South Carolina.
The president of Vertol, James Montgomerie, has contributed exclusively to GOP causes both individually and through his company in Florida, campaign finance records show. That includes donations to the Florida legislature’s appropriations chief, his father, and the state’s Republican party.
Specifically, Montgomerie shelled out $2,700 to Matt Gaetz in 2016, as well as $5,000 to a super PAC named North Florida Neighbors in 2017, which was organized to support Gaetz. Federal records show donations were also made to the PAC by Vertol itself, with the company’s name on $7,500 worth of donations between 2016 and 2017.
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