Air DeSantis: The Private Jets and Secret Donors Flying Him Around

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/us/politics/desantis-private-jets-donors.html
https://archive.ph/bi4qk

Air DeSantis: The Private Jets and Secret Donors Flying Him Around
As the Florida governor hopscotched the country preparing to run for president, a Michigan nonprofit paid the bills. It won’t say where it got the money.
By Alexandra Berzon and Rebecca Davis O’Brien
May 20, 2023, 3:00 a.m. ET

For Ron DeSantis, Sunday, Feb. 19, was the start of another busy week of not officially running for president.

That night, he left Tallahassee on a Florida hotelier’s private jet, heading to Newark before a meet-and-greet with police officers on Staten Island on Monday morning. Next, he boarded a twin-jet Bombardier to get to a speech in the Philadelphia suburbs, before flying to a Knights of Columbus hall outside Chicago, and then home to his day job as governor of Florida.

The tour and others like it were made possible by the convenience of private air travel — and by the largess of wealthy and in some cases secret donors footing the bill.

Ahead of an expected White House bid, Mr. DeSantis has relied heavily on his rich allies to ferry him around the country to test his message and raise his profile. Many of these donors are familiar boosters from Florida, some with business interests before the state, according to a New York Times review of Mr. DeSantis’s travel. Others have been shielded from the public by a new nonprofit, The Times found, in an arrangement that drew criticism from ethics experts.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Those are all taxable gifts, no?

[Timeflyer]

2. A Michigan nonprofit? Hillsdale springs to mind for some reason--quid pro quo.

You give us New College of FL, we'll let you fly around speechifying in a fancy private jet.

[A HERETIC I AM]

10. Or the DeVoss family.

As in Amway.

The arena where the Orlando Magic plays is the Amway Center.

They have VERY deep pockets, because multi-level marketing scams are profitable.

[Old Crank]

3. Drug cartel planes?

We could start a rumor that drug cartels are funding his flights.

[mitch96]

4. Neat idea. Then maybe he would have to disclose who really paid for the flights...

I doubt it though. "They" just lie and lie and lie. Like "their" mentor putin... just lie..
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[musclecar6]

5. Nothing

To really see here. Just Republican business as usual, with Defascist just being a smarter version of the Orange Cantaloupe. Both are would be megalomaniac tyrants, who will be out of control if elected. Just look at the crazy stuff Ronny is pulling in Florida with the help of the white nationalist state congress.

For years, the Republicans tried to hide what they were up to, kissing the ass of the big corporations and super wealthy out for themselves only assholes. Now they don’t care anymore UNTIL the voters finally wake up and vote these Republicans out of office.

[snowybirdie]

7. Love the new moniker

Defascist! May I use it?

[dembotoz]

6. who the hell does he think he is???? clarence thomas???????????????????

[Sneederbunk]

8. There is more than one Harlan Crow.

[RussBLib]

9. I'm sure the Florida GOP would be ok with a Dem governor doing all this too

Oh no doubt, they would fall to their knees and praise how strong and forceful the Democrat is.

snark + = SNARCASM

[Blue Owl]

11. I wonder if they know how many disgusting germs and bodily fluids he leaves on the interior

Pudding stains, snot, and God knows what else....

[Cha]

12. MoRon is a little bitty penny ante

sneak face.

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