DeSantis Is Said to Quietly Hinder Fund-Raising for Trump Convention

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — When President Trump first threatened to pull the Republican National Convention out of Charlotte, N.C., Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida started campaigning to bring the event to his state.

But now, as convention planners in Jacksonville seek to raise tens of millions of dollars on an almost impossibly rushed time frame, and in the middle of a raging pandemic, the governor is hindering those efforts, interviews show.

Mr. DeSantis, a Republican, has directed his top fund-raiser, Heather Barker, to tell donors not to give to the convention because of a personal dispute between the governor and Susie Wiles, his former campaign manager who is serving as an informal adviser to the convention planners, according to multiple people familiar with his actions.

Ms. Wiles is a veteran Republican operative who led Mr. Trump’s Florida team in 2016 and who ran Mr. DeSantis’s 2018 campaign for governor. Mr. DeSantis’s relationship with Ms. Wiles soured over his suspicion that she had leaked embarrassing information.


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/politics/trump-florida-convention-desantis.html

[groundloop]

1. GOPers are a bunch of whiny vindictive little shitheads.

[lagomorph777]

27. This is such a silly and pathetic story.

I was thinking it would be about COVID safety; turns out it's some petty dispute between staffers. So sad.

[lark]

2. Hinder away, we don't want the damn drumpf humpers here anyway!!

200 local religious leaders/pastors,priests sent a letter to Mayor Curry asking for the convention not to come to town, or if it does, to think of all the workers who will be exposed to CV19 with no masks or social distancing at the convention.

Recently, in light of mounting CV19 #'s in Jacksonville, Mayor Curry instituted a mask order, but no enforcement. Bet you he will fold like a wet cloth if drumpf stamps his feet and insists on no masks required. Hopefully, if the #'s are still skyrocketing and hospitals near capacity he will stand his ground and not give in to traitor tot's tantrums, but I kinda doubt he has that much courage.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Duval County, FL Cases Curve

As of 7/9/20:



Source: https://infection2020.com/

Someone has to pay for all the security too, Lark. Do they expect JAX to eat that cost?

[lark]

22. It's drumpf, of course he will steal from the city of Jax and not pay for anything.

He's a lifelong cheat and fraud and I don't want him anywhere near this city.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

26. Yep, if they're smart they'll call it off, do it virtual and take their losses.

But I fear Rethugs are so damn proud and arrogant they don't want to admit the virus beat them and put on a shitshow anyway.

Total disregard for humanity for the sake of a buck........

[yellowcanine]

3. Maybe Trumpers could have bake sales.

[central scrutinizer]

4. I'm conflicted

While I love the petty bickering and back stabbing, I was hoping millions more would go to waste like in North Carolina.

[kiri]

19. Wasted money?

The Repubs LOST $38 million (they say). But the money went to the corporations and contractors in NC they signed contracts with. This was a boon--they got to keep the money because the RNC defaulted, and they didn't have to pay any staff or other expenses. Lots of folks in Charlotte got big bank deposits.

[RiF]

5. Sounds like DeSantis' PR has kicked in

Good luck

[tulipsandroses]

6. Gee, you would think that with the increasing # of cases in FL, that would be reason to stop

the convention. No he wants to hinder fund raising as payback for his petty squabbles.

[yardwork]

24. That's so Republican.

[hatrack]

7. It's so fun when they have a spork fight and pretend it's a "Kill Bill" outtake!!

at these assclowns.

[aggiesal]

9. How many people here, know what a spork is? ...

Brilliant analogy.

[marie999]

13. It's a spoon and a fork.

We had those in the psych ward in the Fayetteville, NC VA hospital.

[certainot]

14. it was the perfect digging tool. i escaped!

[marie999]

16. I couldn't even cut my pancakes with it. n/t

[patphil]

8. He'd rather not have another covid spike in Florida, but he doesn't have the balls to tell trump

not to have a convention in his state.

[certainot]

15. they should have it there and trump should insist limbaugh (palm beach) goes and

they all hug

[yardwork]

25. You're giving him way too much credit. He really is this petty.

[tanyev]

10. Everybody needs to tweet this story to Trump.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. Pay your own way, GOP pricks.....

and you still get a room on the Love Boat.........

[TeamPooka]

17. let them kill and eat each other hahahahahahahahahaha

[lark]

23. City of Jax went blue in 2018, that's why he wants it here.

Lots of rednecks that have always been in control and still are but a growing diverse working class population is why he wants it here - more opportunity for conflict and spread of the disease.

[2naSalit]

18. Better not tell -45. ...nt

[greenjar_01]

20. Oh Lord!

It's delicious.

[NNadir]

21. And of course, it has NOTHING to do with the safety of Floridians.

Showing his Repuke credentials, it's all about him and his personal grievances.