{"id":1625514,"date":"2022-08-29T10:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625514"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:04:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:04:59","slug":"desantis-pulls-out-of-new-york-midterm-fundraiser-over-unforseen-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pulls-out-of-new-york-midterm-fundraiser-over-unforseen-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Pulls Out of New York Midterm Fundraiser Over \u2018Unforseen Tragedy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-pulls-out-of-new-york-midterm-fundraiser-over-unforseen-tragedy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625514&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-florida\">Florida<\/a> Gov. Ron DeSantis pulled out of a high-dollar fundraiser for\u00a0New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin on Sunday due to an \u201cunforeseen tragedy,\u201d according to a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unforeseen tragedy forced Governor DeSantis to reschedule his trip to New York,\u201d Zeldin (R-N.Y.) spokeswoman Katie Vincentz told the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/28\/desantis-pulls-out-of-zeldin-fundraiser-over-unforeseen-tragedy\/?utm_campaign=applenews&amp;utm_medium=inline&amp;utm_source=applenews\">New York Post<\/a>. \u201cWhile we\u2019re rescheduling with Governor DeSantis for a later date, tonight\u2019s fundraiser will proceed and is expected to raise almost a million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear what the tragedy was. The spokesperson didn\u2019t elaborate.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2022\/03\/03\/governor-ron-desantis-first-lady-casey-desantis-is-cancer-free\/\">said<\/a> that his wife, Casey, is free of cancer\u2014coming months after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin, a congressman from Long Island, is running against Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul, who was named to the position when former Gov. Andrew Cuomo stepped down amid allegations of misconduct that he categorically denied.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Hochul has targeted Florida and DeSantis. Several weeks ago, Hochul criticized Florida during a Holocaust memorial event.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/05\/14\/Epoch_Times510A7903-1200x800.jpg\"><\/a> Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) speaks to media while other impeachment defense team advisors look on, at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 27, 2020. (Charlotte Cuthbertson\/The Epoch Times) <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to say to the 1.77 million Jews who call New York home: Thank you for calling New York home,\u201d the governor said. \u201cDon\u2019t go anywhere or to another state. Florida is overrated \u2026 look at the governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it was announced DeSantis would be heading to New York, state Democratic leaders criticized the move and attacked Zeldin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLee Zeldin and Ron DeSantis are not just any Republicans,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wamc.org\/news\/2022-08-26\/ny-democrats-criticize-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-zeldin-for-holding-fundraiser-with-florida-gov-desantis\">said<\/a> Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs in a recent Zoom call, without elaborating. \u201cThey are cut from the same cloth of a far-right fringe who want to roll back fundamental rights and push an extreme agenda on New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is facing his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pulled out of a high-dollar fundraiser for\u00a0New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin on Sunday due to an \u201cunforeseen tragedy,\u201d according to a spokesperson. \u201cAn unforeseen tragedy forced Governor DeSantis to reschedule his trip to New York,\u201d Zeldin (R-N.Y.) spokeswoman Katie Vincentz told the New York Post. \u201cWhile we\u2019re rescheduling with Governor [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1625514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1625514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1625514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1625514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1625514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}