{"id":1767388,"date":"2022-12-08T09:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1767388"},"modified":"2022-12-08T09:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:48:01","slug":"ron-desantis-meets-with-key-donors-after-re-election-blowout-as-2024-speculation-swirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-meets-with-key-donors-after-re-election-blowout-as-2024-speculation-swirls\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Meets With Key Donors After Re-Election Blowout As 2024 Speculation Swirls"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fron-desantis-meets-with-key-donors-after-re-election-blowout-as-2024-speculation-swirls%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=1767388&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>Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is reportedly gathering with some of his top donors this month as he plots out the course of his political future following his blowout victory in last month\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/07\/ron-desantis-donor-dinner\/\">reported<\/a> that DeSantis sent out invitations to the governor\u2019s \u201cstrongest supporters\u201d this week for an \u201cintimate dinner\u201d with DeSantis and his wife this weekend in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that the dinner was not \u201cexplicitly\u201d about the upcoming 2024 presidential race and that DeSantis was expected to thank those who contributed to his campaign and helped make his landslide 19+ point victory possible.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that DeSantis still has $70 million left in reserves if he launches a presidential bid and that he was the Republican Party\u2019s most dominant fundraiser this last election cycle, bringing in nearly a quarter of a billion dollars.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-77288\">TIRED OF THE LEGACY MEDIA\u2019S BIAS CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH? JOIN US.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The news comes as polls have shown DeSantis with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-holds-massive-lead-over-trump-in-2024-matchup-poll-shows\">massive lead<\/a> over former President Donald Trump in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-2024-florida-republican-presidential-primary-poll-between-trump-and-desantis-shows-a-total-blowout\">states<\/a> across the country in a potential 2024 Republican presidential primary race.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-trump-launches-unprovoked-attack-on-ron-desantis-for-his-handling-of-covid-pandemic\">launched an unprovoked attack<\/a> on DeSantis following the midterm elections as DeSantis received widespread praise for how he and other Republicans performed in the state of Florida while Trump was criticized for backing candidates that struggled in key toss-up races.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-desantis-responds-to-repeated-attacks-from-trump\">responded<\/a> to the attacks by taking the high road and refusing to engage with the former president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, you know, one of the things I\u2019ve learned in this job is when you\u2019re doing, when you\u2019re leading, when you\u2019re getting things done, you take incoming fire, that\u2019s just the nature of it,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cI roll out of bed in the morning, I\u2019ve got corporate media outlets that have a spasm, just the fact that I\u2019m getting up in the morning, and it\u2019s constantly attacking, and this is just what\u2019s happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think any governor got attacked more particularly by corporate media than me over my four-year term,\u201d DeSantis continued. \u201cAnd yet, I think what you learn is all that\u2019s just noise. And really what matters is: Are you leading? Are you getting in front of issues? Are you delivering results for people? And are you standing up for folks? And if you do that, then none of that stuff matters. And that\u2019s what we\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe focused on results and leadership. And, you know, at the end of the day, I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night,\u201d DeSantis continued. \u201cThe fact of the matter is, it was the greatest Republican victory in the history of the state of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/two-gop-megadonors-both-trump-allies-announce-they-will-not-support-his-2024-presidential-campaign\">GOP megadonors have indicated<\/a> in recent weeks that they will either support DeSantis or will not support Trump in the upcoming presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica does better when its leaders are rooted in today and tomorrow, not today and yesterday,\u201d said Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of The Blackstone Group. \u201cIt is time for the Republican Party to turn to a new generation of leaders and I intend to support one of them in the presidential primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Lauder, a billionaire heir to the Est\u00e9e Lauder fortune, announced through his spokesperson that he would not support Trump\u2019s new campaign for president.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson did not indicate who Lauder would support in 2024, but a report from CNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/11\/16\/trump-ally-billionaire-megadonor-ronald-lauder-will-not-back-trumps-2024-run-for-president.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that he has repeatedly given to DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Citadel founder Ken Griffin, a Republican megadonor who is worth approximately $30 billion, recently took a shot at the former president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-11-15\/ken-griffin-to-three-time-loser-trump-step-aside-for-desantis?leadSource=uverify%20wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019d like to think that the Republican party is ready to move on from somebody who has been for this party a three-time loser.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin has given millions to DeSantis\u2019 political operation and said that DeSantis is \u201cgoing to run on a record of just unbelievable accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-conservative-polling-firm-desantis-now-more-popular-with-trump-voters-than-trump\">Top Conservative Polling Firm: DeSantis Now More Popular With Trump Voters Than Trump<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is reportedly gathering with some of his top donors this month as he plots out the course of his political future following his blowout victory in last month\u2019s midterm elections. The Washington Post reported that DeSantis sent out invitations to the governor\u2019s \u201cstrongest supporters\u201d this week for an \u201cintimate dinner\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1767391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1767388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767388","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1767388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1767391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1767388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1767388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1767388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}