{"id":1939351,"date":"2023-05-26T22:08:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T02:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-glitch-doesnt-stop-desantis-from-tallying-eye-popping-fundraising-haul-in-first-24-hours-blowing-past-trump-and-biden\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T22:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T02:08:15","slug":"tech-glitch-doesnt-stop-desantis-from-tallying-eye-popping-fundraising-haul-in-first-24-hours-blowing-past-trump-and-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-glitch-doesnt-stop-desantis-from-tallying-eye-popping-fundraising-haul-in-first-24-hours-blowing-past-trump-and-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Glitch Doesn&#8217;t Stop DeSantis from Tallying Eye-Popping Fundraising Haul in First 24 Hours, Blowing Past Trump and Biden"},"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\">38<\/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%2Ftech-glitch-doesnt-stop-desantis-from-tallying-eye-popping-fundraising-haul-in-first-24-hours-blowing-past-trump-and-biden%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=1939351&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>While he got a lot of static for a glitch-filled campaign debut Wednesday on Twitter, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got a lot of campaign cash as well.<\/p>\n<p>The DeSantis campaign said Thursday that it received $8.2 million in donations over the campaign\u2019s first 24 hours.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">$8.2 million in the first 24 hours. Our Great American Comeback! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis2024?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DeSantis2024<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/azjZSMcJi4\">https:\/\/t.co\/azjZSMcJi4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bryan Griffin (@BryanDGriffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanDGriffin\/status\/1661889694307631104?\">May 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/25\/us\/desantis-fundraising-campaign.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> noted that the amount outstripped the $6.3 million President Joe Biden raised in the first 24 hours after he announced his candidacy for the White House in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-furious-judge-assigns-unfair-date-court-showdown-bragg-election-implications-will-massive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> raised about $9.5 million in six weeks after announcing his candidacy in November \u2014 a number DeSantis is almost certain to surpass.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent 24-hour yardstick for Trump was the $4 million he raised in the first 24 hours after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/revealed-trump-indicted-34-felony-counts-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicted<\/a> by a New York grand jury on felony charges of falsifying business records.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers for DeSantis include online donations and those from bundlers making fundraising calls Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Times report said the governor made some calls as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Will you vote for DeSantis in 2024?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 47%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 47% (16 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 53%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 53% (18 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name = cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca = decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i = 0; i <ca.length; i++) {\n\t\t\t\tvar c = ca[i];\n\t\t\t\twhile (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {\n\t\t\t\t\tc = c.substring(1);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn c.substring(name.length, c.length);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\treturn 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Votes)';\n\n\t\t\t\t\tno_el.style.width = response.data.percents.no + '%';\n\t\t\t\t\tno_el.innerHTML = 'No: ' + response.data.percents.no + '% (' + response.data.votes.no + ' Votes)';\n\n\t\t\t\t\tfireflyPoll.remove();\n\n\t\t\t\t\tpollFormBox.hide();\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'firefly-poll-results' ).style.display = 'block';\n\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\tfireflyPollContainer.removeClass('loading');\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t};\n\n\t\tif ( ffp_getCookie( voted_cookie_name ) ) {\n\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'pollFormBox' ).style.display = 'none';\n\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'firefly-poll-results' ).style.display = 'block';\n\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif( ffp_getCookie( 'ff_source' ) == 'email' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tvar emailField = document.querySelector( '#firefly-poll input[name=\"email\"]' );\n\t\t\t\t\temailField.required = false;\n\t\t\t\t\temailField.style.display = 'none';\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'pollFormBox' ).style.display = 'block';\n\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'firefly-poll-results' ).style.display = 'none';\n\t\t}\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t#firefly-poll-container {\n\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #d6d6d6;\n\t\t\tpadding: 15px;\n\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\tmargin-right: 15px;\n\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 15px;\n\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\tbackground: #ddd;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-container input[type=email] {\n\t\t\tmargin-top: 5px;\n\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 5px;\n\t\t\tpadding-top: 10px;\n\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 10px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 10px;\n\t\t\tbackground-color: #F5F5F5;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t\t\tborder-color: #d6d6d6;\n\t\t\tborder: 1px solid #d6d6d6;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-container input[type=submit] {\n\t\t\tpadding: 10px;\n\t\t\tborder: 1px solid #d6d6d6;\n\t\t\tcursor: pointer;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-results-yes {\n\t\t\tbackground-color: lightgrey;\n\t\t\twhite-space: nowrap;\n\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 5px;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 4px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 5px;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-results-no {\n\t\t\tbackground-color: lightgrey;\n\t\t\twhite-space: nowrap;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 4px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 5px;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.firefly-poll-question {\n\t\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t\t\tfont-size: var( --big-font-size );\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.firefly-poll-Disclaimer {\n\t\t\tfont-size: var(--smallest-font-size);\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t@media ( max-width: 768px ) {\n\t\t\t#firefly-poll-container {\n\t\t\t\twidth: 90%;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 20px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/div>\n<p>The Never Back Down super PAC, which is working on behalf of DeSantis, expects to spend $200 million, with about half of that focused on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-team-reveals-bold-strategy-use-trumps-winning-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">early primary states<\/a> of New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina as well the Iowa caucuses, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/24\/us\/politics\/ron-desantis-2024-super-pac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The voter outreach effort calls for more than 2,600 field organizers to be hired by Labor Day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In his first quarter after announcing in June, 2015, Donald Trump raised $5.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>In his first 24 hours after announcing, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantis?\">@RonDeSantis<\/a> raised $8.2 million, beating Joe Biden\u2019s previous best of $6.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>This is a new record in presidential primary politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cardillo (@johncardillo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johncardillo\/status\/1661884638950748160?\">May 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\u201cNo one has ever contemplated the scale of this organization or operation, let alone done it. This has just never even been dreamed up,\u201d said Chris Jankowski, who leads the group.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-twitter-campaign-reveal-fail-bigly-one-graph-shows-gamble-may-mistake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glitches<\/a> during the governor\u2019s announcement interview with Elon Musk on Twitter Spaces, enthusiasm for the DeSantis campaign was high among its bundlers, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ron-desantis-raises-8-2-million-dollars-first-24-hours-presidential-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a> announced he\u2019s running for president on Twitter. This was by far the biggest room ever held on social media. Twitter performed great after some initial scaling challenges. Thanks Twitter Team for adapting so quickly to make history!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mTJ2INQ1Y7\">https:\/\/t.co\/mTJ2INQ1Y7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Sacks (@DavidSacks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidSacks\/status\/1661516057373470720?\">May 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting,\u201d said Sandy Stillwell-Youngquist, a Florida business owner making her first foray into presidential campaign fundraising on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-twitter-debacle-costing-dearly-endorsement-flips-support-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did vote for Trump, but he just wasn\u2019t able to close his mouth when he needed to close his mouth, and that was so unfortunate,\u201d she said. \u201cI just think when you elect this president, you need to be able to see them do an eight-year term \u2026 what you have to really look at is down the road, what\u2019s best for our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tech-glitch-doesnt-stop-desantis-tallying-eye-popping-fundraising-haul-first-24-hours-blowing-past-trump-biden\/\">Tech Glitch Doesn&#8217;t Stop DeSantis from Tallying Eye-Popping Fundraising Haul in First 24 Hours, Blowing Past Trump and Biden<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While he got a lot of static for a glitch-filled campaign debut Wednesday on Twitter, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. 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