{"id":1974233,"date":"2023-07-15T23:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T03:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-a-dozen-staffers-fired-by-desantis-campaign-amid-fundraising-woes\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T23:04:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T03:04:31","slug":"nearly-a-dozen-staffers-fired-by-desantis-campaign-amid-fundraising-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-a-dozen-staffers-fired-by-desantis-campaign-amid-fundraising-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of DeSantis campaign staffers fired due to fundraising troubles."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fnearly-a-dozen-staffers-fired-by-desantis-campaign-amid-fundraising-woes%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=1974233&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--><h2>Gov. Ron \u200dDeSantis\u2062 Fires \u2062Staffers\u2063 Amid \u2062Concerns Over Fundraising<\/h2>\n<p>Gov.\u2064 Ron DeSantis (R-FL)\u2064 has taken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-beware-patriots-are-just-getting-started-attorney-lin-wood-calls-on-president-trump-to-impose-martial-law-in-7-states-confiscate-dominion-machines\/\" title=\"\u201cLiberals Beware \u2013 Patriots Are Just Getting Started\u201d \u2013 Attorney Lin Wood Calls on President Trump to Impose Martial Law in 7 States, Confiscate Dominion Machines\">decisive action<\/a> by firing\u2064 nearly a \u2062dozen \u200cstaffers\u200b employed by\u2064 his\u200b 2024 \u2062presidential \u200bcampaign. \u200bThis move comes\u2064 as his\u2063 second quarter fundraising \u2064numbers \u2063raise concerns \u200dabout \ud834\udd7ahis favorability with voters.<\/p>\n<p>The decision \u200dto let\u200d go of these staffers \u2064follows disappointing results in DeSantis&#8217; efforts to \u200dfund a formidable bid against former President Donald Trump \u200d(R), according\u2064 to \u200ca\u200c new \ud834\udd7areport.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The governor&#8217;s \u2064team\u200d raised $20 million\u200c in\u2064 the second\u200b quarter, despite \u2062being just\u200d six weeks\u200c into\u2064 his formal candidacy\u200c for the GOP nomination \u200bprior to the \u200dend\ud834\udd7a of the quarter.\u200b The DeSantis campaign burned through over\u2062 $1 million on payroll, associated\ud834\udd7a taxes, insurance, and processing \u200cfees\u2063 for the roughly 90\u200b staffers\u200d on his\u2062 team\u2064 at \u2063the\u200b time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-was-praised-for-giving-to-blm-bail-funds-while-donors-to-kyle-rittenhouse-fund-are-being-doxxed\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Was Praised For Giving To BLM Bail Funds, While Donors To Kyle Rittenhouse Fund Are Being Doxxed\">funds raised<\/a>, only $3 million\u200d was allocated\u2062 for the\ud834\udd7a 2024 \u200cgeneral\u2064 election, \u2063with a mere \u200c15 percent coming from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-crowd-cheers-as-desantis-torches-democrat-challenger\/\" title=\"WATCH: Crowd Cheers As DeSantis Torches Democrat Challenger\">small-dollar donors<\/a>. \u2062This starkly contrasts with Trump&#8217;s impressive fundraising track record\u200b within \u200bthe same group,\u200d accumulated over his years\u200c as \u2063an\ud834\udd7a active politician.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst this staffing\u200b shake-up, \u200cNever Back Down,\u2063 the \ud834\udd7asuper PAC \u2064supporting\u2064 DeSantis, has reported \u2063bringing \u2063in \u200dapproximately $130 million \u2063since its launch in March to bolster the governor&#8217;s bid for the nation&#8217;s highest\u2062 office.<\/p>\n<p>In addition\u2062 to these recent firings, the\u200b DeSantis team has\u2062 also \u200bexperienced the \u2064departure of two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-a-dozen-staffers-fired-by-desantis-campaign-amid-fundraising-woes\/\" title=\"Dozens of DeSantis campaign staffers fired due to fundraising troubles.\">top advisers\u2014senior\ud834\udd7a communications adviser<\/a> \u2064and media\u2062 director, Dave Abrams, and Tucker\u2062 Obenshain, who oversaw external\ud834\udd7a affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has dismissed around 11 campaign staffers due to concerns about his favorability with voters, as his Q2 fundraising figures fell short of expectations. A recent report suggests that DeSantis struggled to secure sufficient funds for a strong challenge against former President Donald Trump (R) in the 2024 presidential race. 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