{"id":1976292,"date":"2023-07-18T14:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T18:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-fires-campaign-staff-amid-big-money-political-operations\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T18:35:02","slug":"desantis-fires-campaign-staff-amid-big-money-political-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-fires-campaign-staff-amid-big-money-political-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis axes campaign staff amidst lucrative political operations."},"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\">16<\/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-fires-campaign-staff-amid-big-money-political-operations%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=1976292&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure \u2064class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican\u200c presidential candidate Florida \u2062Governor Ron\u200c DeSantis\u200b delivers \u2063remarks\u2064 at the \u200c2023 \u200bChristians United for Israel summit on\u2064 July 17,\u200b 2023\u200d in Arlington, \u200dVirginia.\u2063 (Photo by \u200bAnna Moneymaker\/Getty \u2062Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u200b    \u2062<\/p>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>11:24 AM \u2013 Tuesday, July 18, \u200c2023<\/h3>\n<p>  \u200c  <\/p>\n<p>After spending roughly \u2063eight of his $20\u200d million \u2062second quarter \u2062fundraising\u2062 haul \u200cin the first \u2062few weeks\u2062 of\u2062 the campaign, \u2064Florida Gov.\u200b Ron DeSantis is reducing his \u2063campaign staff.<\/p>\n<div \u2062id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: \u200c320px; min-height:\u2062 50px;  text-align: center;\"> \u2064 \t<script> \u2062 \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { \u200dgoogletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1');\u2063 });  \t<\/script> \u200d <\/div>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>   \u200d   \u2063<\/p>\n<p>Approximately a dozen \u200bof DeSantis\u2019 \u200cstaff members were \u200dlet go over the weekend, barely\u2063 six weeks into the \u2062campaign. According to Politico, \u200dadditional\u200b layoffs are\u200b anticipated in the\u200c upcoming\u2062 weeks as part of cost-cutting\u2062 efforts.<\/p>\n<p>    \u2062<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis submitted \u2064his \u2062Federal Election Commission\u2064 fundraising report \u2062for \u200bthe second\u200c quarter on Saturday.\u200d It includes\u200b the\u2062 time from the\u200b beginning of \u2062his campaign\u2064 on May 24 to\u200b June\u2064 30, and \u2063it reveals\u200b that \u200das of the end \u200dof\u2063 June, \u2062he \u200bhad $12.2 \u2064million \u200din cash \u200con\u2064 hand, $3\u2063 million \u200bof which could only\u200d be used in the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-transcript-edit-turns-kamala-harris-depopulation-statement-into-something-else-entirely\/\" title=\"White House transcript edit alters Kamala Harris' depopulation statement significantly.\">general \u200celection<\/a> and\u200c not \u200dthe primary.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062   \u2063<\/p>\n<p>One of the\u2062 highest expenses was $1.3 million \u200bfor travel, mostly \u200bfor\u2064 the \u2064use \u2064of a \u2063private\u2062 plane. Payroll \u2063totaled just over $1\u2062 million, with over $800,000 allotted for media exposure, postage, and internet \u2064fundraising consultancy.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d \u2063  <\/p>\n<p>For\u2063 each of his \u200dthree campaigns for\u200d Congress, \u200dDeSantis used a different campaign\u2062 team, and \u200dhis first \u2062bid\u200b for governor\u2062 in \u200b2018 saw\u200b a notable campaign shakeup.<\/p>\n<p>   \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>According to \u200bcampaign finance reports submitted to the \u200bFederal Election\u2064 Commission \u200bon \u200cSaturday, 92 employees were employed \u200bby DeSantis\u2019 campaign for at least\u200d a \u200dportion \u2063of the first\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-iowa-dems-former-campaign-manager-accuses-him-of-sexual-assault\/\" title=\"Report: Iowa Dem\u2019s Former Campaign Manager Accuses Him of Sexual Assault\">fundraising period<\/a>. \u2064It is\u2063 by far the most\u200b of any Republican presidential candidate, \u200band it\u200b has left his campaign with \u2063significant staff costs and, according \u200bto the \u200cmost recent \u200bforms, less\u200c funding \u2062than \u200dfirst\u2063 anticipated.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c   <\/p>\n<p>The campaign\u2019s \u2062top strategists will\u200c gather\u2064 in a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-fires-campaign-staff-amid-big-money-political-operations\/\" title=\"DeSantis axes campaign staff amidst lucrative political operations.\">national finance committee\u2064 meeting<\/a> on Sunday in Tallahassee \u2063to discuss how to cut \u200binto \u200cformer President Donald \u200cTrump\u2019s huge GOP primary advantage.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063  \u200b <\/p>\n<p>According\u200c to the Real Clear Politics average of all national GOP\u2064 presidential primary surveys,\u2064 Trump \u200cnow leads\u2064 DeSantis by 32\u2064 percentage \u200bpoints.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  \u200c  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u2062Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free.\u2062 Subscribe here.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer \u2064noopener\" \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u200b \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Steven Rogers, Retired New Jersey Police Lieutenant, \u2063joins Monica Rodriguez to\u2064 discuss the White House cocaine scandal\u2026 apparently\u2063 it wasn\u2019t the first drug found at \u20621600 \u200bPennsylvania Avenue\u2063 this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u200b \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Colin Schmitt, Retired FBI\u200d Agent, joins Monica \u200cRodriguez to discuss Christopher Wray\u2019s\u200d testimony \u200bbefore\u2064 the\u200d House\u2062 Judiciary Committee\u2062 and why\u200d the FBI\u200c is \u2018broken.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div \u2062class=\"entry-content\"> \u2062 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Dan Geltrude, America\u2019s Account, joins\u200c Monica Rodriguez to discuss \u2063why Blackrock CEO Larry \u200dFink \u2063is \u2062suddenly\u200b on the crypto train.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \u2064\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Kaye, Radio\u200c Host,\u2064 joins \u200bMonica Rodriguez \u200dto discuss\u200b \u2018Creepy\u200c Joe\u2019 nibbling on \u2062a young\u2064 girl in \u200dFinland\u200b and \u200chow\u200c Hollywood exploits children for \u200cprofit.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u2063 class=\"entry-content\"> \u200d \u200d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TOKYO \u200d(Reuters) \u2013 SoftBank Group has invested $65 million \u200cin \u200cBritish company\u2064 Tractable, an insurance technology \u2062company\u2063 that \u2064uses\u2062 AI to assess\u2026 <\/p>\n<p> \u2064\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\u200b  \u2064\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NEW\u200b DELHI\u200d (Reuters) \u2013 Walt Disney\u200c has\u2064 approached a state \u200ccourt\u200b in India in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">ongoing legal challenge<\/a>\u2063 against \u2064Google\u2019s \u2064in-app \u200cbilling\u2026 <\/p>\n<p> \u200b\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u200b class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ISTANBUL \u2064(Reuters) \u2013 \u200cAn accord which\u200b Saudi Arabia signed\u2062 to\u200c buy Turkish \u200cdrones \u2063entails cooperation in \u200dtechnology transfer\u2062 and joint production, the\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div \u2062class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013\u2063 The White\u200d House\u200d on Tuesday along with companies such as Amazon.com Inc, \u200cAlphabet\u2019s Google \u2064and Best Buy will announce\u2026 <\/p>\n<p> \u200b\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks at the 2023 Christians United for Israel summit in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images) OAN\u2019s Abril Elfi reports that DeSantis has already spent a significant portion of his $20 million second quarter fundraising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2196,"featured_media":1976293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"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\/1976292","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\/2196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}