{"id":2018499,"date":"2023-08-31T18:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T22:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-campaign-responds-to-closure-of-unaffiliated-scam-pac\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T18:16:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T22:16:13","slug":"desantis-campaign-responds-to-closure-of-unaffiliated-scam-pac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-campaign-responds-to-closure-of-unaffiliated-scam-pac\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Campaign reacts to shutdown of independent &#8216;fraudulent&#8217; PAC."},"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\">18<\/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-campaign-responds-to-closure-of-unaffiliated-scam-pac%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=2018499&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>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s Presidential \u200bCampaign Celebrates Closure of \u2062Scam PAC<\/h2>\n<p>The closure of the Ron \u2062to \u2063the Rescue super PAC has brought &#8220;welcome news&#8221; to \u2063Florida\u200b Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s presidential campaign. According to Andrew Romeo, the campaign&#8217;s \u2062communications director, the PAC was nothing\u2062 more than a scam\u200b looking to exploit DeSantis&#8217;s popularity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve\u200c been clear from\u2064 the start that this was a scam PAC trying to take advantage of Ron DeSantis,\u200b and \u200bwe&#8217;re \u2064glad to hear \u2063they&#8217;ve stopped trying to deceive our donors,&#8221; Romeo stated.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s \u2064campaign has been highly \u2064successful in fundraising, \u200doutpacing both President\u2062 Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in\u2062 the\u2062 last quarter. With his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dixon-whitmer-in-statistical-tie-new-poll-finds-michigan-race-going-down-to-the-wire\/\" title=\"Dixon, Whitmer In Statistical Tie, New Poll Finds; Michigan Race Going \u2018Down To The Wire\u2019\">strong debate performance<\/a> and growing\u2062 momentum in the early states,\u200b the campaign\u2062 is confident in\u200c its continued fundraising success.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u2063Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/tree-falls-on-desantis-home-during-hurricane-idalia-5483493\">Tree Falls \u200bon DeSantis&#8217; Home During Hurricane Idalia<\/a> -\u2062 8\/30\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/desantis-explains-why-he-hesitated-to-raise-his-hand-during-debate-as-show-of-support-for-trump-5481889\">DeSantis Explains Why He\u2063 Hesitated to Raise\u2062 His \u2063Hand During Debate as \u200cShow of Support\u200c for \u200bTrump<\/a> \u200b &#8211; 8\/28\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Ron to the Rescue super PAC was\u200c launched by\u200b Republican strategist John Thomas\u2062 last\u2064 fall to \u200bencourage DeSantis to enter\u2064 the 2024\u200c presidential \u2064race. However, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-oans-chanel-rion-talks-election-fight-with-rudy-giuliani\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: OAN\u2019s Chanel Rion talks election fight with Rudy Giuliani\">exclusive interview<\/a> with the Daily Mail, Thomas revealed that he and\u2063 the PAC&#8217;s donors had become disillusioned\u200d with the governor due to his\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-raises-over-8m-in-first-24-hrs-of-presidential-campaign\/\" title=\"DeSantis raises m in 24 hrs for presidential campaign.\">botched campaign launch<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis chose \u200dto announce his candidacy through a glitchy Twitter Spaces interview with Elon \u2064Musk,\u200c instead of \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-campaign-responds-to-closure-of-unaffiliated-scam-pac\/\" title=\"DeSantis Campaign reacts to shutdown of independent 'fraudulent' PAC.\">traditional mainstream media interviews<\/a> or\u200c large campaign events. While his campaign and some supporters tried \u200cto \u200cspin the\u2064 technical difficulties \u2064as a\u200d sign of overwhelming support, it had a negative impact on potential donors.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas emphasized the importance of providing video footage on the \u2064launch day to \u2064project the candidate&#8217;s vision for the future. He also \u200dmentioned other mistakes made by the campaign, such as sharing \u200binternal documents online and accepting a debate\u200c challenge from California \u2062Gov.\u2063 Gavin Newsom. These errors \u2063led to the loss \u200dof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cas-prison-guard-union-gives-1-75m-to-newsoms-anti-recall-committee-after-negotiating-bonuses-and-raises\/\" title=\"CA\u2019s Prison-Guard Union Gives .75M To Newsom\u2019s Anti-Recall Committee After Negotiating Bonuses And Raises\">significant financial support<\/a> for \u200dDeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Another factor that\u2063 may have affected \u2062contributions \u200cto the\u2062 PAC is a letter sent by Benjamin Gibson, \u200clegal counsel for DeSantis, \u2063warning donors that the committee was using the governor&#8217;s name and\u2062 likeness without his permission. This created\u2063 confusion\u2064 among DeSantis&#8217;s supporters.<\/p>\n<p>With the closure of the Ron\u200b to the\u2062 Rescue \u2063PAC, Thomas and his donor \u2062network now plan to shift their support to former President Donald Trump. They were impressed by\u200c Trump&#8217;s campaign savvy and discipline, which they\u200d had not seen before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s presidential campaign expressed relief at the closure of the Ron to the Rescue super PAC. They had previously denounced it as a fraudulent scheme aimed at exploiting DeSantis&#8217;s supporters. The campaign welcomed the news, stating that the PAC&#8217;s cessation meant an end to attempts to deceive and exploit their donors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1226,"featured_media":2018500,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2018499","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\/1226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}