{"id":2071151,"date":"2023-10-18T00:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-desantis-allies-spar-over-money-as-candidates-seek-that-small-dollar-look\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T01:01:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:01:01","slug":"ramaswamy-desantis-allies-spar-over-money-as-candidates-seek-that-small-dollar-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-desantis-allies-spar-over-money-as-candidates-seek-that-small-dollar-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy and DeSantis clash over funds as they aim for grassroots support."},"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\">24<\/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%2Framaswamy-desantis-allies-spar-over-money-as-candidates-seek-that-small-dollar-look%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=2071151&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>The Battle for the Non-Trump Lane: Ramaswamy vs. DeSantis<\/h2>\n<p>The release of the latest \u2062quarterly fundraising \u200dfigures for 2024 presidential hopefuls has sparked a fierce competition\u200b between\u2064 businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Both men are vying for the limited space available for a non-Trump candidate, each trying to\u2063 position themselves as the voice of &#8220;We the People.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The latest controversy revolves around the $15.2 million debt accumulated by the Vivek \u20622024 campaign, as reported\u200b in their filing with the Federal Election\u2063 Commission (FEC). Additionally, the campaign&#8217;s cash on hand has \u2062dwindled\u200c from $9 million to $4.2 million over the quarter.<\/p>\n<p>News of these figures quickly spread among pro-DeSantis accounts on\u2063 X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Story<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/vivek-ramaswamy-reveals-declaration-of-independence-from-china-5496437?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Vivek Ramaswamy Reveals\u2064 &#8216;Declaration of Independence From China&#8217;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/21\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>@JoeStief, a vocal supporter of #TeamDeSanity, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeStief\/status\/1713729045349777666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>, &#8220;Ramaswamy &#8211; more debt than cash; oof!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, it turns\u200d out that Vivek 2024&#8217;s debt primarily\u2064 stems from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-to-hear-sen-cruz-challenge-to-campaign-finance-law\/\" title=\"SCOTUS to hear Sen. Cruz challenge to campaign finance law\">personal loans made<\/a> by \u2064Mr. Ramaswamy to his own campaign, as reported on the FEC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00833913\/1731377\/sc\/ALL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tricia McLaughlin, senior\u200b advisor for \u200cthe Ramaswamy campaign,\u2064 expressed her dissatisfaction with \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-desantis-allies-spar-over-money-as-candidates-seek-that-small-dollar-look\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy and DeSantis clash over funds as they aim for grassroots support.\">debt-focused narrative pushed<\/a> by DeSantis&#8217; online allies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;That came\u2063 from a DeSantis surrogate right after a Politico story dropped saying Vivek dwarfs DeSantis in small-dollar donors while DeSantis\u200d gets \u2063more mega-donors. Team\u2062 DeSantis doesn&#8217;t want to look like mega-donor simps,&#8221; she told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The DeSantis campaign declined to comment \u200bon Ms. McLaughlin&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c Politico story highlighted that despite pouring his own money into\u200d the campaign,\u2062 Ramaswamy has a larger base\u200c of\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/records-sen-lisa-murkowski-funded-by-lower-48-donors-despite-her-criticism-of-outside-influence\/\" title=\"Records: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Funded By Lower-48 Donors Despite Her Criticism Of Outside Influence\">small-dollar donors compared<\/a> to DeSantis. However, DeSantis still maintains a lead in the polls and overall fundraising. <\/p>\n<h2>Small Dollars in 2024 Campaigns<\/h2>\n<p> According to FEC reports, Ramaswamy loaned his campaign $5 million and contributed over $440,000 \u200bto himself <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00833913\/1714061\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last quarter<\/a>. This quarter, \u200dhe\u200d did not\u2064 loan himself any money but contributed <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00833913\/1731377\/#DETAILED\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over $1 million<\/a> to his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u2063latest filing, \u200bVivek 2024 revealed\u200b that they received over \u2064$2.8 million \u2064in small-dollar donations \u200d(defined as $200 or less), a significant\u2063 increase from the previous quarter&#8217;s\u2064 reported $1.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis for President <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00841130\/1731136\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> over \u200b$2.5 million in small-dollar donations during the latest quarter, a decrease from the previous quarter&#8217;s filing.<\/p>\n<p>While Ramaswamy excels in small-dollar\u2063 donations, DeSantis\u200d surpasses him \u200din larger contributions both in the most recent reporting period and\u2062 throughout the election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Ramaswamy is not the only candidate with self-funding debt. Businessman Perry Johnson, who \u200dfiled a complaint with the FEC over\u2063 his exclusion from the first \u2062Republican debate, has\u2063 loaned his campaign\u2063 over $12.5 million to date. He currently has over $11.2 million in cash on hand but received less than $69,000 in small-dollar donations, a sharp contrast to Ramaswamy and DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald J. Trump&#8217;s campaign reported over $24.5 million in receipts this past quarter, with\u200b the majority coming from his Save America joint fundraising committee.<\/p>\n<p>Another Republican \u2064contender, former\u2064 South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, reported over <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00833392\/1731473\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.7 million<\/a> in small-dollar donations this quarter, falling short of her \u2064main \u2063rivals.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign committee <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00703975\/1731644\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collected<\/a> more than \u200d$3.6 million\u2063 in\u2064 small-dollar donations, \u2062surpassing the Trump\u200c campaign&#8217;s reported receipts this quarter. The committee also received\u200d over $18 million from \u2064the Biden Action Fund \u200cand \u200dother authorized committees, mostly in the form of \u200dsmaller donations.<\/p>\n<p>Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.&#8217;s \u2063Team Kennedy reported \u2064over\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00836916\/1730002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$2.77 million<\/a> in small-dollar donations this quarter, an increase from the previous\u200b quarter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u2062are the contrasting approaches of Ramaswamy and DeSantis in their campaigns?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062 Docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00840012\/1731681\/sc\/ALL&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>filed<\/a> with the FEC that the campaign received over $820,000 in small-dollar donations. While this is lower than Ramaswamy&#8217;s amount, the DeSantis campaign \u200cboasted more donors in the higher contribution brackets.<\/p>\n<p>The battle for the \u200dnon-Trump lane is not only about fundraising numbers but also about their messages and appeal to voters. \u200bRamaswamy, a \u200dtech entrepreneur and author, has been positioning himself as an outsider \u2063candidate who \u200cis not\u200c beholden to political elites. He has \u200bbeen critical of both Democrats and Republicans \u2063and has advocated for a new \u2064form of populism that puts power\u2062 back into the hands of the people.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, DeSantis, a popular governor in the key swing state of Florida, has been aligning\u200b himself \u2063closely\u200b with former President Donald Trump. He \u2063has embraced Trump&#8217;s \u2063policy\u2064 positions and rhetoric, \u200bpositioning\u2064 himself\u2063 as \u2062a staunch defender of conservative values and a fighter against the liberal establishment.<\/p>\n<p>These contrasting approaches have drawn different segments of the conservative base. Ramaswamy&#8217;s appeal lies with \u200cthose who\u200c are \u2062looking for\u2064 a fresh face and an outsider perspective, while DeSantis attracts Trump loyalists who want a candidate who\u2062 will continue the former president&#8217;s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>The battle between \u2064Ramaswamy\u2063 and \u2063DeSantis is not just about who can raise \u200dmore money\u2064 or attract more donors. It is a battle for the soul of the Republican Party and the direction it will\u200b take in the post-Trump era. Will it continue down the path \u200dof Trumpism, or will it embrace a\u2064 new kind\u2062 of conservative populism? This question \u200cwill shape the future \u200cof the GOP\u200b and its chances of retaking the\u200d White House in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>As the race \u200bheats up, expect to see more clashes between \u200cRamaswamy and DeSantis, both online and on the campaign trail. Both candidates are\u2062 determined to prove that they are the\u200c rightful \u2062heirs to Trump&#8217;s non-establishment mantle and the true \u200bvoice of &#8220;We the People.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell who will come out on top in this battle for the \u200bnon-Trump lane.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Written by [Your Name]\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>fundraising figures for 2024 presidential contenders, Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis, have sparked a familiar clash. 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