Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

Ron DeSantis is being bankrolled by an 'extraordinary' number of billionaire donors: report

Brandon Gage
May 25, 2022

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seeking a second term this November as a springboard to run for president in 2024, is backed financially by some of the wealthiest private donors in the United States.

According to an analysis published by correspondent Zac Anderson in Wednesday's Herald Tribune, "dozens of billionaires and billionaire family members with a net worth of $275 billion have donated to DeSantis’ ree******n effort, a level of billionaire support one expert called 'extraordinary.'"



Anderson revealed that 42 individuals with net worths of 10-plus digits – or three commas – have invested at least $12.45 million of their cash in DeSantis, who has championed extreme right-wing policies in the Sunshine State and seeks to take his crusade nationwide.

The figures are staggering, per Anderson's reporting:

Total billionaire donors: At least 42
Total contributions from billionaires: At least $12.5 million
State with most DeSantis billionaire contributions: Florida at 12, followed by New York with six, and Texas with five
Billionaire donor with highest net worth: Julia Koch and family at $62.2 billion
Billionaire donor who gave the most: Ken Griffin at $5 million
Billionaire donor who gave the least: Stanley Hubbard at $10,000
Number of billionaires who have given DeSantis at least six figures: 25
Number of states with billionaire DeSantis donors: 15


Other notable names pumping DeSantis full of campaign sugar include:

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Publix supermarket heiress and financier of the J****** 6th, 2021 Capitol i**********n Julie Jenkins Fancelli (family net worth $8.8 billion)
Former President Donald Trump's Secretary of Education and Amway heiress Betsy DeVos as well as three of her kin (family net worth $5.4 billion)



Ex-San Francisco 49ers owner, real estate mogul, and Trump-pardoned Louisiana gambling bribe recipient Edward DeBartolo Jr. (family net worth $2.5 )

And many many Russian Donors.

David L Loc: Central Wisconsin

If I had any money I would certainly send him some. TERRIFIC American.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

DeBartolo jr. - omg.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

Get r done !
The Russians really want this guy in there.
Give all you can afford .
You d********g pos.

son of witless

DeSantis almost has enough rich guys helping him to be a Democrat.

Wonttakeitanymore

Thank goodness there’s still some smart rich people with morals and integrity!

Wonttakeitanymore

Exactly! She’s just mad soros doesn’t own him!

Wonttakeitanymore

Thank God he isn’t!

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

He struck the nerve, eh Milo??😁😁😁

Sonny Magoo Loc: Where pot pie is boiled in a kettle

What Russians??
Got names???
There are 100s of USA billionaires...so wtf is your point...really???

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

Maybe , but these only speak Russian.
They’re buying your country right out from under you.
Smart rich people , have no morals or integrity.
But they do have a chit pile of money.
So , it all evens out , I guess.

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

How do you know they're Russians??? Maybe they're Chinese pretending to be Russians..Do you speak Russian???

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

They were listed in that article but I don’t have subscription to get the full article.
But , it will come out somewhere else.
You are gonna be amazed at the amount of influencial money being poured into your failing economy.
Might be a good time to start your Russian and Chinese language programs.
Sold out from under you by the very people you give your money to .
Isn’t it just smashingly ironic ?

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

This isn’t a big secret.
If you knew how many , would it change any of your ideas?
I’m signing up for a Russian course .
Or maybe you could teach us all.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

Trump has been on the Russian payroll for a long time. Deny it if you can.
When he was having Russian secret meetings with no Americans allowed in the Oval Office what do you think was going on ? When he was laundering Russian Oligarchian money through his Casinos?
His impeachment trials were filled with Russians , some went to jail.
Why would trump pardon any of them ?
All convicted of felonies, boom back on the street.
Helsinki comes to mind, when trump said he trusted Putin’s intel over our own ??????
Buy it might be too late for youz , you’ve gaslighted your own silly selves into giving your country away .