A.G. Gancarski
One red state Governor is skeptical about whether another GOP leader’s big donors matter in the 2024 Republican presidential race.
During an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” South Dakota’s Kristi Noem shrugged off a question about how much it mattered that Ron DeSantis might match Donald Trump’s draw with donors, redirecting it from a question specific to the Florida Governor to a more general rumination on the larger field.
“You know, I’ve run probably 11 campaigns now,” Noem told Brian Kilmeade. “And what mattered to me was the small donors, the people who cared enough to send you five or 10 dollars.”
“President Trump has millions of small donors that invest in him. They maybe aren’t rich people, they aren’t big donors, but they go out there and they use their hard-earned money to get a leader elected,” Noem continued. “I don’t think any of the other candidates have that kind of commitment from the people that invest in them.”
The Governor continued to stress the importance of small-dollar donors.
“They have big donors that write them big checks. I think that is powerful. But those small donors that President Trump has really sends another message as well.”
Trump’s campaign says it raised more than $35 million in the second quarter of 2023, almost doubling its first quarter haul, with an average donation of $34.20. Team Trump is not saying what its cash-on-hand is, however.
DeSantis’ campaign trumpeted raising $8.2 million in its first 24 hours in the campaign, meanwhile, from 40,000 donors. The New York Times notes that comes out to an average of $200 per donor, casting doubts on how grassroots the DeSantis effort is.
Numbers for these presidential campaigns, and all others, are due to be filed with the Federal Election Commission later this month.
Noem’s team had already jabbed at DeSantis earlier this year for settling for a 15-week abortion ban, which was rectified by the Heartbeat Bill during the most recent Legislative Session. Though the abortion ban now is stricter, Thursday’s media hit made it clear Noem is still a no-sale on DeSantis’ 2024 chances.
10 comments
Suze
July 6, 2023 at 9:22 am
It’s so nice of those small donors to pay trumps lawyers . The grifter keeps grifting.
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Dont Say FLA
July 6, 2023 at 9:26 am
Trump has millions of small donors, same as any televangelist type scammer, but now with Jesus wrapped in a US flag, MAGA flag, Confederate Battle Flag, and/or Swastika Flag, take your pick.
Jeanne Locke
July 6, 2023 at 9:46 am
Reasonable people need to buy ads on Fox to combat the looniness.
Dont Say FLA
July 6, 2023 at 10:32 am
Shoveling money onto Fox may not be the best plan. If only there were something, some rule, some mandate, maybe something from the FCC requiring that networks devote time to contrasting views on issues of public importance to prevent misuse of their broadcasts for setting a biased public agenda.
Wait, no, the FCC would just cancel that rule. Maybe Congress could enact a law in that regard, requiring Fairness in Broadcasting. I wonder how that would go?
I bet some GOP type would veto it, because without TV stations setting political agendas via manufacturing public bias, the GOP would be nowhere.
But with TV stations setting political agendas via manufacturing public bias, now the GOP controls the SCOTUS and this SCROTUS is legislating like they were Congress. Oy!
[email protected]
July 6, 2023 at 10:32 am
Shoveling money onto Fox may not be the best plan. If only there were something, some rule, some mandate, maybe something from the FCC requiring that networks devote time to contrasting views on issues of public importance to prevent misuse of their broadcasts for setting a biased public agenda.
Wait, no, the FCC would just cancel that rule. Maybe Congress could enact a law in that regard, requiring Fairness in Broadcasting. I wonder how that would go?
I bet some GOP type would veto it, because without TV stations setting political agendas via manufacturing public bias, the GOP would be nowhere.
But with TV stations setting political agendas via manufacturing public bias, now the GOP controls the SCOTUS and this SCOTUS is legislating like they were Congress. Oy!
Dont Say FLA
July 6, 2023 at 6:05 pm
That’s what I said!
Fox Degenerates
July 6, 2023 at 3:07 pm
You poor degenerate
Rhondas $8.2 million
July 6, 2023 at 11:02 am
The majority of Rhonda’s $8.2 million raised in the 24 hours after their Twitter Laugh was approximately 75% prior arrangement.
Maybe 25% of the $8.2 million came from small donors, and after Ron y Lon’s Twitter Campaign Laugh, they probably just felt sorry for Rhonda.
MH/Duuuval
July 6, 2023 at 2:16 pm
If Brian Kilmeade had been reading AG’s columns, he would have known about the 40+ billionaires who have donated large sums to the Big Boy.
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