A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s Governor is headed back to the Golden State Thursday to hit up donors for Donald Trump.
Gov. Ron DeSantis will be in Monterey during the evening for an event with the California Republican Assembly.
The Right for America PAC, which does not have contribution limits, is charging $1,000 a head for the VIP reception and speech. For those with deeper pockets, the “private dinner with Gov. DeSantis at the Monterra Mansion” is $5,000 per person.
No word from organizers on whether pudding will be served, or whether utensils will be required if so.
If you’re going, you have a few hours to commit: “For security reasons, all contribution payments must be received by July 31st for admittance into the event.”
DeSantis has a long history with California, which was a rhetorical punching bag for him when he ran for President. He got no traction in that race; he polled at 6% in the final Golden State survey before he ended his campaign.
But he made plenty of news, including being condemned by the Salinas City Council ahead of a fundraising event in the city.
On a trip to the Port of Long Beach, DeSantis was flanked by truck drivers as he vowed to “take action” against California’s “electric mandates for big rigs.”
DeSantis has also used California as a public safety punching bag on the trail, both in the state and outside of it.
“I was just in San Francisco. I saw — in 20 minutes on the ground — people defecating on the sidewalk. I saw people using fentanyl. I saw people smoking crack right there in the open, right there on the street. It was a civilization in decay,” the Governor said at a Faith & Freedom Coalition event in June 2023.
In recent weeks, DeSantis has been fundraising for the former President, and hopes are that he can help Trump’s operation get a $10 million boost.
DeSantis is putting work in on the 2024 cycle, but that doesn’t mean that he won’t run for President again if Trump loses.
“Oh, I haven’t ruled anything out. I mean, I think that, you know, we’re still in this election cycle so it’s presumptuous to say, you know, this or that. I think a lot happens in politics,” DeSantis said in February, addressing the 2028 question during a call with people who pledged to be his delegates at the GOP Convention.
“Most of the people that supported me, whether activists, whether volunteers, whether fundraisers, you know, they’re all on board, you know, for what the future holds. So we’ll be active,” DeSantis promised a radio host in Iowa back in January.
15 comments
Ninety Nine
July 31, 2024 at 5:53 pm
Waste of time. Kalifornia is too far gone.
Marilyn
August 1, 2024 at 4:30 pm
You have no idea what is going on California
ScienceBLVR
July 31, 2024 at 6:24 pm
Going to California with an aching in my heart..
Seems that the wrath of the gods
Got a punch on the nose, and it started to flow
I think I might be sinking…
You bet Ronnie, go to California, they can read your beads..good luck Lame Peking Duck
Marilyn
August 1, 2024 at 4:31 pm
California is not what you see in the news
tom palmer
July 31, 2024 at 6:42 pm
good morning, governor, what brings you to Florida?
PeterH
July 31, 2024 at 7:26 pm
As today’s Trump interview indicates…. today’s Republicans do a much better job at fundraising than they do at delivering a policy message!
Anyone contributing to Trump or DeSantis should have their head examined!
ELVIS "The BIG Voice On The Right"
July 31, 2024 at 7:43 pm
Thank goodness our 2028 POTUS Ron DeSantis is going into “The Lion’s Den” for “The Donald” the results will raise Billions for the Trump Campaign.
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GOP losers
August 1, 2024 at 7:55 am
I’m guessing that for $5000 some fools will be eating lame duck. After the Orange Turd goes down in flames in November the party of Tramp formerly known as the GOP will be needing a new loser in chief and Rona is clearly a big loser. So please stay in California Rona and start your 2028 run.
Flip Floppers D
August 1, 2024 at 1:41 pm
Funny how you throw around the term loser. Who was the first to drop out of the Demo Pesidential Primary in 2019? What’s that loser’s name again? Your new hero has been mostly invisible for the last three and a half years. Joe did task her with border responsibilities. How did the loser do on that one. Now it appears the media and your party are suddenly forgetting about all of her progressive, crazy policies. This brings back memories of flip flopping Charlie Crist. Hilarious
MH/Duuuval
August 1, 2024 at 3:47 pm
Harris re-surfaced as VP; Dee had to stay in the dog house for a few months — where preened and grumbled — until his master let him back on the porch at the convention.
Michael K
August 1, 2024 at 3:57 pm
Poor Miss Spoke. No matter how many names, the same drivel. Bless her heart.
JustBabs
August 1, 2024 at 9:25 am
Floridians get to pay for that campaign boondoggle to Cali. Private jet and all. But don’t ask for an invoice for those taxpayer expenses. That’s all “secret” in the Dark State of Florida, where transparency goes to die..
MH/Duuuval
August 1, 2024 at 7:30 pm
So much for the Sunshine State under Dee the Decider.
KathtynA
August 2, 2024 at 8:10 am
I was also thinking about who is paying for the trip and any donations given. Could it be the taxpayers of Florida? Who knows without any Sunshine laws? I shudder to think how much money has been spent by DeSantis for politics and grandstanding outside our state. We probably pike even pay our teachers a living wage with it all.
Ocean Joe
August 2, 2024 at 7:15 pm
Dinner with Donald’s shoeshine boy!
Sorry, no cat ladies allowed.
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