Florida GovRonDeSantis super PAC founder says he still likes realDonaldTrump but likes winning more
EXCLUSIVE — Veteran Republican strategist John Thomas backed former President Donald Trump in the 2016 and 2020 elections, but he's thrown his weight behind Gov. Ron DeSantis ahead of the 2024 cycle for a simple reason: He wants to win.
"We already have seven figures worth of gifts, and we are just starting our major donor program," Thomas told the Washington Examiner."Our target is to spend at least $50 million, is my goal, between now and when DeSantis announces, but probably more if things go really well." "Our goal, besides just kind of giving him air support, is we're developing a grassroots network of party leaders and activists in all of the early battleground states," Thomas explained.
"The problem is, for Trump, is he needed to announce and pretty much steamroll everybody. He needed all the donors to capitulate his way. He needed all the party leaders to come his way, and while he's had some success, it's not been unanimous, and he needed it to almost be unanimous because the cracks that are appearing are going to turn into canyons very soon," he explained."He's going to be constantly trying to, like, plug these leaks.
Still, two other Florida Republican operatives suggested to the Washington Examiner that Thomas is simply"grifting" off DeSantis's recent success. One specifically pointed to an August interview in which Thomas urged DeSantis not to run unless Trump is legally barred from seeking office.
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