DeSantis PAC Issues Desperate Plea For $50 Million

The New York Times reports:

Hours before the Republican Party’s first presidential debate, the chief strategist for the super PAC that has effectively taken over Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign met with donors in Milwaukee. “Now let me tell you a secret — don’t leak this,” the strategist, Jeff Roe, told the donors last Wednesday, according to a recording of the meeting reviewed by The New York Times. “We need to do this now. We’re making a move now.”

Then Mr. Roe made a bold sales pitch: “The day after Labor Day we’re launching and we need your help to stay up and go hard the rest of the way. We need 50 million bucks.” With urgency in his voice, Mr. Roe told the donors he required much of the $50 million in the next month before the second G.O.P. debate on Sept. 27. He said he needed $5 million a month just to sustain his Iowa operations.

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Jeff Roe, recorded w/o his knowledge, tells donors:
-Needs $50m ASAP
-Needs $5m/mth to sustain Iowa operation
-DeSantis has 60 days to beat Trump
-Placing bets now hoping donors cover them later
-Nikki Haley “is not actually a lovely person”
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— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) September 1, 2023