{"id":582941,"date":"2023-07-16T05:43:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T02:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/desantis-team-a-little-lighter-after-campaign-sheds-staff\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T05:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T02:43:55","slug":"desantis-team-a-little-lighter-after-campaign-sheds-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/desantis-team-a-little-lighter-after-campaign-sheds-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"#DeSantis team a little lighter after campaign sheds staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/AP23197011341670-e1689474888892.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s (R) 2024 campaign is reorganizing amid its struggle to meet fundraising expectations \u2014 including shedding staff, a campaign spokesperson confirmed to the Hill on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The team let go fewer than 10 employees on Thursday, primarily from its event-planning team, as was first reported by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/15\/desantis-campaign-sheds-staff-amid-cash-crunch-00106485\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/15\/desantis-campaign-sheds-staff-amid-cash-crunch-00106485\">Politico<\/a>. The campaign spokesperson said the decision would help boost the governor\u2019s chances of defeating President Biden if he wins the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAmericans are rallying behind Ron DeSantis and his plan to reverse Joe Biden\u2019s failures and restore sanity to our nation, and his momentum will only continue as voters see more of him in-person, especially in Iowa,\u201d campaign spokesperson Andrew Romeo, who also verified that the staffers were let go, told The Hill in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefeating Joe Biden and the $72 million behind him will require a nimble and candidate driven campaign, and we are building a movement to go the distance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019s campaign confirmed on Friday that two other key staffers would exit the team and shift to assist a political nonprofit to help boost support for him. <\/p>\n<p>Despite a perceived lag in his campaign efforts, DeSantis managed to raise $20 million in the second quarter after only being in the race for six weeks, according to his Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing. His campaign touted it as the largest filing for a non-incumbent Republican candidate in the first quarter of their candidacy in more than a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, the Florida governor continues to place second to former President Trump in Republican primary polling. Trump\u2019s campaign confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday that it brought in more than $35 million during the second quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has recently turned his sights on early primary and caucus states, spending the last two days campaigning in Iowa.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump gave us an opening in Iowa this week, and we\u2019re taking it,\u201d Romeo said, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Hill\u2019s Caroline Vakil contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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