{"id":585740,"date":"2023-08-05T02:47:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T23:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/desantiss-biggest-donor-cuts-off-funds-demands-moderate-shift\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T02:47:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T23:47:23","slug":"desantiss-biggest-donor-cuts-off-funds-demands-moderate-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/desantiss-biggest-donor-cuts-off-funds-demands-moderate-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"#DeSantis\u2019s biggest donor cuts off funds, demands moderate shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/AP23208701214791-e1691189735309.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s (R) most prominent donors told reporters on Friday that he would cut off funds to his 2024 campaign if he didn\u2019t adopt a more \u201cmoderate <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert Bigelow, the founder of Budget Suites of America and Bigelow Aerospace, told Reuters <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/desantis-biggest-donor-says-he-wont-give-more-money-unless-changes-are-made-2023-08-04\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/desantis-biggest-donor-says-he-wont-give-more-money-unless-changes-are-made-2023-08-04\/\">in an interview<\/a> that he explained to DeSantis\u2019s campaign that the governor needs to shift his agenda to target moderates or he risks losing his support.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll lose if he doesn\u2019t,\u201d he said, referring to DeSantis\u2019s chances against former President Trump. \u201cExtremism isn\u2019t going to get you elected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that his funding wouldn\u2019t resume \u201cuntil I see that he\u2019s able to generate more on his own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m already too big a percentage,\u201d Bigelow claimed. \u201cA lot of his donors are still on the fence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n        The Hill Elections 2024 coverage<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked what led him to the decision to curb funding, the entrepreneur pointed to what he called the governor\u2019s \u201cextreme positions\u201d on policy, including the six-week abortion ban DeSantis signed into law in April.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed six weeks is too short, as many women don\u2019t know they are pregnant at that stage, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Bigelow said in the interview that he remains behind DeSantis and believes he is \u201cthe best guy for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The billionaire has already given $20 million to the \u201cNever Back Down\u201d pro-DeSantis super PAC. He is also considered the Florida governor\u2019s largest individual donor.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> comes as DeSantis\u2019s campaign has struggled to meet financial expectations and amid a reset cut of a total of 38 staffers over the last several weeks. The shake-up is an effort to \u201cstreamline operations and put\u00a0Ron DeSantis in the strongest position to win this primary,\u201d according to his team.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the governor\u2019s efforts on the campaign trail visiting early primary states, Trump is still leading DeSantis by double digits, according to polling averages. A new poll out of Iowa this week shows the former president ahead of DeSantis by 24 points.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\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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Ron DeSantis\u2019s (R) most prominent donors told reporters on Friday that he would cut off funds to his 2024 campaign if he didn\u2019t adopt a more \u201cmoderate approach.\u201d Robert Bigelow, the founder of Budget Suites of America and Bigelow Aerospace, told Reuters in an interview that he explained to DeSantis\u2019s campaign&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":585741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/AP23208701214791-e1691189735309.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[78209,135190,144865,144866,29102],"class_list":["post-585740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2024-presidential-election","tag-desantis","tag-donor","tag-robert-bigelow","tag-ron-desantis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}