While the candidates rehearsed for their dog-and-pony show dubbed the First Republican Presidential Debate, the staff for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Super PAC stood in front of a group of GOP megadonors and told them they needed a cash injection of $50 million over the next four months, CNN reports. Plus they made a bigger ask for the first quarter of 2024.
While in Milwaukee for the debate, Never Back Down CEO Chris Jankowski, chief operating officer Kristin Davison and chief strategist Jeff Roe gave about fifty donors a presentation on the group’s plan to overcome the negative inertia of the campaign, including leaning more on the charismatic Florida First Wife Casey DeSantis instead of the oafish male.
“We just need your help getting $50 million more by the end of the year, and $100 million more by the end of March,” Jankowski said according to the audio reviewed by CNN. “I’m not worried about the second 50. We need the first 50.”