DeSantis Donors Want More Than a Reboot

“During a ‘reboot’ that Ron DeSantis’ allies had hoped would prove his terminally online campaign could change its ways, the governor has pivoted to more of the same — and key allies and donors are threatening to jump ship,” Rolling Stone reports.

“Various big DeSantis donors have been furious that the campaign seemed to take its cues from internet culture wars over niche issues. But despite a large-scale shedding of staff, some of the most online staffers remain on board. Indeed, some have grown more vocal: The early days of the reboot have featured a DeSantis staffer publicly feuding on social media with a Black Republican lawmaker. And despite pleas from allies to refocus away from the culture war, DeSantis has picked one fight with Bud Light and another over the teaching of Black history.”

“The ‘out-with-the-old, back-in-with-old’ nature of the reboot has some donors asking if the problem isn’t the campaign, but the candidate.”