MAGA fund founder backs DeSantis over Trump for president

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MAGA fund founder backs DeSantis over Trump for president

Republican mega-donor dumps Trump to back DeSantis for president in 2024

By Carl Campanile
May 21, 2023

A prominent Republican financier and onetime backer of former President Donald Trump is throwing his support behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 election.

Hal Lambert, founder of Texas-based Point Bridge Capital — which manages an investment fund named after Trump’s “Make America Great Again” 2016 campaign slogan — said it’s time for Republicans to turn the page on the 76-year-old former president and go for DeSantis, 44.

“I’m in for DeSantis this time. I plan to do a lot to help DeSantis win,” Lambert told The Post.

Lambert’s MAGA ETF, an exchange-traded fund, invests in companies whose employees and political action committees largely support Republican candidates.

The GOP donor — who served on Trump’s inaugural committee in 2016 — said he decided to back DeSantis after dining with the governor and his wife, Casey, in Florida three weeks ago and coming away impressed.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/05/21/maga-fund-founder-backs-desantis-over-trump-for-president/