DeSantis gains $1.5 million at three New York fundraisersBy Josh Christenson
June 30, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis got more than $1.5 million at three New York fundraising events on Thursday, despite a kerfuffle over one of the gatherings being moved to a different venue at the last minute.
Politico reported that the DeSantis camp had upset Rockland County GOP Chair Lawrence Garvey by not giving him a heads-up about a $6,600-per-person donor event scheduled for the Crowne Plaza hotel in Suffern.
But according to both another New York Republican official and the DeSantis campaign, a donor was in charge of hosting and decided to move the event to a private location — not the Florida governor or his team.
“As a former candidate, I am well aware that when somebody volunteers to host an event for you, a fundraiser, you tell them, ‘Thank you, where can I show up and when?’ You can’t — and don’t — give them a list of people that they should invite,” Chele Farley, a former finance chair for New York City Republicans, told The Post. “You have zero control over the guest list as the candidate or the campaign.”
DeSantis spokesman Bryan Griffin called Politico’s story a “hit piece,” saying the governor’s trip to New York was “a huge success.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/06/30/desantis-raises-1-5-million-at-three-new-york-fundraisers/
