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applegrove

(118,716 posts)
Wed Aug 11, 2021, 01:22 PM Aug 2021

DeSantis Rakes In Cash as Pandemic Rages In Florida

DeSantis Rakes In Cash as Pandemic Rages In Florida

August 11, 2021 at 8:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 225 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/08/11/desantis-rakes-in-cash-as-pandemic-rages-in-florida/

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Politico: “Gov. Ron DeSantis has built a national political brand. Need proof? Just look at his political committee’s more than $4 million July haul. DeSantis … last month brought in political contributions from every state in the country and several United States territories as well as from members of the military serving overseas, according to campaign finance records.”

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DeSantis Rakes In Cash as Pandemic Rages In Florida (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2021 OP
This is the downside to democracy Plato warned us about. TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #1
Fools nt XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #2
Killing kids for cash PortTack Aug 2021 #3
Nothing like our very own taliban..right here in the good ol' USA.. asiliveandbreathe Aug 2021 #4
It's all they care about..money and power, money and power, money and power, money and power mitch96 Aug 2021 #5
Corrupt oligarchs moondust Aug 2021 #6
And unfortunately, Florida take gobs of cash to win.... JCMach1 Aug 2021 #7
Seems like Republicans love to fund death and poverty joetheman Aug 2021 #8

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
4. Nothing like our very own taliban..right here in the good ol' USA..
Wed Aug 11, 2021, 01:34 PM
Aug 2021

American taliban terrorists..once you cut off the funding (Citizens United), you pretty much cut off the head of the snakes. We even know who they are..at least most of them..

mitch96

(13,914 posts)
5. It's all they care about..money and power, money and power, money and power, money and power
Wed Aug 11, 2021, 03:50 PM
Aug 2021

Screw the people.. unless they want to give you money and power, money and power, money and power..
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moondust

(19,993 posts)
6. Corrupt oligarchs
Wed Aug 11, 2021, 05:04 PM
Aug 2021

tired of being stuck in traffic and checkout lines and want him to keep thinning the herd?

 

joetheman

(1,450 posts)
8. Seems like Republicans love to fund death and poverty
Wed Aug 11, 2021, 06:35 PM
Aug 2021

but there is a point at which their money will not even protect them.

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