DeSantis Fundraisers — A Million or Nuthin’

$1 million

“It’s going to cost a lot to get Ron DeSantis to show up in person to collect political checks: about $1 million,” NBC News reports. “That’s the aggressive goal set to draw the Florida governor and likely 2024 presidential candidate to travel out of his way for fundraising events, according to three Republicans involved in efforts to raise cash for DeSantis during the shadow primary period.”

Fascism Expert: Ron DeSantis ‘Will Destroy Our Democracy’

“Ron DeSantis will destroy our democracy with deadly precision. I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous he is.”

– Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University who has written several books on propaganda, authoritarianism, and dictators such as Benito Mussolini, in a tweet reacting to a Fox News interview with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush praising DeSantis.