Republican megadonor Thomas Peterffy mentioned he's suspending donations to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) forward of his potential 2024 presidential marketing campaign.
“I've put myself on maintain,” the billionaire founding father of Interactive Brokers Group Inc. informed the Monetary Instances in an article printed Saturday.
“Due to his stance on abortion and e book banning . . . myself, and a bunch of mates, are holding our powder dry,” Peterffy defined.
On Thursday evening, DeSantis signed Florida Republicans’ restrictive six-week abortion ban into legislation. He has additionally banned Black historical past programs and books, strikes that had been apparently too excessive for Peterffy.
DeSantis, a doable challenger to former President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination, “appears to have misplaced some momentum,” Peterffy added.
In November 2022, Peterffy was considered one of 5 Republican heavies to distance themselves from Trump following the GOP’s poor exhibiting in that month’s midterm elections, which was largely attributed to Trump’s endorsement of candidates who regurgitated his 2020 election lies.
“I believe we want a contemporary face,” Peterffy informed Bloomberg on the time. “The issue with Trump is he has so many negatives, he can’t get elected, interval.”
Peterffy mentioned he would vote for Trump if he grew to become the GOP nominee, although.
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