Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump met Sunday in Miami for a non-public assembly, suggesting a détente following a bruising presidential main forward of the 2024 normal election, The Washington Submit reported.
Folks acquainted with the matter who spoke on the situation of anonymity instructed the Washington Submit in regards to the assembly, later confirmed by NBC Information correspondent Dasha Burns. (RELATED: RFK Jr. Is Poised To Tilt The Presidential Race — However It’s Nonetheless Not Clear To Whom)
“NEW: A number of sources verify to @NBCNews Trump and DeSantis met in Miami this morning. A Trump official tells me DeSantis reached out two weeks in the past to arrange the assembly by way of a mutual connection to ‘bury the hatchet’ and discuss fundraising,” Burns tweeted late Sunday morning.
NEW: A number of sources verify to @NBCNews Trump and DeSantis met in Miami this morning. A Trump official tells me DeSantis reached out two weeks in the past to arrange the assembly by way of a mutual connection to “bury the hatchet” and discuss fundraising.
(First scooped by WaPo)
— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) April 28, 2024
The assembly was arrange in hopes the 2 would restore their strained relationship, however Trump advisors have been hoping DeSantis would assist elevate vital sums for the overall election by way of his donor community, in line with The Washington Submit. The assembly, which was “mutually agreed upon and organized by Steve Witkoff,” lasted for a number of hours, with DeSantis agreeing to assist the previous president, Burns reported.
Throughout DeSantis’s marketing campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, the Florida governor introduced in simply over $20 million throughout his first fundraising quarter, and $15 million throughout his third fundraising quarter, The Washington Submit reported. Moreover, the tremendous political motion committee supporting DeSantis’s ticket, By no means Again Down, raised an estimated $130 million through the second fundraising quarter, in line with the outlet.
President Joe Biden’s marketing campaign and affiliated teams recorded a $90 million fundraising haul for March, outpacing Trump and the Republican Nationwide Committee’s $65.6 million raised, in line with the outlet. With funds from Biden’s marketing campaign, the Democratic Nationwide Committee and affiliated joint fundraising committees have a mixed $192 million money readily available, greater than double Trump’s $93.1 million.
