Republican Florida Gubernatorial candidate Rep. Ron DeSantis is claiming he can’t return the money donated to his campaign by a Republican activist who called President Barack Obama the n-word because he already spent it.
According to the Associated Press and Politico, DeSantis spent the more that $9,000 in donations from Steve Alembik before the August primaries. Alembik, who tweeted calling Obama a Muslim and the n-word, has donated more than $20,000 to DeSantis’s campaign, but $11,000 of that was returned due to an accounting error.
DeSantis’s campaign told the AP that he would not be accepting any more donations from Alembik.
Looks like he is running a stellar campaign and now admits his campaign is broke…
Because, y’know, money is entirely not fungible. And every cent they spent has the name of the precise donor who gave it attached to it.
(I also wonder about that “accounting error” thing. Is there a limit on campaign contributions that was violated? Was there a straw contribution that was discovered?)
Citizens United at its finest
ROTFLMAO, thanks!
DeSantis, it’s too late to turn back now!