Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to journey to Utah on Wednesday for a sequence of high-dollar fundraising occasions. Attendees pays $5,000 or extra to rub elbows with the potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate whereas he’s within the Beehive State.
Utah Lawyer Normal Sean Reyes is amongst a handful of enterprise leaders and Utah Republicans internet hosting a pair of fundraisers for DeSantis on Wednesday. Different high-profile Utahns listed as hosts for the fundraisers embody Clearlink founder James Clarke, property developer Scott Keller, Nomi Well being founder Mark Newman and Neutraceutical founder Bruce Hough, in accordance with invites obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune.
The occasions embody a breakfast in Salt Lake Metropolis and a lunch reception in Park Metropolis. Attendees on the breakfast are forking over $500 per particular person or $2,500 for a photograph with DeSantis. Tickets to the lunch occasion are $5,000 every.
The marketing campaign is carefully holding particulars about DeSantis’ journey to Utah. Attendees to Wednesday’s occasions weren’t given info on the placement till they responded to the invitation.
Reyes’ function in boosting DeSantis may increase a couple of eyebrows amongst some Republicans, given the legal professional common’s fervent help for former President Donald Trump. DeSantis is a doable rival to Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. This week’s fundraising journey to Utah is a doable first step in a possible DeSantis White Home bid.
Reyes was a surrogate on the marketing campaign path for Trump in the course of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections and co-chaired Trump’s 2020 re-election bid in Utah. He just lately grabbed a coveted talking slot at Trump’s Might rally in Casper, Wyoming. Trump is reportedly urging Reyes to problem Sen. Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination in 2024.
Regardless of the perceived political pressure between DeSantis and Trump, Reyes’ participation is just not a battle, says Alan Crooks, Reyes’ longtime political guide.
“These are uniquely completely different camps. DeSantis is concentrated on his reelection marketing campaign for governor in Florida proper now,” Crooks mentioned.
A current ballot out of Michigan exhibits the Florida governor solely three factors behind Trump amongst probably Republican voters, 45-42%. Nonetheless, in nationwide surveys, Trump nonetheless leads DeSantis by double digits.
DeSantis visited Utah final summer season to talk on the American Legislative Trade Council’s annual assembly.
Makes an attempt to contact the DeSantis marketing campaign have been unsuccessful.
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July 20, 2022 at 5:11 pm
How degrading the Utah AG has become! Reyes is known for denying COVID until he got it. He was seduced by the Big Lie about Trump’s 2020 election “victory” in which the MAGA guys could see was Biden’s victory by over 7 million votes. Now, Mr. Reyes is bowing and scraping to Florida’s DeSantis, knowing DJT will not be qualified to run in 2024 while in jail. But Reyes agreeing to DeSantis’ trying to dupe Utah voters with GOP promises is such a sham. We need ethical leadership, especially from lawyers who should begin supporting the U.S. Constitution. May God deliver us from such corrupt characters!