- Ron DeSantis’ campaign accused Joe Biden of being an “executive who can’t be reached” in a fundraising email.
- The email comes an hour after The Washington Post reported that the DeSantis made at least 12 flights on a private jet funded by wealthy donors.
- Mr. DeSantis frequently advertises his blue-collar integrity and has a long history of commercial air travel.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a fundraising email on Wednesday, accusing President Joe Biden of being an “unreachable executive.”email came in an hour The Washington Post reported DeSantis and his wife, Casey, said they flew at least a dozen times in private jets funded by wealthy donors.
Prominent Florida home developer Mori Hosseini rented a private jet to DeSantis as recently as February, according to the report.
The governor of Florida often touts his righteous blue collar, has a long history of civil air travel Funded by wealthy and sometimes secret donors.
At a campaign event in New Hampshire earlier this month, Mr. DeSantis again alluded to his working-class roots. Dressed in jeans and cowboy boots, the Florida governor referred to himself as a “blue-collar kid” and that his grandfather was a steel worker.
Last month, Mr. DeSantis signed a bill to hide information about his past and future travels from journalists and political opponents.
The bill was signed into law just days before billionaire Elon Musk officially launched his 2024 campaign at an audio-only Twitter Space event hosted by him.
After a clumsy start fraught with technical problems, the governor of Florida leaned into a campaign against an “awakened” ideology, calling Mr. Musk a “free speech advocate” and praising him, Thank you for investing billions in buying Twitter.
A few weeks later, DeSantis signed a bill banning direct sales of cars in Florida, leaving a notable exception for Musk’s Tesla and other electric car companies.
Meanwhile, Musk has publicly endorsed DeSantis’ 2024 presidential campaign. He tweeted that the current Republican front-runner, former President Donald Trump, is too old to run in 2024 and that DeSantis will “easily beat” Biden.
In Wednesday’s fundraising email, Florida’s governor accused Biden of “poor leadership,” saying, “Year after year, we let this situation go unnoticed, and we continue to stray further from the core principles on which we were founded, and the federal government continues to serve the average citizen. I’ve seen them neglect the needs of others,” he added. I’m American. “
A spokesperson for Governor DeSantis’ office referred the insider’s question to the campaign. A spokeswoman for the campaign did not respond to a request for comment.