'On the face of it, you lean toward Trump,' Bigelow said.
Former President Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Trendsetter Engineering Inc. on Nov. 2 in Houston, Texas. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesIt's a blow to the Florida governor, who has struggled to grain traction against the former president — and already almost exhausted his"I've got to look at who would probably be the strongest commander, with the most experience ...
"Who would you want as a commander? I'd want somebody that would be a hell of an ass kicker if he needed to be," he said."I think Trump is too strong," Bigelow told the FT of a Trump-DeSantis matchup, although he noted Trump needed to stay out of jail.Bigelow earlier this year became the biggest donor of the super PAC supporting DeSantis, Never Back Down, giving more than $20 million.
Roughly three-quarters of all of DeSantis' fundraising came from donors who can't give anymore in the primary because they gave the maximum primary amount of $3,300, per a Politicothat he would stop donating to DeSantis unless he garnered more new donors and took a more moderate approach, especially after he signed a bill banning abortion after six weeks.
"He does need to shift to get to moderates. He'll lose if he doesn't ... Extremism isn't going to get you elected," he said in August.Share on linkedin
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