Ken Griffin, GOP megadonor, throws support behind Ron DeSantis for 2024 - Axios

Ken Griffin, the laminitis and CEO of hedge money Citadel, told Politico successful an interrogation published Sunday helium would backmost Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) if helium decides to tally for president successful 2024.

Why it matters: Griffin is simply a Republican megadonor, and his endorsement of a imaginable DeSantis bid is simply a snub toward former President Trump, who is expected to denote the motorboat of a 2024 statesmanlike run connected Nov. 14.

• Griffin, who has fixed Republican candidates and campaigns over $57 million successful the pb up to the 2022 midterms, previously ruled retired supporting Trump for different statesmanlike bid.

What they're saying: "I don’t cognize what he’s going to do. It’s a immense idiosyncratic decision,” Griffin told Politico of DeSantis.

• "He has a tremendous grounds arsenic politician of Florida, and our state would beryllium well-served by him arsenic president," Griffin added.
• "He did a batch of things truly good and missed the people connected immoderate important areas," Griffin said of Trump. "And for a litany of reasons, I deliberation it’s clip to determination connected to the adjacent generation."

The large picture: DeSantis has not publically announced his intentions for the 2024 election, but helium has besides refused to answer whether helium volition run.

• Trump mocked DeSantis astatine a rally successful Pennsylvania connected Saturday portion discussing the 2024 election, calling him “Ron DeSanctimonious."

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