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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHUGE:After his wealthy Florida Keys enclave got early vaccines, ex-Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner gave
$250,000 to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/vaccines/ct-bruce-rauner-covid-vaccine-rick-desantis-florida-keys-20210304-sv3sw22vezbedmxaffk5xuutja-story.html
Former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner made a $250,000 campaign contribution to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week after seniors in the uber-wealthy Florida Keys enclave where Rauner owns a home were among the first in the state to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in January.
Rauners connection to the favorable treatment first was reported Wednesday by the Miami Herald, which obtained a memo the management of the exclusive Ocean Reef Club sent to residents noting that its medical center had vaccinations for residents age 65 and over while most Floridians struggled to access the shots. DeSantis has used the states vaccination program to open special distribution sites in select communities while skipping state and local vaccine registration logs, various Florida news outlets have reported..
The Herald reported that since DeSantis started sending vaccines to select communities, his campaign had raised $2.7 million in February alone the most since his run for governor in 2018. The highly exclusive Ocean Reef Club where Rauner lives is a gated community with more than 2,000 members, according to Sothebys International Realty.
How DeSantis has rolled out the vaccines in Florida has come under scrutiny. State data has shown Black residents receiving the shots at a rate that is far less than their share of the states population.
The Florida governor also has faced questions about steering vaccines to three high-end communities developed by Republican fundraiser Pat Neal, who the Herald reported has given $125,000 to the governors campaign. After local reports about the vaccination access granted to one of the Neal developments, DeSantis dismissed the criticism.
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DeathSentence has raised lots of money from these donors
https://www.tampabay.com/news/2021/03/04/wealthy-florida-keys-enclave-received-vaccines-in-january-before-much-of-the-state/
Many wealthy donors to the Florida Republican Party and GOP candidates, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, live there.
In fact, the only people from Key Largo who gave to DeSantis political committee live in Ocean Reef. All 17 of them had given the governor contributions of $5,000 each through December 2020, according to the Florida Division of Elections.
But on Feb. 25, one resident of Ocean Reef, Bruce Rauner, the former Republican governor of Illinois and former chairman of the Chicago-based private equity firm, GTCR, increased his contribution and wrote a $250,000 check.
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DeathSentence is going to get caught one of these days
Laurelin
(525 posts)How do Republicans get away with this stuff?
malaise
(268,987 posts)Good effin' grief - this man is crooked
tanyev
(42,554 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)ananda
(28,859 posts)...
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Getting busted for corruption and crimes used to be a political death sentence. Now it's a rite of passage for the GOP.
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)He got reelected *after* he was indicted.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)malaise
(268,987 posts)of corruption
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)... DOJ investigate right away.
MAGA Cultist push the boundaries into doing the wrong thing for wrong reasons we should be pushing the boundaries at doing the right thing.
This on its face looks illegal, DeathSentence deserves being investigated for this shit
malaise
(268,987 posts)Wasn't he second in the CPAC straw poll?
bdamomma
(63,849 posts)Ron DeathSentence just a matter of time before he goes down.
malaise
(268,987 posts)and remain hopeful
greatauntoftriplets
(175,735 posts)Thank the gods he's gone.
Bo Zarts
(25,396 posts)maryellen99
(3,788 posts)malaise
(268,987 posts)Something is seriously wrong - he should be in prison by now
Thekaspervote
(32,764 posts)Botany
(70,504 posts)malaise
(268,987 posts)without seeing this
Expose them and lock them up!
keithsw
(436 posts)It seems that Republicans can do, and get away with whatever they want, rather they have the majority or not
keithbvadu2
(36,793 posts)malaise
(268,987 posts)It is criminal
marmar
(77,080 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)They are SO blatant, SO arrogant. It's not, unfortunately, unbelievable, because we've been conditioned by their shitzpah for years and years and years. They have certainly become supremely confident in their bullet-proof positions.
malaise
(268,987 posts)The words are arrogance and hubris. That said it is unbelievable that M$Greedia doesn't expose these crooks 24/7.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)Reporters may be more liberal than conservative, but the higher up the food chain you go, you get closer and closer to the billionaires that control the media in the US. Something like 70% of all media outlets are owned by 6 corporations.