Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis traveled to Sacramento on Monday for a private breakfast at the Del Paso Country Club to raise money for his GOP presidential campaign. Rep. Joe Patterson, R-Rocklin, who attended the event, said about 50-60 people, mostly business leaders from the region, joined the $3,300-a-person fundraiser . “He had a lot of energy, just the room in general was very energetic,” Patterson said. “He’s taller than I expected, he’s got presence, he’s definitely presidential. He’s up for the challenge.” Both were invited by the DeSantis campaign. DeSantis discussed Florida vs. California during the COVID-19 pandemic, stressed the importance of parents’ rights and keeping schools open. DeSantis also took questions from the audience, Patterson said. Paterson said he is interested in supporting DeSantis for president. He said he has lost many residents in his district to Florida and joked with DeSantis to stop stealing from his constituents. “He’s not too much older than me, just by a couple of years. He’s got young kids like me, who resonate with me because this is the next generation of Republican leaders,” Patterson said. Patterson confirmed that Gov. Gavin Newsom was raised at the breakfast. “He talked about how Gavin Newsom can’t stop talking about him,” Patterson said. “It’s ridiculous, I wish the governor of California would spend more time talking about California and not Florida.” Just as the event began, Newsom’s campaign sent out an email to potential donors, which read in part: “The reason Republicans like Ron DeSantis are fanning the flames of the culture wars is to distract the attention to the fact that Florida has higher murder rates, worse education and worse health care outcomes than states like California.” DeSantis avoided reporters who spent the morning standing across the street from the country club’s front door. DeSantis and a motorcade used the club’s side service entrance to get in and out. Around 10:20 a.m., a KCRA 3 crew on scene captured video of DeSantis’ motorcade leaving the event. A flyer for the “roundtable breakfast” said real estate developer Steven Eggert and his wife, Pamela, hosted the fundraiser. Neither Eggert nor the DeSantis campaign responded to KCRA 3’s request for comment. A recent Berkeley IGS poll shows DeSantis trailing former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary in California, with 44% of likely Republican voters who said they would vote for Trump and 26% who said they would choose DeSantis. DeSantis’ stop in Sacramento is his first in California since he and his administration in Florida admitted their involvement in transporting 36 migrants from the southern Texas border and dropping them off, unannounced, in Sacramento. Civil actions may be brought against DeSantis, his administration and the private contractors hired to bring the migrants from one state to another. KCRA 3 has repeatedly asked Bonta’s office if he intended to contact DeSantis as part of this investigation, but he had not yet responded as of Monday afternoon. KCRA 3 saw police vehicles with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department inside the country club parking lot. Sources said the officers were there to help with security. Patterson said he saw “nothing out of the ordinary” about someone being under a possible criminal investigation. Sources told KCRA 3 DeSantis left next for a fundraiser in Coalinga, Fresno County at noon and was expected to fundraise in Silicon Valley Monday night. Also on Monday, President Joe Biden landed in the Bay Area to raise money for his campaign. President Biden arrived at Moffett Federal Airport in Santa Clara County and spoke about his administration’s efforts to address the climate crisis later in Palo Alto. He will also have a campaign reception at 3:30 p.m. in Los Gatos and another at 6:15 p.m. Atherton.Biden also plans to headline another fundraiser with tech and climate investors Tuesday night in Marin County. Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to attend.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis traveled to Sacramento on Monday for a private breakfast at the Del Paso Country Club to raise money for his GOP presidential campaign.
Rep. Joe Patterson, R-Rocklin, who attended the event, said about 50-60 people, mostly business leaders from the region, joined the $3,300-a-person fundraiser .
“He had a lot of energy, just the room in general was very energetic,” Patterson said. “He’s taller than I expected, he’s got presence, he’s definitely presidential. He’s up for the challenge.”
Patterson was one of two Republican lawmakers in attendance, the other being Rep. Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale. Both were invited by the DeSantis campaign.
DeSantis discussed Florida vs. California during the COVID-19 pandemic, stressed the importance of parents’ rights and keeping schools open. DeSantis also took questions from the audience, Patterson said.
Paterson said he is interested in supporting DeSantis for president. He said he has lost many residents in his district to Florida and joked with DeSantis to stop stealing from his constituents.
“He’s not too much older than me, just by a couple of years. He’s got young kids like me, who resonate with me because this is the next generation of Republican leaders,” Patterson said.
Patterson confirmed that Gov. Gavin Newsom was raised at the breakfast.
“He talked about how Gavin Newsom can’t stop talking about him,” Patterson said. “It’s ridiculous, I wish the governor of California would spend more time talking about California and not Florida.”
Just as the event began, Newsom’s campaign sent out an email to potential donors that read in part: “The reason Republicans like Ron DeSantis are fanning the flames of the culture wars is to distract the ‘attention to the fact that Florida has higher murder rates, worse education and worse health care outcomes than states like California.’
DeSantis avoided reporters who spent the morning standing across the street from the country club’s front door. DeSantis and a motorcade used the club’s side service entrance to get in and out.
Around 10:20 a.m., a KCRA 3 crew on scene captured video of DeSantis’ motorcade leaving the event.
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A procession of black cars, one presumably driven by Ron DeSantis, pulls out of the back/service entrance of the Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento.
A private fundraiser was reportedly held for him this morning, most reporters were waiting for him at the front door. pic.twitter.com/9cldAMDVjv
— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) June 19, 2023
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Still no sign of DeSantis from the front door.
We saw this person, who was carrying camera equipment, get dropped off at a rideshare service. His driver said he wanted to jump the fence because he didn’t think they would let him pass in front.
He was allowed in, unlike the rest of us. pic.twitter.com/7fmbOOidft
— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) June 19, 2023
A flyer for the “roundtable breakfast” said real estate developer Steven Eggert and his wife, Pamela, hosted the fundraiser. Neither Eggert nor the DeSantis campaign responded to KCRA 3’s request for comment.
A recent Berkeley IGS poll shows DeSantis trailing former President Donald Trump in California’s Republican primary, with 44% of likely Republican voters saying they would vote for Trump and 26% saying they would choose DeSantis .
DeSantis’ stop in Sacramento is his first in California since he and his administration in Florida admitted their involvement in transporting 36 migrants from the southern Texas border and dropping them off, unannounced, in Sacramento.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has said the state Department of Justice is working to determine whether criminal or civil actions can be taken against DeSantis, his administration and private contractors hired to bring migrants out of state to another KCRA 3 has repeatedly asked Bonta’s office if he intended to contact DeSantis as part of this investigation, but he had not yet responded as of Monday afternoon.
KCRA 3 saw police vehicles with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department inside the country club parking lot. Sources said the officers were there to help with security. Patterson said he saw “nothing out of the ordinary” about someone being under a possible criminal investigation.
Sources told KCRA 3 DeSantis left next for a fundraiser in Coalinga, Fresno County at noon and was expected to fundraise in Silicon Valley Monday night.
Also on Monday, President Joe Biden landed in the Bay Area to raise money for his campaign.
President Biden arrived at Moffett Federal Air Field in Santa Clara County and spoke about his administration’s efforts to address the climate crisis later in Palo Alto.
He also has a campaign reception at 3:30 p.m. in Los Gatos and another at 6:15 p.m. in Atherton.
Biden also plans to headline another fundraiser with tech and climate investors Tuesday night in Marin County. Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to attend.
