OAN’s Trumpy Boss Robert Herring Cuts a Fat Check for Ron DeSantis
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One America News (OAN) far-right channel – currently in the middle of a Crisis exists—It may be faithful to animation in Donald Trump’s push to push things through, but it looks like the network’s founder and boss is playing toe with the former president’s top potential 2024 primary rival.
According to Florida election records shared with Confider by American Bridge 21 Century PAC, OAN founder and CEO Robert Herring earlier this month cut a check for $20,000 to Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC, the Florida governor’s state political action committee, is currently promoting a re-selective campaign.
This donation is particularly notable considering OAN and Herring’s unwavering loyalty to Trump and the many ways the former president has quietly tunnel end the arrival of DeSantis as heir to the MAGA throne.
As The Daily Beast reported, the mere prospect of a race between Trump and DeSantis 2024 has begun create rival factions among the far-right media.
When asked about the donation, Herring emailed Confider: “It means we support De Santis as vice president. I believe President Trump is the greatest President of my eighty years.”
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