Mega Donor Threatens to Cut Off Funding If DeSantis Doesn’t Go Moderate

Ron DeSantis’s biggest individual donor, hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow, warned that he will cut off donations if the Republican 2024 candidate doesn’t turn moderate.

Robert Bigelow, founder and president of Bigelow Aerospace, takes questions from journalists during a tour of Bigelow Aerospace in North Las Vegas, Nev., on Sept. 12, 2019. Steve Marcus/Reuters

Ron DeSantis’s biggest individual donor, hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow, warned that he will cut off donations if the Republican 2024 candidate doesn’t turn moderate.

“He does need to shift to get to moderates. He'll lose if he doesn’t ... Extremism isn’t going to get you elected,” Mr. Bigelow said during an interview with Reuters, adding that he had communicated these concerns to Mr. DeSantis’s campaign.