Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wanted $100k donations from University of Florida trusteesor they'd lose t
Nikki Fried, Florida's agriculture commissioner and a Democratic candidate for governor, has accused Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of trying to leverage campaign donations over members of the Florida public university system's boards of trustees.
Fried is the only Democrat to win a statewide election in Florida since 2018, and is one of three Democrats challenging DeSantis in next August's primary.
DeSantis is already considered a rising GOP star and contender for the party's 2024 presidential nomination by some Republican insiders. He has come under scrutiny from critics for appointing major donors to boards of trustees across the state's university system and signing a controversial law on what he's described as student "indoctrination" at the public institutions of higher learning, threatening to defund campuses without adequate "ideological diversity."
"I don't know if this is as public. You all should know," Fried said at a virtual town hall event held Tuesday night by the United Faculty of Florida Union.
"Our current boards of trustees across the state were required to give a campaign contribution to Ron DeSantis in the amount of $100,000," she continued. "And if they didn't give him the campaign contribution, they were not reappointed to the boards. That is what we are dealing with here in the state of Florida with this Governor."
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