DeSantis' refusal to 'act normal' cost him a key billionaire donor: insider

In a deep dive into a growing rift between conservative tech billionaires and the Republican party's 2024 presidential nomination aspirants, the Washington Post is reporting that top candidates Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-L) have alienated the wealthy donors due to their extremist antics.

According to the report, key Silicon Valley tech executives don't care about social issues and are desperately looking for someone who will do their bidding when it comes to deregulation.

However, when it comes to Trump and DeSantis, their obsession with red meat cultural issues favored by their fans has alienated key donors.

The Post is reporting, "Although the tech elite often have criticized the left and 'wokeness,' some now say the GOP has overemphasized divisive social issues such as transgender rights and abortion at the expense of the tech titans’ primary political goal: radical deregulation."

Case in point, the report notes, is billionaire David Sacks who moderated the DeSantis campaign launch along with Elon Musk back when "X" was still called Twitter.

Since that time, along with X's fortunes, that relationship has gone downhill.