The legality of the solicitations depends on a series of factors. A longtime Florida election law attorney said that even if the DeSantis aides are fundraising for the campaign in their personal capacity, off govt. clock, it still raised ethical questions.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Officials who work for Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration — not his campaign — have been sending text messages to Florida lobbyists soliciting political contributions for DeSantis' presidential bid, a breach of traditional norms that has raised ethical and legal questions and left many here in the state capital shocked.
NBC News is not naming the specific staffers who sent the text messages because it could out the lobbyists who received the messages and shared them. Generally, political staffers are charged with raising money for political campaigns, and aides on the official side are walled off from those operations.
“What the f--- am I supposed to do?” one lobbyist said. “I have a lot of business in front of the DeSantis administration.” “Using a bundle code makes it look like certain employees get credit with the campaign,” the person added. “It’s very questionable.” Republican consultants and fundraisers in other states told NBC News they have not heard of a similar situation of state employees trying to get political contributions, and it would raise serious questions if their clients tried a similar approach.
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