Ron DeSantis explains why he needs a big campaign staff
In Utah Friday, Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis defended his campaign’s large staff, which topped out at 92 people before cuts earlier this month.
A big part of it, he told reporters, was the campaign eschews “consultants” in favor of “in house” employees, which he said actually saves money.
“First of all, we don’t do consultants. So we do everything in house. So yes, some people would not have some of the people we have, but they’d also be paying a lot more money for the consultants who charge a lot,” DeSantis said, calling it a “different model of doing more in house than doing consultants.”
“You know, you can raise money online, which we’ve done very well at,” DeSantis adde...
