DeSantis Excites Crowd in Speech to Alabama GOP, Prompts Record Fundraising

While Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not yet announced whether he will seek the Republican presidential nomination next year, appearances across the country, including in Alabama last week, have drummed up excitement among Republican voters.
DeSantis was the special guest speaker for the Alabama Republican Party’s (ALGOP) Winter Dinner in Hoover, Alabama, outside of Birmingham on Thursday.
In a press release, the party noted that demand to see DeSantis was so high, the event was moved from the Birmingham Sheraton to the larger Finley Center in nearby Hoover just days after tickets went on sale.
The party said attendance records were broken alongside fundraising numbers, with over 1,700 guests and nearly $700,000 grossed from the event, according to the release. The previous attendance record was achieved by former Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the 2011 ALGOP Summer Dinner….}