一位顶级共和党捐助者最近称自己是佛罗里达州州长奥巴马的“重要支持者”。罗恩·德桑蒂斯知情人士告诉ABC新闻，现在预计将为妮基·黑利举办一场筹款活动。

据消息人士透露，投资者基思·拉布瓦(Keith Rabois)是佛罗里达州的风险投资家，也是所谓的“贝宝黑手党”的校友，预计本月晚些时候将在迈阿密为哈利举办筹款活动。

消息人士称，该活动原定于昨晚举行，但被推迟了。

根据美国广播公司新闻频道(ABC News)获得的昨晚计划活动的邀请函副本，这场每人1万美元的筹款活动被宣传为拉布瓦和他的丈夫雅各布·赫尔伯格(Jacob Helberg)举办的“私人招待会”。

一位熟悉拉布瓦和赫尔伯格想法的人告诉美国广播公司新闻，他们“非常支持”哈利，“真的很喜欢她。”

当被问及从德桑蒂斯跳槽的问题时，该消息人士称，拉布瓦和赫尔伯格“就像美国人民一样:一边走一边做决定。”

这一事态发展正值前联合国大使兼前南卡罗来纳州州长哈利越来越被视为共和党总统初选中的一颗新星。最新的新闻全国民调平均值来自538的她仅落后罗恩·德桑蒂斯6分，而就在6个月前，罗恩·德桑蒂斯还领先她20多分。

2023年10月13日，共和党总统候选人妮基·黑利在新罕布什尔州纳舒厄举行的新罕布什尔州共和党首次国家领导人峰会上发表讲话。

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就在这次筹款活动之前三个月，拉布瓦在7月的一次《财富》会议上明确表示支持德桑蒂斯，“我想非常明确地说，我和我丈夫都是州长及其所有政策的重要支持者。”

根据当时的一份报告，拉布瓦在会上说，“我们认为他在佛罗里达州所做的事情是每个州都应该效仿的做法，毫无例外。”。

拉布瓦还表示支持德桑蒂斯竞选总统，他在2022年9月告诉《财富》杂志，他将“兴奋地”在白宫看到州长，他希望德桑蒂斯能够利用他的“问题组合”将自己与其他人进行对比。

尽管受到了公众的赞扬，但联邦选举委员会的记录并没有显示，截至上个月，拉布瓦曾为德桑蒂斯的总统竞选捐款。记录还显示，截至今年6月，拉布瓦没有向支持德桑蒂斯的主要超级政治行动委员会捐款。拉布瓦在上一次选举中也没有向德桑蒂斯的州长竞选捐款。

筹款活动的消息发布之前，Citadel对冲基金创始人兼首席执行官肯·格里芬最近透露，他计划不参加共和党总统初选，不支持他在2022年支持的德桑蒂斯。消息人士告诉ABC新闻，格里芬对佛罗里达州州长早期竞选的表现越来越失望，并等待德桑蒂斯作为候选人表现出进步。

在过去的十年里，拉博伊斯一直是共和党的一名多产捐赠者，向许多众议院和参议院共和党人提供了数百万美元。在过去的几个选举周期中，他明显加大了政治捐赠力度，向众议院共和党人捐赠了数十万美元。

今年到目前为止，他已经为保护众议院提供了近70万美元，众议院是由现已下台的众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡领导的众议院共和党人联合筹款委员会。

去年，他向麦卡锡的联合筹款活动捐赠了86万美元，前年捐赠了近77.2万美元。

Nikki Haley nabs fundraiser from GOP donor who previously supported DeSantis: Sources

A top GOP donor who recently called himself a "significant supporter" of Florida Gov.Ron DeSantisis now expected to host a fundraiser for Nikki Haley, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Investor Keith Rabois, a Florida-based venture capitalist and alum of the so-called "PayPal Mafia," is expected to host the fundraiser for Haley in Miami later this month, according to the sources.

The event was originally supposed to be held last night, but was postponed, sources said.

The $10,000-per-head fundraiser was billed as an "intimate private reception" hosted by Rabois and his husband Jacob Helberg, according to a copy of the invitation for last night's planned event that was obtained by ABC News.

A person familiar with Rabois and Helberg's thinking told ABC News that they are "very much on board" with Haley and "really like her."

Asked about the switch from DeSantis, the source said Rabois and Helberg are "like the American people: making up their minds as they go along."

The development comes as Haley, the former United Nations ambassador and former South Carolina governor, is increasingly seen as a rising star in the GOP presidential primary. The latestnational polling averagefrom 538 has her just six points behind Ron DeSantis, who was beating her by over 20 points just six months ago.

The fundraiser comes just three months after Rabois emphatically expressed support for DeSantis, stating at a Fortune conference in July, "I want to say very clearly that my husband and I are significant supporters of the governor and all his policies."

"We think what he's doing in Florida is the recipe that should be copied in every state -- period, without exception," Rabois said at the conference, according to a report at the time.

Rabois also expressed support for DeSantis' candidacy in the lead-up to DeSantis' presidential run, telling Fortune in September 2022 that he would be "excited" to see the governor in the White House and that he hoped DeSantis would use his "portfolio of issues" to contrast himself to others.

Despite the public praise, FEC records do not show that Rabois, as of last month, had contributed to DeSantis's presidential campaign. Records also show no donations by Rabois to the main super PAC supporting DeSantis, as of June this year. Neither did Rabois donate to DeSantis' gubernatorial campaign last election cycle.

News of the fundraiser comes after Citadel hedge fund founder and CEO Ken Griffin recently revealed that he plans to sit out the GOP presidential primary and not back DeSantis, whom he supported in 2022. Griffin had grown increasingly frustrated with how the Florida governor's early campaign was playing out and with waiting for DeSantis to show progress as a candidate, sources told ABC News.

Rabois has been a prolific GOP donor over the past decade, giving millions of dollars to numerous House and Senate Republicans. He has noticeably ramped up his political giving in the past couple election cycles, giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to House Republicans.

So far this year, he has given nearly $700,000 to Protect the House, the joint fundraising committee for House Republicans, led by now-ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Last year, he gave $860,000 to McCarthy's joint fundraising operation and the previous year, he gave nearly $772,000.