FOX NEWS REPORT: GOP megadonors want to move on from 'three-time loser' Trump, look to back DeSantis in 2024 presidential bid

GOP megadonors are looking past former President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, saying they’ll back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should he decide to launch a bid for the White House.

Following poor midterm results for Trump-backed candidates, the former president announced his third run for the White House on Tuesday from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

But three Republican megadonors, Ken Griffin, Andy Sabin and Stephen Ross, appear ready to move on from Trump.

Griffin, the billionaire founder of Citadel, a multinational hedge fund and financial services company, made comments supporting DeSantis over Trump on Tuesday at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore before the former president’s re-election announcement.

"I’d like to think that the Republican Party is ready to move on from somebody who has been for this party a three-time loser," Griffin said, recounting Trump’s 2020 defeat, losing Georgia Senate "It is time for the Republican Party to turn to a new generation of leaders and I intend to support one of them in the presidential primaries," the billionaire said, without explicitly mentioning DeSantis.seats in 2021 and the recent disappointing midterm results.

Griffin said that DeSantis is "going to run on a record of just unbelievable accomplishment" if he chooses to enter the race.

Griffin, who gave $5 million to DeSantis’ re-election race, has an estimated fortune $29 billion, according to Bloomberg.

Another Republican megadonor, Stephen Schwarzman, who is chairman, CEO and co-founder of private-equity firm Blackstone, distanced himself from Trump on Wednesday, telling Axios that it is time for new leadership.

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