PAY FOR PLAY? Team DeSantis Pays Iowa Evangelical Leader $95,000; Gets Coveted Endorsement

Bob Vander Plaats, a high-profile evangelical leader in Iowa, officially endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Republican presidential primary. Vander Plaats made his announcement during a live appearance on Fox News Channel.

Earlier this year, the DeSantis campaign, a super PAC linked to him and a nonprofit group supporting him together paid $95,000 in recent months to the Family Leader Foundation, an Iowa-based nonprofit led by evangelical leader Vander Plaats, Reuters reported. ---More...