Governor Ron DeSantis tweeted out his support of Daniel Penny’s legal defense fund on Friday night. By Sunday night, Vivek Ramaswamy had upped the ante to that tweet and announced his contribution to the legal defense fund. He contributed $10,000, which is a large contribution for most of us but Ramaswamy is a multi-millionaire so he has the ability to be a generous as he’d like to be.

Anyone else have a brief flashback to another multi-millionaire making a reference to $10,000? Remember when Mitt Romney challenged Barack Obama to a $10,000 bet during a debate? Yeah. It’s a different number for multi-millionaires.

We must defeat the Soros-Funded DAs, stop the Left's pro-criminal agenda, and take back the streets for law abiding citizens. We stand with Good Samaritans like Daniel Penny. Let’s show this Marine… America’s got his back.
https://t.co/uQXZuT19Mo

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantisFL) May 13, 2023

As usual, DeSantis leads, the others follow. Where are the other Republican candidates? I looked for a comment from Nikki Haley but didn’t find anything. I did find one tweet from Larry Elder in which he hashtags a response to a reporter’s tweet.

#DanielPenny https://t.co/yliVKlEg57

— Larry Elder (@larryelder) May 14, 2023

The legal defense fund has taken off. The former Marine-turned-subway hero has received over $2M in contributions to his online fundraiser. It seems like to me that it should be a no-brainer for the GOP candidates to support him. He’s being charged criminally by a George Soros sponsored D.A. in New York. It’s the same D.A. who is busy reducing charges on felons and allowing them to walk free.

Ramaswamy is one of tens of thousands of supporters who have pitched in to help the 24-year-old Penny after he was slapped with a second-degree manslaughter charge Friday over the deadly encounter.

More than 40,000 donations had already been made to the GiveSendGo legal fund set up by Penny’s attorneys as of Monday morning.

“The outpouring of support for Danny is always measured by the amount raised, but what is even more telling is that tens of thousands of people from all over the world have taken the time to donate,” Penny’s attorney, Steven M. Raiser, told The Post.

“This level of support demonstrates that the situation forced upon him in that subway car earlier this month, and his subsequent arrest, has struck a chord in the psyche of New Yorkers and has been echoed nationwide.

The 24-year-old former Marine was trying to protect fellow subway riders from what he thought was a dangerous situation. The person allegedly threatening others had an open arrest warrant. He was known to New York police, as he was a mentally ill homeless man who was on a Top 50 list of people “who stand out for the severity of their troubles and their resistance to accepting help.” He had been arrested multiple times. He pleaded guilty to assaulting a 67-year-old woman in 2021.

Any money not used for Penny’s legal defense will be donated to a mental health advocacy program in New York City.