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Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity cuts off money to Haley after South Carolina defeat

2024-02-26

[Washington Examiner] The Koch-aligned Americans for Prosperity Action will no longer be spending money on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s campaign, the political group announced less than 24 hours after former President Donald Trump defeated her in the South Carolina GOP primary.

In an email to staff on Sunday, Americans For Prosperity CEO Emily Seidel that the group’s political branch, AFP Action, had to "take stock" of its spending priorities after Haley’s most recent loss, Politico reported. The group will now direct its focus toward competitive Senate and House races.

"Nikki Haley has shown us again and again that we made the right decision in supporting her candidacy and she continues to have our strong endorsement," Seidel wrote. "She has made it clear that she will continue to fight and we wholeheartedly support her in this effort. But given the challenges in the primary states ahead, we don’t believe any outside group can make a material difference to widen her path to victory."

AFP Action, a network connected to conservative billionaire Charles Koch, signaled for months last fall they were ready to move on from Trump. And as Haley gained momentum as the challenger to Trump most likely to defeat him, the prominent political group threw its money behind the former United Nations ambassador.

Months later, the group’s financial abandonment of Haley represents a crucial loss in a winter packed with them. Haley has yet to win a primary contest against Trump and looks destined to concede the race to her former boss.

Posted by:Besoeker

#4 CTH has a superb analysis of this, with a key point posted below. His explanation of "Battered Conservative Syndrome", is spot-on:"Battered conservative syndrome is an outcome of the majority of those republican voters misunderstanding that corporate desires of the Republican and Democrat club apparatus are essentially merged into one party."

"MAGA is the Republican party now, and the corporate republican world has been dragged to the inflection point. The corporatists still have control over many of the internal mechanisms of the professional Republican party, but that control is slipping as more and more MAGA-minded people move into local, state and national political networks.

In the announcement that Charles Koch and AFP are withdrawing financial support for Nikki Haley, they are admitting the institutional republican apparatus is now dropping back to control their Senate and Congressional power systems. In essence if they cannot control the presidency, they will control all of the systems that stem from the office of the presidency and thereby block Trump from delivering on the America-First agenda."

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/02/26/big-ugly-shift-koch-network-drops-haley-support-retreats-to-senate-decepticon-alamo/#more-255919

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-02-26 14:07

#3 Trump may lose the general election. But unless the Deep State/Swamp assassinate him, he will be the candidate.

Posted by: no mo uro 2024-02-26 13:18

#2 It's a pity Lindsey Graham keeps winning there, though.

Posted by: DooDahMan 2024-02-26 12:43

#1 Think I read that she is the only Presidential candidate in history to lose her own state? Is that true?

Posted by: Tom 2024-02-26 12:41

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