https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67558465


"A powerhouse donor base that has funded conservative causes for more than two decades says it is swinging behind Nikki Haley's 2024 presidential bid.

Billionaire Charles Koch's network has raised millions in an effort to help Republicans move past Donald Trump.

But as the party's voters prepare to begin picking their preferred candidate in January, the ex-president dominates the rest of the field.

The Koch endorsement of Mrs Haley has the potential to reshape the race.

The former South Carolina governor is still polling roughly 50 points behind the man she once served as United Nations ambassador.

But her headline-grabbing TV debate performances and a recent favourability bump in early-voting states, as a once-crowded Republican field begins to thin out, have given hope to those who want an alternative to Mr Trump.


In recent weeks, several high-profile donors have indicated they will back her over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is polling in second place but whose campaign appears to be faltering.

In a memo on Tuesday, Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) - the Koch network's political advocacy arm - celebrated Mrs Haley as "a candidate capable of turning the page on Washington's toxic culture - and a candidate who can win".

It added that internal polling and voter outreach shows Mrs Haley performing best in a hypothetical general election match-up with Joe Biden, the Democrats' current likely 2024 nominee.

In a statement from her campaign, Mrs Haley said she was "honoured" by the support of an organisation that boasts "millions of grassroots members".

"AFP Action's members know that there is too much at stake in this election to sit on the sidelines," she wrote. "We have a country to save, and I'm grateful to have AFP Action by our side."

But the Trump campaign dismissed the endorsement, saying on Tuesday that no amount of "shady money" from "the political arm of the China First, America Last movement" would help Mrs Haley win.

The Republican frontrunner himself lashed out on Wednesday, writing online: "These losers have fought me from 2016 to the present."

Critics have questioned whether the lone woman in the race has the campaign infrastructure to maintain her momentum as election season heats up.

But it is a problem that Tuesday's endorsement - with the advertising, advocacy and voter mobilisation efforts that accompany it - could go a long way in helping to solve.

It is also a big blow to Mr DeSantis, who was most recently endorsed by AFP Action ahead of his 2022 re-election as governor.

His campaign slammed the decision as evidence of the political establishment "lining up behind a moderate who has no mathematical pathway of defeating the former president".

Getty Images Donald Trump at a football game in South CarolinaGetty Images
No amount of "shady money" will help Ms Haley defeat Mr Trump, his campaign says
The Koch network, which has raised more than $70m (£55m) in the 2024 election cycle, is already spending $4m on ads criticising the ex-president, according to AdImpact.

In its Tuesday memo, AFP Action apologised to DeSantis supporters but warned that a divided primary field would only benefit Mr Trump and "we are entering a time period that demands choices".

It marks the first time the influential organisation has put its thumb on the scale ahead of a Republican presidential primary.

"As many of you know, AFP Action has never engaged in a presidential election before, but... to write a new chapter for our country, we need to turn the page on the past," AFP's memo reads.

"Donald Trump and Joe Biden will only further perpetuate the country's downward spiral in politics."

The Koch network did not back Mr Trump's successful bid for the White House in 2016.

During the Trump years, it scored several major policy victories, including on tax reform, but opposed his stance on government spending and trade issues.

The ex-president and his potent brand of populism have, in turn, helped to diminish the influence moneyed donors he refers to as "globalist elites" have over the Republican Party.

Republicans will begin voting in the 2024 primary in January. Their eventual nominee currently looks likely to face Mr Biden next November."

Well that's it. We had a wonderful run boyos but this marks the end of Blllluuuuummmmffffttttttt. This surely is the end. Walls closing in.

Koch...more like Cuck

Think they were originally behind Tim Scott's PACs.

The open borders/mass amnesty Koch bro(1 down) has picked their horse.

You cannot go wrong with either of them.

You can only go wrong with Biden, Obama, Clinton. Or Newsom.

Another jew running things from the shadows!

Great. Now we know which horse to bet against.

Yeah You’re right. Not ever corrupt politician in a position of power has to be Jewish ffs. Just lol

I'm sorry, I recall the jew media claiming that Trump was being antisemitic in his attacks on the Koch brothers, which led me to assume they were apart of the tribe. They must be honorary jews in order to be defended by the jewish media I suppose. Good **** indeed.

https://www.breitbart.com/immigratio...raduates-need/

Nikki Haley: Let CEOs Import Workers and Graduates They ‘Need

American CEOs should be allowed to import all the foreign workers they say they “need,” Nikki Haley told supporters at a New Hampshire campaign stop.

Yes, the fabric of America is legal immigration.

Now you know why the GOP/Wall St billionaire donor class loves her.

She is a deciple of the George Bush belief of, any willing worker, meaning, Wall St/Big Tech/American CEOs, etc should be allowed to bring over as many foreign born workers to directly compete/take the jobs of American workers they deem fit.

Imagine voting for someone who's promising to end your childrens future.

This is why I keep telling you the distinction between legal and illegal immigration is a furphy. All just units of production.

A female RINO

Just what we fecking need

Another absolute cnut

The graph at the bottom of the page tells you why the piggies are squealing....

https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/immigration/

It's almost like they totally forgot how Ron already wasted like $200 million, just lighting cash on fire in a failed attempt to get the nom from Trump.

why don't you post from your original account, it's not banned

Had to google furphy.

Im reminded of the Rand Paul quote(MAGA ratards next savior)...thats hes againstIllegalimmigration, only because they shouldn't be illegal...

The Koch brothers are very impressive in the political network they have built out. All the way from grass roots organizations to academic institutes, polling companies and thinktanks.

Check out the book "Dark Money" to learn more about them.

That being said, they backed Chris Christie in 2016, didn't support Trump in 2020, and now they are backing warhawk neo-con Haley in 2024.

If money won politics Chris Christie would be ending his second term shortly. It's about strategy and having your finger on the pulse of society. They don't have it anymore.