Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, formally endorsed Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign on Tuesday, promising to commit its nationwide army of activists — and virtually unlimited funds — to helping Haley defeat former President Donald Trump in the GOP primary contest.
“AFP Action is proud to throw our full support behind Nikki Haley, who offers America the opportunity to turn the page on the current political era, to win the Republican primary and defeat Joe Biden next November,” AFP president and CEO Emily Seidel wrote in a memo announcing the group’s decision.
“She has what it takes to lead a policy agenda to take on our nation’s biggest challenges and help ensure our country’s best days are ahead. With the grassroots and data capability we bring to bear in this race, no other organization is better equipped to help her do it.”
The endorsement may help Haley address one of her biggest strategic liabilities.
I’m happy to see GOP donations go to someone other than Trump for a change. The republican primary fight is going to be between Trump, DeSantis, Haley, and the Department of Justice.
OK, I mean, she’s not Trump, and that’s nice. But, based on current polling she’s not even the highest polling of all the people losing to Trump by a large margin. Even if all support currently going to “not Trump” were to swing to Haley, she’d still. be behind. Unless something major changes between the polling numbers now and how the GOP Primary vote shakes out in a few months, 2024 is going to be Trump v. Biden again. The debates, the news like this and all of the GOP Primary is just a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing.
My boss a Republican who voted for Biden because fuck Trump likes her. Don’t ask me why he scum.
Conservatives playing the ‘woman card’ for votes, thinking it’ll sway centrists. Trump and DeSantis won’t clinch the broader base. Koch sees a chance to push their agenda with a female candidate, mirroring the success of Italian fascists with Meloni.
The Republicans are finally at the point where they can only win by cheating. Unfortunately when they get caught cheating, Democrats just finger-waggle and that’s only if they are feeling especially vindictive. The Republicans are only half the problem, we simply cannot abide by Guardians who refuse to protect us
Lol.
She’s a token within her party. You need only look at how GOP leaders like McConnell treat their few female members, as disposable outrage shields for their male members at evey opportunity made the face of controversial legislation for no reason, to know how GOP voters will feel about nominating or being led by a woman.
They literally never got back on anything resembling rails since the first POTUS ever that wasn’t an old white man.
The truth is, a massive portion of the GOP electorate would rather Nikki Haley and all other women didn’t even have a vote at the ballot box.
Nikki Haley will have the same faux enthusiasm as candidates like Ben Carson, so Republicans can declare “nuhuh we’re not racist/sexist, look at all the tokens we pretended to take seriously for a couple news cycles before going back to our original and always preferred choice!”
You’re right. I bet she’s angling for VP.
Only way she’ll ever be POTUS.
::Raising Eyebrows:: Tell me more about this Koch Network and what this “virtually unlimited funds” gets us in bill riders and lobbyists against 95% of American interests?
I hate politics so much. Once you follow the money and see why they spend billions to get someone elected, you’ll wind up hating it all too.
Go Nikki Haley. I will never ever vote for you, but you’re not Trump.
ETA actually I would possibly vote for her or almost anyone not Trump in the primary.
Americans for Prosperity(of the Kochs)
