AFP Action, the powerful and influential conservative group Americans for Prosperity, which is backed by the billionaire Koch brothers, is funding Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign. pulled out an offer.
In an email to staff obtained by Fox News, AFP Action senior adviser Emily Seidel said the group “does not believe that any outside group can bring about significant change toward expansion.” No,” he said. [Haley’s] the road to success. ”
“So while we continue to support her, we will focus our resources where we can make a difference, and that is the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives,” Seidel wrote.
Former South Carolina Governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley during an election night watch party on Saturday, February 24, 2024 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The news was first reported by Politico early Sunday.
AFP Action endorsed Haley in November, giving her a major grassroots and organizational boost.
The financially deep and conservative network launched an advertising blitz on Haley’s behalf in January, including mailers, digital ads and connected TV spots.
AFP Action, which had pledged to spend tens of millions of dollars to push former President Trump out of Republicans who endorsed Haley in late November, initially pledged $27 million last month to support this new wave in the ongoing campaign. announced that it would introduce
Highlights of the South Carolina Republican primary where Trump wins in a landslide and Haley vows to continue
The news was announced Saturday in Haley’s home state of South Carolina after Haley’s Republican rival, former President Trump, secured the party’s nomination.
Despite losing and resisting calls to withdraw from the race, Haley said this is not “the end of our story” as she traveled to Michigan on Sunday ahead of Tuesday’s state primary. Told.
Republican presidential candidate and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a primary election night rally at Charleston Place on February 24, 2024 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Less than 24 hours after Saturday night’s defeat, Ms. Haley’s campaign announced that it had raised $1 million “solely from grassroots supporters,” adding that it was “a testament to Ms. Haley’s staying power and to the broader American public.” “It shows the appeal of the government.”
But as of Sunday, support for Haley’s campaign from Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, also ended.
With Saturday’s victory in the race for first place in the South, Trump has now swept every primary and caucus on the early Republican calendar that awards delegates. Because of his performance, Haley, a former U.N. ambassador, is left with little room for maneuver.
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Still, Haley insists she will persist despite mounting pressure to abandon her candidacy in a 2020 rematch and force President Trump to focus entirely on Democratic President Joe Biden. ing.
