The massive political network founded by the Koch brothers on Tuesday endorsed Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, giving her a potential boost in her increasingly competitive primary battle against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and front-runner Donald Trump.
The network, Americans for Prosperity Action, could be a vehicle to bolster Haley’s ground game in the months leading up to the vote in Iowa and New Hampshire, where the former U.N. ambassador has been strengthening her presence.
The Koch network has already spent millions of dollars attacking Trump in the Republican primaries, and this endorsement marks their decision on who would be the best Republican alternative to him.
Haley “has what it takes to lead a policy agenda to confront our nation’s biggest challenges and help ensure our country’s best days are ahead,” Americans for Prosperity Action said in its announcement. “With the data and foundation capabilities we bring to this race, no other organization is better equipped to help you achieve this.”
The Koch brothers’ political network has endorsed Republican Nikki Haley for president. AFP Action
Charles and David Koch, sons of Fred Koch, the founder of Koch Industries, have spent hundreds of millions of dollars over the past two decades building think tanks and political apparatuses to influence public opinion toward libertarianism.
Haley expressed gratitude for the support and said she is “humbled” by the support of the group and its “millions of grassroots members across the country.”
“AFP Action members know there is too much at stake in this election to sit on the sidelines,” said the 51-year-old former South Carolina governor. “This is a choice between freedom and socialism, individual freedom and big government, fiscal responsibility and spiraling debt. “We have a country to save and I am grateful to have AFP Action by our side.”
Donad Trump has had a polling chokehold in the Republican Party primaries, leading Ron DeSantis, his closest competitor in the polls, by more than 40 points. AP
DeSantis’ team immediately sent out a memo criticizing the endorsement, claiming that Trump actually earned the group’s endorsement because “every dollar spent on Nikki Haley’s candidacy must be reported as in-kind to the Trump campaign.”
“Congratulations to Donald Trump for getting Koch’s endorsement. “Like clockwork, the pro-open border, pro-prison release bill establishment is lining up behind a moderate who has no mathematical path to defeating the former president,” DeSantis communications director Andrew Romeo said in a statement. a statement. “Every dollar spent on Nikki Haley’s candidacy should be reported as in-kind to the Trump campaign. “No one has a stronger record of defeating the establishment than Ron DeSantis, and this time will be no different.”
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