Koch network endorses Nikki Haley for president as it looks to stop Trump

Anyone Koch supports is corrupt.

The entire #GOP, from top to bottom, is corrupt. The only good Republican politicians are either long dead or got kicked out of the party in the last 8 years.

It's #fascists all the way down now.
- I think there are a few like Mitt and Paul Ryan still around that haven't drank the kool-aid, but they're staying pretty quiet.
Koch-hatched libertarian foundations sponsored Milei in Argentina

I hope the republicans pick anybody but Trump, but just try to imagine them picking a first generation Indian American woman for president. That sounds like a deafening amount of cognitive dissonance.

Haley was born Nimarata Nikki Randhawa

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Haley

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- It's very important to them. It's their superpower.
She was called slurs multiple times by Republican state-level politicians while she was governor of SC. And that was before they all started saying the quiet parts out loud.
One of her primary opponents is Vivek Ramaswamy.

Two first-generation Indians are contenders. That's wild to me
- Except neither of them are really contenders, numbers wise.
  
  Haley is getting the nomination because the number 1 is likely going to be in prison by the time the convention rolls around and the number 2 has made the people funding the election very uncomfortable through his lack of charisma.
One of her primary opponents is Vivek Ramaswamy.

Two first-generation Indians are contenders.

Don't they mean Nimrata Haley? Or are Republicans allowed to use alternative names while American citizens can't?

Edit: Nimarata

It's Nimarata, and could you imagine if everyone just started calling her that instead. Republicans would lose their minds that people are not respecting her wishes to be called something different.
- Because "Gilgamesha" wasn't feminine enough for her parents, when picking out names? 😶
- Sounds like nimrod-a
Yes but she goes by Nikki. Her full name is known pretty widely, just like Joe instead of Joseph Biden.
- They'd have a problem if the preferred name was Nicolas though

Trouble is: Koch brothers are very much into the same things as Trump is but they want to be able to control POTUS not having to deal with lose cannon that shoots everything and everyone and is only predictable in his unpredictability. So I'd think that the same policies would be pushed forward but without as much drama and publicity. In the end everyone will end up just as screwed.

They legitimately want Ayn Rand for president, they'd dig her up in an instant if they got their hands on a necromancer.

0 regulation government with handouts for them and none for us as their wet dreams. We have them to thank for the "Freedumb Caucus"
- Didn't she die on public assistance?
Happened to a lot of conservative groups. Set the fertilizer perfectly for a plant they did not want.

She is awful and this endorsement is further evidence of that.

Do you prefer Trump, DeSantis or Ramaswamy? There are no good candidates on the Republican side. Unfortunately, one of them is going to be the nominee and whoever it is has a decent chance of becoming president. As bad as she is, I don’t think she’s the worst Republican.
- She's the best choice as far as those running goes.
  
  It's a low bar, but I'd be more okay with her over any of the others.
- Project 2025 would still go into effect but be under her. NO SHE IS HORRIBLE ALL THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ARE HORRIBLE DON'T VOTE GOP.
- Trump and Biden are historically unpopular opponents and it's likely Haley would sweep the floor against Biden, as sad as that is. "Unnamed Democrat" has +10 points over Biden in swing states already, if either party manages to kick their current leaders then it might force the other's hand. The US would enter a post-Trump political era if that were the case.

If I remember right the Koch brothers didn't support trump in 2016 and he still won. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the general election if Trump gets the nomination.

I, for one, am ecstatic that Christie is vowing to stay in through the Convention, DeSantis is being endorsed by Kim Reynolds, and Haley is getting high profile financial commitments. I hope the fight is bitter, ugly, prolonged, and crippling for their electoral prospects. The more time they spend firing arrows at one another, the more we can sit back and shore up support for Congressional Democrats. The Senate map is potential bloodbath, and people aren't going to shut the fuck up about Biden's age, so our best hope is that the GOP gobbles up all the oxygen in the room so the Biden jabs are muffled, and we can build a grassroots tsunami that will take back the House.
You're correct they didn't support Trump and instead focused on the lower races.

she's their token "person of diversity"

I wonder if she's aware she'll be in a cage too after her usefullness runs out.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The powerful political network led by conservative billionaire Charles Koch endorsed Nikki Haley for president on Tuesday, as it looks to stop Donald Trump from being the Republican nominee.

“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,” Emily Seidel, senior adviser of the group, wrote in a memo.

“Haley will have the full weight and scope of AFP Action’s unmatched grassroots army and resources to help her earn the support of Americans to become the next President of the United States of America.”

“Additionally, in the coming days, we’ll launch extensive mail, digital, and connected television campaigns to supplement those on-the-ground efforts.”

AFP Action framed its support as an effort to move on past the current political era, a message that aligns with Haley’s calls for a new generational leader.

The group is announcing its pick later than initially planned, underscoring the uncertainty that has hung over the race to become Trump’s main challenger — with DeSantis starting the year in the strongest position and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) at one point capturing growing attention from donors.

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