The Koch network joins a list of prominent Republican donors distancing themselves from former President Donald Trump.
FILE-Former President Donald Trump speaks during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida.
The influential, billionaire-backed Koch network will oppose former President Trump in the 2024 presidential election, according to a memo released Sunday. "So the best thing for the country would be to have a president in 2025 who represents a new chapter," Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-funded political action group, said in the memo. "The American people have shown that they’re ready to move on, and so AFP will help them do that."
The memo from Americans for Prosperity — which was founded in 2004 and promoted the Tea Party movement to oppose Democrats — said it will spend more money in primary elections to ensure Republicans have higher quality candidates in the next cycle. The group, backed by billionaire Charles Koch, did not specifically name Trump, but noted the need for a new"So, here’s what we learned from 2022 and what we plan to do about it," the memo stated.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee's Annual Meeting on January 28, 2023 in Salem, New Hampshire. The memo noted that the group engaged in 22 primaries in 2022 — the most ever for the group — and saw a win percentage of 80%.
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