evince (02-05-2023), Joe Capitalist (02-05-2023)
The best chance for the republicans to win a national election, is to field a RINO, a fanatic like DeSantis could not win a national election either?!! That extreme crap may work in Florida, but not nationwide?!!
The Koch political machine, which fuels the most powerful donor network in conservative politics, is declaring itself as be part of the Never Trump effort for 2024, aiming to deny former President Donald Trump a third nomination for the White House.
The declaration, released in a recent memo to staffers and activists, never explicitly mentions Trump, but it’s abundantly clear from the tone in Americans for Prosperity CEO Emily Seidel’s message that the grassroots behemoth she leads has no plans of being a passive player in Republican politics when it comes to the White House.
“Our country must move past the current political situation—we’ve got to turn the page on the past several years,” she wrote. “If we want to elect better people, we need better candidates. And if we want better candidates, we’ve got to get involved in elections earlier and in more primaries.
Americans for Prosperity is perhaps the most forward-facing arm of the Koch political orbit, organized more than two decades ago by billionaires Charles and David Koch. They went all-in on Mitt Romney’s campaign in 2012, a move many of the network’s members to this day regret. The groups were no fans of Trump in 2016 but many of their donors were, so they officially stayed out of the primary after flirting with a flex.
By the time Trump 2020 arrived, the groups had seen mixed records on their goals—tax cuts and criminal justice reform were good to their minds; the administration’s efforts on immigration and isolationism were not—and instead stayed largely out of the race.
But, in the intervening time, many of the Trump apologists in the Koch orbit have soured on the ex-President. The deadly Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, was a last straw for many, and the threat posed by a leader without respect for the rule of law—a key tenant for the free-market donors central to the Koch orbit—was too much to ignore.
So, heading into the early days of the 2024 jockeying, it’s clear that the massive vault of cash controlled by these groups is up for grabs. It alone won’t be enough to win anyone the nomination—and maybe not enough to deny it to Trump—but it’s a force that doesn’t have a peer.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/koch-poli...123030494.html
evince (02-05-2023), Joe Capitalist (02-05-2023)
Love seeing this.
There are a few other signs that Republicans may be trying to inch their way out of the rabbit hole. It's about time serious & clear-thinking people took charge again.
evince (02-05-2023)
The Koch’s are evil
But at least they are not owned by China and Russia like fox and Trump
signalmankenneth (02-05-2023)
Republican Congressman Ken Buck:
“We’re at a time in American politics, that I am not going to lie on behalf of my presidential candidate, on behalf of my party. And I’m very sad that others in my party have taken the position that, as long as we get the White House, it doesn’t really matter what we say,”
signalmankenneth (02-05-2023)
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