{"id":1836298,"date":"2023-02-06T07:05:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T12:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836298"},"modified":"2023-02-06T07:07:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T12:07:46","slug":"koch-network-to-oppose-trump-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/koch-network-to-oppose-trump-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Koch Network to Oppose Trump in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkoch-network-to-oppose-trump-in-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836298&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/76605c41-7558-47e2-ab0c-e2511198124a-1052x615-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A majority of American voters don&#8217;t want to see a repeat of the 2020 presidential election. Charles Koch, the conservative billionaire, is prepared to act quickly and use his political networks to stop Trump from winning the 2024 GOP presidential primaries. This is an interesting move, as Koch has been sitting on the sidelines ever since the 2016 presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Koch supported many candidates in the GOP primary 2016 as an alternative to Trump. He\u2019s never been a Trump supporter so it isn\u2019t surprising that he still isn\u2019t a supporter. It is interesting to me that he and his network have made it a point of coming out early in the hopes of having an influence on the primary. As <a href=\"https:\/\/americansforprosperity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AFP-and-AFPA-2024-Memo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A 3-page memo<\/a> released on Sunday explains, the Koch network\u2019s flagship group, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), is in a position to make a difference in the primary process as few others can.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe best thing for the country would be to have a president in 2025 who represents a new chapter,\u201d Emily Seidel, chief executive of the network\u2019s flagship group, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), wrote in a memo released publicly on Sunday. Seidel wrote a three-page memo indicating that AFP has taken on the responsibility to stop Trump. \u201cLots of people are frustrated. But very few people are in a position to do something about it. AFP is. Now is the time to rise to the occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a bold move. Trump&#8217;s selection of candidates is a major reason why Republicans failed to regain control of the Senate. This is also true for some gubernatorial elections. Although most voters are open to a change, Trump will not be able use Republican divisions to win the nomination. AFP is trying to coordinate support with other groups in order to stop Trump&#8217;s train.<\/p>\n<p>The memo doesn\u2019t outline the amount of money the Koch network will spend to try to defeat Trump in the primary but AFP\u2019s affiliated super PAC spent more than $69 million in the 2022 cycle. The Club for Growth and several big individual donors are also signaling opposition to Trump\u2019s third presidential campaign. Some may be encouraged by the memo from Koch to choose a side.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid what happened in 2016 when Koch supported five alternatives to Trump and none succeeded in stopping Trump\u2019s nomination, the Koch network plans to announce its endorsement of one single candidate by the end of the summer. The memo says, \u201cAFP Action is prepared to support a candidate in the Republican presidential primary who can lead our country forward, and who can win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump and the Koch network have a major disagreement over economic policy. Trump backs economic nationalism, while Koch is called a neoliberal. \u201cglobalist\u201d Trump supporters. Koch supports free trade in economics. Trump and the Koch Network work together to resist foreign intervention and to reduce nonviolent prison sentences.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/05\/koch-trump-2024-gop-presidential-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key to your success<\/a> Seidel states that this is a time for the Koch network, to be involved in early primaries and more.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The industrialist brothers gathered a powerful network of groups who sought to have a big impact on the political process. Sunday\u2019s memo expressed frustration with the direction of American politics in the Trump era. \u201cThe Republican Party is nominating bad candidates who are advocating for things that go against core American principles. And the American people are rejecting them,\u201d Seidel wrote. \u201cIf we want better candidates, we\u2019ve got to get involved in elections earlier and more primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The influence of the Koch network may be helped by the general displeasure of Republicans with Trump\u2019s decision to run for a third time. It\u2019s early but his entrance into the race was not met with the enthusiasm he thought it would garner. People who have spoken to him say that he prefers to organize small events first and then build his state teams, before committing to larger rallies. However, everyone is now waiting to see if any other people will join the race to challenge him. Nikki Haley is the only candidate who has so far come forward. Republicans who don&#8217;t want Trump as their nominee for 2024 will be able to benefit from a smaller field of candidates that are challenging Trump, rather than the larger field in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, the Koch plan was presented to donors<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/05\/koch-trump-2024-gop-presidential-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Meeting<\/a> California. Representative Andrew Ogles (R\u2013TN), Sen. Eric Schmitt, Rep. Nancy Mace and Rep. Eric Schmitt were among the attendees. Schmitt might have found it awkward, as he has recently endorsed Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The memo promised to mobilize resources, including a million grassroots activists in all 50 states, data targeting technology called i360 and the Latino outreach organisation Libre. The memo said that in last year\u2019s races, AFP and its affiliated super PAC knocked on more than 7 million doors, delivered more than 100 million pieces of mail, and contacted millions more voters by phone and email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people have shown that they\u2019re ready to move on, and so AFP will help them do that,\u201d In the memo, Seidel stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019ll see how effective the Koch network still is after sitting out presidential contests since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of American voters don&#8217;t want to see a repeat of the 2020 presidential election. Charles Koch, the conservative billionaire, is prepared to act quickly and use his political networks to stop Trump from winning the 2024 GOP presidential primaries. 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