Koch network indicates it won't back Donald Trump in 2024
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Charles Koch at the Stand Together Summit in June 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Stand Together
Charles Koch at the Stand Together Summit in June 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Stand Together
The conservative political network associated with billionaire Charles Koch won't be backing former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential bid, becoming the latest GOP megadonor to distance themselves from Trump.
Driving the news: The Americans for Prosperity Action, the leading political arm of the Koch network, will support a candidate in the Republican primary "who can lead our country forward, and who can win," Emily Seidel, the CEO of AFP and a senior advisor to AFP Action, wrote in a memo issued Sunday.
* "Our country must move past the current political situation — we’ve got to turn the page on the past several years," Seidel wrote.
State of play: Seidel wrote that a "hard truth" facing the Republican party is that has been "nominating bad candidates who are advocating for things that go against core American principles."
* "The American people are rejecting them," she added.
* To fix the problem, "better candidates" are needed, which will necessitate getting "involved in elections earlier and in more primaries," according to Seidel.... (Read more)
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