Millions of dollars at stake
Nikki Haley loses campaign supporters
Following Nikki Haley's defeat in the primaries in her home state of South Carolina, the influential and financially strong network of conservative billionaire Charles Koch announced that it would no longer actively support the 52-year-old presidential candidate.
The political arm of the network, the organization Americans for Prosperity Action, stated that it still stands behind Haley and considers her to be "the best candidate".
"But given the challenges in the upcoming primary states, we don't believe an outside group can make a difference in broadening her path to victory."
The organization will therefore deploy its resources "where we can make a difference," it said in a memo. These are the elections for the US Senate and the House of Representatives.
Network buttered up tens of millions of dollars in election campaign
The Koch network backed Haley in November and, according to media reports, subsequently spent tens of millions of dollars to support the former US ambassador to the United Nations in the pre-election campaign. According to the network, it considered the former governor of South Carolina to be "the best choice for our country" and the best candidate to prevent Trump from winning the Republican primaries.
In the primaries for the Republican presidential candidacy, however, Trump appears to be unstoppable: The 77-year-old has won the four primaries held so far in the states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and, most recently on Saturday, South Carolina by a large margin over his internal party rivals.
IsHaley throwing in the towel?
The question remains whether - or when - Haley will throw in the towel. The 52-year-old has announced that she intends to stay in the race at least until "Super Tuesday" on March 5, when the Republicans will hold primaries in 15 states.
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