{"id":386,"date":"2024-01-31T12:07:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T12:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/haley-camp-seeks-to-convince-top-donors-that-trump-would-cost-gop-the-house\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T12:07:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T12:07:54","slug":"haley-camp-seeks-to-convince-top-donors-that-trump-would-cost-gop-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/haley-camp-seeks-to-convince-top-donors-that-trump-would-cost-gop-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Haley camp seeks to convince top donors that Trump would cost GOP the House"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nikki Haley\u2019s campaign manager warned influential donors Tuesday that the GOP would lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives if Donald Trump is the party\u2019s presidential nominee, leaning into concerns about down-ballot races as some anti-Trump Republicans view the fight over Congress as a better investment than the presidential race.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the same group behind closed doors, one of Trump\u2019s top advisers delivered a data-heavy presentation about why Republican financiers should get on board as he barrels toward the nomination \u2014 charting out how he could win enough delegates to clinch the nomination early this spring. Susie Wiles, who gave the presentation in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, and other top Trump advisers have argued that Haley has no path forward and that money spent to elevate her diverts resources that could be used to beat President Biden in the general election.<\/p>\n

The dueling presentations, which were described by people with knowledge of the remarks, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private comments, reflected the starkly contrasting positions the final two Republican White House hopefuls are in after the first two nominating contests. Trump is in a commanding position and looking to further consolidate his power after a pair of dominating wins, with many party leaders seeing him as the presumptive nominee. Haley, fighting for her political survival with a path to victory that has all but closed in the eyes of many strategists, has ramped up her attacks on Trump, trying different lines of attack aimed at raising doubts about how he would fare in November. She faces long odds \u2014 even in her home state of South Carolina, where she\u2019s now focusing.<\/p>\n

Top advisers to Haley and Trump made their cases to members of the American Opportunity Alliance (AOA), which includes some of the GOP\u2019s most influential donors. Last fall, the group summoned representatives of Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), then seen as Trump\u2019s most formidable opponent, to map out their strategies and how they intended to defeat Trump. But DeSantis is out of the race, and Haley\u2019s team is trying to convince donors they still have a path, as many Republicans rally behind Trump and turn toward the general election.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday in Palm Beach, Haley\u2019s campaign manager Betsy Ankney argued that Trump would lead the GOP to further losses and hurt the rest of the 2024 ticket, according to people familiar with the presentation. Beyond the House, Ankney stressed the importance of maximizing GOP gains in the Senate in 2024, while Democrats are defending many seats, because the map will get much tougher in subsequent years, one person said.<\/p>\n

Republicans controlled Congress for the first half of Trump\u2019s term, then lost the House in 2018. The GOP gained some seats in 2020 even as Trump lost and narrowly took control in 2022 \u2014 but fell short of the \u201cred wave\u201d some analysts had predicted, leading many in the party to blame Trump.<\/p>\n

One person familiar with the Haley campaign presentation said Ankney recapped a week in which Trump lashed out at Haley \u2014 devoting much of his New Hampshire victory speech to criticizing her \u2014 then suffered a major legal blow, ordered by a jury to pay more than $83 million for defamation.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Trump\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a campaign memo earlier this week, Trump advisers Chris LaCivita and Wiles argued that Haley and her allies \u201care aiding and abetting Joe Biden by staying in the race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haley has the backing of some deep-pocketed donors as she battles the former president in her home state, which will hold its primary on Feb. 24. But even some supporters acknowledge that an upset appears unlikely.<\/p>\n

Though a number of AOA donors had been eager to move on from Trump, both Wiles and Ankney were \u201cwarmly received\u201d in their back-to-back presentations, according to a person familiar with the presentations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private meeting \u2014 which reflected the growing sense that Trump is cruising toward the nomination. Top GOP donors in the room on Tuesday for both presentations included Paul Singer, Charles Schwab and Betsy DeVos, Trump\u2019s former education secretary.<\/p>\n

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, the hedge-fund billionaire who is one of the most influential GOP donors, revealed on Tuesday that he donated $5 million earlier this month to the super PAC aligned with the Haley campaign, SFA Inc. The donation was first reported by Puck News. During an interview with CNBC at the MFA Network Miami conference Tuesday, Griffin called Haley a \u201ctremendous candidate\u201d and said he believed that she would \u201crun away with the general election\u201d \u2014 adding that he wished both parties could have \u201ca candidate of a younger generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Griffin also said he wasn\u2019t sure that Haley\u2019s talents would \u201cget her where she needs to get to in South Carolina and thereafter\u201d and suggested that if Trump won the nomination, Griffin would focus on Senate and House races and local contests in Florida, where he lives. He said he wants to support \u201cAmerica First\u201d candidates, echoing a Trump rallying cry.<\/p>\n

Griffin has been critical of Trump and previously said he would not back him in 2024. But on Tuesday he complimented Trump\u2019s \u201crecord of success\u201d and said he believed that most Americans would feel \u201csafer with Trump as president than we do right now.\u201d He said efforts to remove Trump from ballots have made him a \u201cmartyr.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donors in the American Opportunity Alliance include Kelly and Joe Craft, and members of the Ricketts family, which owns the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n

In a statement Tuesday, Griffin praised Haley and said that \u201cWhile voters decide on who will serve as the Republican Party\u2019s nominee for President, I will continue my focus on actively supporting U.S. House and Senate candidates prioritizing economic freedom and a strong defense of America at home and abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Griffin has also donated $10 million to the super PAC supporting David McCormick\u2019s effort to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey in Pennsylvania and $5 million to a super PAC supporting Tim Sheehy, a Republican who is running for the U.S. Senate in Montana.<\/p>\n

The large political network led by conservative billionaire Charles Koch put its weight behind Haley late last year and is still supporting her but also looking toward House and Senate races.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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