GOP donors give up on finding a Trump alternative: 'We've stopped spending money'

Republicans who oppose Donald Trump are giving up and conceding that he'll most likely win the party's presidential nomination.

Many anti-Trump Republicans have begun to realize their favored alternatives aren't breaking through with the GOP's base, and they've scaled back their efforts to push for other presidential candidates after spending millions, reported Axios.

"We have stopped spending money in the primary," said Sarah Longwell, head of the Republican Accountability PAC.

Win It Back PAC, which is affiliated with the conservative group Club for Growth, reportedly spent $6 million on 40 anti-Trump messages, but they've done nothing to dent the former president's support.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was once seen as the most viable alternative, but two of his biggest donors – hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin – have paused their support or given up on him entirely, and even Trump has largely moved on from attacking him and turned his focus to Nikki Haley.

Republican Senate candidates are lining up behind the ex-president and casting their own opponents as anti-Trump, and even GOP officials like Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who clashed with him over the 2020 election, have said they would support him if he's the party's nominee.