With Republican Party primaries just months away, GOP rivals hoping to derail Donald Trump's bid to be the 2024 presidential nominee are begging wealthy donors to give them financial help or risk losing a shot at regaining the White House.
According to a report from the New York Times, potential nominees like former Gov. Nikki Haley (SC) and current Gov Ron DeSantis (FL) are beating the bushes for help making a run at the former president who continues to hold a massive lead in the polls.
The Times is reporting that Haley, who has seen her fortunes rise is urging wealthy conservatives to "get in the game" before it is too late.
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"Given Mr. Trump’s durable lead, some political financiers are considering staying on the sidelines. For those donors who aren’t, the choice has increasingly narrowed to Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Ms. Haley, whose fortunes have been lifted by her performance in the first two debates," the Times is reporting, before adding, "On Friday, teams of advisers to Mr. DeSantis, Ms. Haley and Mr. [Tim] Scott descended on Dallas for separate presentations to an exclusive gathering of some of the most influential Republican donors in the nation, a group known as the American Opportunity Alliance."
Part of Haley's pitch is that she is surpassing her Florida rival, with the Times reporting, "Ms. Haley’s advisers, Betsy Ankeny and Jon Lerner, showed their own internal surveys, which placed Ms. Haley ahead of Mr. DeSantis in New Hampshire and South Carolina and had the two of them tied in Iowa. Mr. DeSantis had stalled, they argued, and she was rising."
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According to the report, GOP strategists are predicting the former president needs to be stopped before the Iowa caucuses which would open the door to a possible upset.
The Times is also reporting that some wealthy donors are in talks to pick one alternative to Trump and put all of their money in one basket instead of spreading it around.
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