Donors start fleeing Nikki Haley after her New Hampshire loss

• Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley appears to be losing donors after losing the New Hampshire primary to former President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
• Billionaire Reid Hoffman and metal magnate Andy Sabin are reportedly undercutting Haley's presidential bid, and others are beginning to consider whether to continue to financially support the former ambassador's efforts, according to multiple media outlets.
• “The anti-Trump wing of the Republican party, and a few recall Democrats, are now just thinking about the fact that Donald Trump is going to be the nominee,” Mark Weaver, a veteran Republican strategist, told the DCNF.

Donors to former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley's presidential bid are starting to cut her off after she lost by 11 points to former President Donald Trump in New Hampshire on Tuesday, multiple media reported.

trump beat Haley 54.3% to 43.3% in Granite State just over a week after former ambassador's arrival third in the Iowa caucus. multimillionaire Reid Hoffman and metal magnate Andy Sabin They are reportedly halting their financial support for Haley's efforts after her loss in New Hampshire, while other donors are weighing whether to continue contributing, seconds a various points of sale.

“The real fight for the Republican nomination is over,” Mike Dennehy, a veteran New Hampshire GOP strategist, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “These high-level GOP donors know that New Hampshire was Haley's best chance to pull off an upset and the idea that she can now go on to win SC after three losses is simply illogical. The last thing these donors is to stay out of the White House to continue supporting a futile effort.”

Hoffman, who has said he believed Haley had the best chance to beat Trump for the GOP nomination, no longer plans to donate to Haley's campaign, a source with knowledge of the decision told CNBC. The LinkedIn co-founder gave $250,000 to SFA Fund Inc., the super political action committee backing Haley's 2024 bid, seconds in the New York Times.

The billionaire is a major Democratic donor who supports President Joe Biden and many other anti-Trump candidates and efforts, the NYT reported.

Sabin, who previously supported the South Carolina senator. Tim Scott and the governor of Florida. Ron DeSantis, told The Washington Post that he will not financially support Haley's campaign in the future. The donor beforehand he said Fox Business that Haley had to win the Granite State to stay competitive against Trump.

Although the metal magnate will not contribute to the former president's campaign, he told the Post that he will now “do everything he can to get elected.”

Nine: a group of wealthy women supporting them @NikkiHaley We are meeting tomorrow in Dallas at the home of Harlan Crow's wife, Kathy, per an invitation I obtained.

I'm told the Haley campaign will have surrogates. pic.twitter.com/H1f0QOGyhm

— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) January 25, 2024

In addition, other prominent GOP donors will meet at two conferences in the coming days to consider whether they should continue to financially support Haley's efforts after her record two losses to Trump. seconds in Puck News.

The Koch The network is holding an event Friday in California, and the American Opportunity Alliance will hold its meeting a few days later in Florida, where Republican billionaires Paul Singer i Ken Griffith are ready to attend, the outlet reported. Thursday, Kathy Crow, the wife of American Opportunity Alliance member Harlan Crowwill host a gathering of wealthy women that is sponsored by Haley's campaign.

“The anti-Trump wing of the Republican party, and a few recall Democrats, are now just thinking about the fact that Donald Trump is going to be the nominee,” Mark Weaver, a veteran Republican strategist, told the DCNF. “Nikki Haley is going to be just another one who's also running. They put their money on a big bet that Trump could be beat, and they lost that bet big.”

Trump launched several attacks on Haley in a Truth Social post Wednesday evening and threatened those who continue to donate to his campaign.

“Anyone who makes a 'contribution' to Birdbrain, from this point forward, will be permanently excluded from the MAGA camp,” Trump said. he wrote. “We don't want them and we won't accept them, because we put America first, and we ALWAYS WILL!”

Haley maintains he will stay in the race for South Carolina and beyond, telling the audience at his watch party Tuesday that “this race is far from over.” Although the former ambassador is not running for delegates in the upcoming nominating contest, Nevada's Feb. 8 caucushe expects a big turnout in his home state on February 24.

The RealClearPolitics average for a 2024 South Carolina primary, based on polls conducted between Oct. 18 and Jan. 3, shows Trump leading Haley 52 percent to nearly 22 percent in the Palmetto State.

Haley's campaign did not immediately respond to DCNF's request for comment.

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