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Koch Network Signals It Wants to Help GOP Move on From Trump

  • Americans for Prosperity says in memo new leader is needed
  • Majority of Republicans say they want alternative to Trump
Charles Koch
Charles KochPhotographer: Bo Rader/Wichita Eagle/Tribune News Service/Getty Images

The network established by conservative billionaires Charles Koch and his late brother David Koch is signaling it won’t support Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primaries, saying it plans to back a candidate “who can lead our country forward, and who can win.”

Americans For Prosperity said in a memo to staff and activists released on Sunday that to get leaders who can overcome the “broken politics” in Washington — and to get better candidates than Republicans have been nominating  — the group must get involved in elections earlier, starting with the presidential race.