As Nikki Haley nabs endorsements from Republican kingmakers, some wealthy Democratic donors even have begun quietly funneling cash to her campaign, On The Money has learned.
In a desperate bid to chip away at Donald Trump’s odds for the GOP nomination, a coterie of DNC donors are sending checks to Haley — whilst they proceed to publicly voice support for Biden and push for his White House bid, sources said.
Deep-pocketed participants view the weird diversion of funds as an “opposition effort” against one other Trump presidency, according to insiders.
“If we’re going to lose, let’s lose to her, not Trump,” one source said of Democratic donors’ considering.
Wealthy donors can obscure contributions to candidates by funneling cash through shell firms to political nonprofits — donations which can be referred to as “dark money”.
Indeed, Haley’s left-leaning backers are keeping as mum as possible about their efforts, a source added, saying, “They don’t want the Biden-Harris team to catch wind of it.”
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Haley remains to be trailing Trump dramatically — in Recent Hampshire she is polling around 20% compared to Trump’s 42%, according to a CNN poll.
Still, that’s a healthy increase of 8 percentage points versus the previous CNN poll taken in September.
Quite a lot of money can go a good distance, notes Charles Myers, chairman of Signum Global Advisers.
“When you get a handful of billionaires to endorse you, in American politics meaning you may have unlimited money,” Myers said.
Within the last election cycle, Democrats spent $53 million to boost fringe GOP candidates in primaries in an effort to give mainstream Democrats a greater shot at getting elected, according to the Washington Post.
The controversial strategy to tank Republicans’ possibilities of winning a general election was largely successful.
This time, donors say the approach is different for the reason that aim is to present voters with two centrist candidates and keep a far-right candidate from winning.
“As with every part around Trump, we’re in recent territory, including political fundraising,” a source said.
Haley’s list of supporters is growing fast.
On Tuesday, she won backing from the Koch Brothers’ vast political network, Americans for Prosperity Motion — an endorsement that may seriously help her ground game in key primaries.
Haley “has what it takes to lead a policy agenda to tackle our nation’s biggest challenges and help ensure our country’s best days are ahead,” Americans for Prosperity Motion said in its announcement. “With the grassroots and data capability we bring to bear in this race, no other organization is best equipped to help her do it.”
On Wednesday, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon urged all business leaders to “help” Haley’s campaign.
“Even when you’re a really liberal Democrat, I urge you, help Nikki Haley, too. Get a alternative on the Republican side that is likely to be higher than [Donald] Trump,” Dimon said Wednesday at The Recent York Times DealBook summit.
This week billionaire Ken Langone, who backed Trump in 2016, revealed he’s considering supporting Haley and is meeting together with her in the subsequent few days.
Earlier this month, billionaire Ken Griffin — who had supported Ron DeSantis — said he’s “actively contemplating” supporting Haley’s campaign.