Koch network memo warns Trump is a 2024 loser S

Koch network memo warns Trump is a 2024 loser
Sarah K. Burris
January 21, 2024 9:46PM ET
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With Ron DeSantis dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, the political conversations are turning to the state of the race.

Donald Trump was always expected to be the Republican nominee, but the Iowa caucus revealed Trump could barely capture 50 percent of the vote there.

The Koch brothers' network funds Americans for Prosperity Action, the anti-tax group that has pushed Nikki Haley, and they published a memo about the raw numbers looking at Trump's chances. They're grim.

Puck News reporter Teddy Schleifer posted a screen capture of the memo sent out, touting Haley as the only chance of defeating Biden.


"We've been clear from the beginning that we disagree with former president Trump's plans for the country," the memo says. "As president, he added more to the national debt than any previous president (second only to the current president). He has consistently said he would remove core constitutional protections if elected to a second term. And his current economic plan leads with a promise to raise taxes by 10 percent on all Americans."

It continued saying that Trump has lost the last three elections and he's on track to lose again in 2024.

"Despite what some media outlets report, our polling consistently shows Donald Trump loses to Joe Biden in the states that will decide the election in November. And if he is convicted in one of his many criminal trials, polling indicates his loss will be even more severe," the memo explains.