Nikki Haley is done. The Charles Koch network, specifically Americans for Prosperity (AFP), has withdrawn financial support for Nikki Haley. Of course, Haley will continue to spout Democratic talking points at least until Super Tuesday. She will probably get a nice golden parachute of some sort for having tried to break up the freedom movement known as MAGA. Haley has failed to put the American people back on the plantation.
Previously, a network of multinational/Wall Street entities held all power in the Republican apparatus. This was a small group of big money influence makers and political interests.
The RNC was molded over a few generations to focus on the money part of political outcomes, not the policy or ideology – the money. This frustrated conservative voters who had a difficult time understanding why their voting to put the Decepticon (GOPe Republicans) in power rarely generated a change in overall domestic policy.
This has resulted in the merging of the RNC and DNC club apparatus into essentially one entity. Democrats have control over policy which makes them happy. The Republican leadership is given money to acquiesce and they too are happy. The clubs give the public the illusion of choice during election cycles. However, little if anything ever changes for the better.
PDJT upended this scam that they had going. In 2016 Trump helped to wake up true Americans to see that their best interests were represented by an America First agenda. When PDJT took office, the Uniparty immediately aligned against him and the American people. The US Chamber of Commerce opposed most of Trump’s agenda. Paul Ryan the “Speaker” of the House failed miserably (on purpose?) to pass much of Trump’s aganda.
Fast Forward to this election cycle. Haley and DeSantis were part of the corporate effort to rid themselves of Trump and the MAGA base of economically minded voters and supporters. However, the sheer scale of the MAGA movement prevented that. This is not the Tea Party movement that was co-opted by the RNC.
The corporatists still control much of the internal mechanisms for the RNC. However, that control is being eroded as more and more MAGA people gain access to the local, state and national networks.
The withdrawal of AFP from the presidential race acknowledges what most people know. PDJT will be the nominee. The focus now becomes the House and Senate. The old guard will try to defend the Uniparty setup that they have and hope to stymie Trump’s efforts to stand with Main Street and the American people.
As we approach 2025, we need ecosystems that seize the moment with concise, empowering and practical modes of action. We need to have systems of action that hold the feet of the political elites to the fire if they will not stand up for America.
The abolition of the consent of the governed is just one election cycle away if we do not seize the moment.