Republican
presidential
candidate
and
former
U.S.
Ambassador
to
the
United
Nations
Nikki
Haley
reacts
while
speaking
about
her
husband,
Maj.
Michael
Haley,
who
is
currently
deployed
with
the
South
Carolina
National
Guard,
during
a
campaign
stop
at
the
Clemson
University
at
Greenville
ONE
building
ahead
of
the
Republican
presidential
primary
election
in
Greenville,
South
Carolina,
U.S.
February
20,
2024.
Alyssa
Pointer
|
Reuters
Americans
for
Prosperity
Action,
the
network
backed
by
billionaire Charles
Koch,
is
pausing
its
financial
support
of
GOP
presidential
candidate
Nikki
Haley’s
campaign
a
day
after
she
lost
to
former
President
Donald
Trump
in
her
home-state
primary
in
South
Carolina.
AFP
Action
said
it
still
endorses
Haley
for
president
but
now
its
support
will
only
come
in
the
form
of
words
—
not
cash.
“Given
the
challenges
in
the
primary
states
ahead,
we
don’t
believe
any
outside
group
can
make
a
material
difference
to
widen
her
path
to
victory,”
AFP
Action
CEO
Emily
Seidel
wrote
in
an
email
to
staff,
first
reported
by
Politico.
“And
so
while
we
will
continue
to
endorse
her,
we
will
focus
our
resources
where
we
can
make
the
difference.”
AFP
Action
declined
to
provide
further
comment
beyond
the
staff
memo.
AFP
Action
closing
its
wallet
is
the
next
nail
in
the
coffin
for
the
former
South
Carolina
governor
who
has
taken
a
series
of
hits
since
the
start
of
the
election
year.
Along
with
AFP
Action,
billionaire
Reid
Hoffman
has
also
stopped
funding
Haley’s
presidential
bid.
Despite
the
setbacks,
Haley
has
pledged
to
stay
in
the
race
through
Super
Tuesday
on
March
5.
Her
campaign
said
that
AFP
Action
pulling
funding
has
not
changed
that
calculus
and
that
it
still
has
the
resources
to
stay
afloat.
“AFP
is
a
great
organization
and
ally
in
the
fight
for
freedom
and
conservative
government.
We
thank
them
for
their
tremendous
help
in
this
race,”
Haley’s
campaign
said
in
a
statement
on
Sunday.
“Our
fight
continues,
and
with
more
than
$1
million
coming
in
from
grassroots
conservatives
in
just
the
last
24
hours,
we
have
plenty
of
fuel
to
keep
going.
We
have
a
country
to
save.”
AFP
Action
will
instead
channel
its
resources
to
finance
Republican
campaigns
on
the
congressional
level.
It
has
so
far
endorsed
five
candidates
running
for
Senate
and
19
candidates
running
for
House
seats.
“With
the
South
Carolina
presidential
primary
this
weekend
and
the
Senate
engagement
really
heating
up,”
Seidel
wrote
in
the
email.
“It’s
time
to
take
stock
of
where
we
are
and
–
as
we
always
do
–
make
sure
we’re
optimizing
our
resources.”
