Things are rapidly going downhill for Nikki Haley…
After losing the South Carolina primary to former President Donald Trump prominent conservative group AFP Action has broken its ties with Haley.
AFP Action, which is funded by the billionaire Koch brothers is the conservative wing of the powerful political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity. The group endorsed Haley in November, giving her a major grassroots and organizational boost. (RELATED: Influential Conservative Network Endorses Nikki Haley Ahead Of Iowa Caucus)
In an email to staffers obtained by Fox News, AFP Action senior adviser Emily Seidel said the group did not believe that “any outside group can make a material difference to widen [Haley's] path to victory.”
“And so while we will continue to endorse her, we will focus our resources where we can make the difference. And that's the U.S. Senate and House,” Seidel wrote.
AFP Action, which pledged to spend tens of millions of dollars to help push the Republican Party past former President Trump as it endorsed Haley in late November, said last month it was putting an initial $27 million behind this new wave in their ongoing campaign.
Asked Sunday about losing funding from AFP Action, Haley said she was “not worried.”
“Americans for Prosperity was an amazing partner. They strongly believe in freedom. They believe in limited government. They believe in all the things that I, as a conservative, believe. And they've been fantastic through these states,” Haley said, vowing to continue fighting “for the 70% of Americans that don't want to see a Trump-Biden rematch.”
Despite the loss, Haley has said it's not the “end of our story” as she traveled Sunday to Michigan ahead of the state's primary on Tuesday.
Trump has now swept every primary or caucus on the GOP early-season calendar that awards delegates.
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