WASHINGTON — Key Republicans are trying to choke off any momentum that Donald Trump can build for a third White House campaign to make room for a fresh GOP standard-bearer.
In recent days, two of the most prominent conservative donor groups, the network founded by the billionaire Charles Koch and his late brother David, as well as the anti-tax Club for Growth, indicated their desire for a nominee other than Trump in 2024. Collectively, that amounts to millions of campaign dollars essentially being up for grabs.
The goal of these groups and operatives is to stop Trump before the Republican field gets too crowded, allowing him to galvanize the roughly 30% of GOP voters who he has said would support him even if he shot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue.
