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{{See also|Opposition to Donald Trump|Never Trump movement}}
{{See also|Opposition to Donald Trump|Never Trump movement}}
'''Never-Trumpers 2024''' are mostly [[globalist]]s while pretending to be right-of-center, who reportedly oppose the nomination of [[Donald Trump]] for president in 2024. This list of self-centered groups and individuals, few of whom have had any political influence of any significance, reportedly includes the following:<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-koch-opposing-donald-trump-2024-election-americans-for-prosperity/</ref>
'''Never-Trumpers 2024''' are mostly [[globalist]]s, [[neocon]]s and [[Russophobe]]s, pretending to be right-of-center, who opposed the nomination of [[Donald Trump]] for president in 2024. Their favorite [[Opposition to Donald Trump|anti-Trump]] candidate for president is [[Ron DeSantis]], but also support Sen. [[Tim Scott]] (R-SC) and [[Nikki Haley]] (SC). The globalists do not admit to their [[globalism]], but admit to [[free trade]] and omit the top issues of [[conservatism]] when they state their agenda, and journalists apply the term "worldview" to them:
{{cquote|“They’re going to prioritize the candidate who values free markets, free speech, and free trade,” said Ken Spain, a partner at Narrative Strategies who led corporate communications at Koch Industries. “The Koch network has typically supported candidates that reflect their worldview. Trump was the antithesis of that.”<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/16/koch-network-mike-pence-trump-00083161</ref>}}
'''''Failures of the Never-Trumpers 2024 include a disastrous performance in the [[Kentucky]] gubernatorial primary, where the candidate endorsed by [[Ron DeSantis]] and [[Ted Cruz]] finished a distant third behind the first-place landslide winner, the Trump-endorsed [[Daniel Cameron]], on May 16, 2023'''''. Meanwhile, on May 26, 2023, [[Opposition to Donald Trump|anti-Trump]] Politico ran aitsheadline, "Are the Anti-Trump [[GOP]] Forces Starting to Implode?"<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/05/26/are-the-anti-trump-gop-forces-starting-to-implode-00098934</ref>
The full list of Never-Trumpers 2024 includes many self-centered groups and individuals, few of whom have had any political influence of any significance:<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-koch-opposing-donald-trump-2024-election-americans-for-prosperity/</ref>
*[[Charles Koch]] - supports [[Convention of States]] which would open up rewriting the [[U.S. Constitution]]
*[[Charles Koch]] - supports [[Convention of States]] which would open up rewriting the [[U.S. Constitution]]
*[[Club for Growth]] - derided by Trump as “The Club For NO Growth, an assemblage of political misfits, globalists, and losers"<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3847759-trump-rips-club-for-growth-after-he-wasnt-invited-to-donor-retreat/</ref>
*[[Club for Growth]] - derided by Trump as “The Club For NO Growth, an assemblage of political misfits, globalists, and losers"<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3847759-trump-rips-club-for-growth-after-he-wasnt-invited-to-donor-retreat/</ref>
*[[Nikki Haley]]
*[[Nikki Haley]]
*[[Ron DeSantis]]
*[[Kenneth C. Griffin]]
*[[Kenneth C. Griffin]]
*[[Stephen A. Schwarzman]] - [[private equity]] billionaire
*[[Stephen A. Schwarzman]] - [[private equity]] billionaire
*[[Ken Cuccinelli]]<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/09/former-trump-adviser-ken-cuccinelli-launches-pac-encouraging-ron-desantis-run-president/</ref> - supports [[Convention of States]] which would open up rewriting the [[U.S. Constitution]]
*[[Ken Cuccinelli]]<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/09/former-trump-adviser-ken-cuccinelli-launches-pac-encouraging-ron-desantis-run-president/</ref> - supports [[Convention of States]] which would open up rewriting the [[U.S. Constitution]]
*Thomas Peterffy, a billionaire [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-born trader<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-t-elected-billionaire-165858095.html</ref> who then backed [[Ron DeSantis]] but subsequently abandoned him also.
*Ronald Lauder<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/stephen-schwarzman-blackstone-trump-2024/index.html</ref>
*Ronald Lauder<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/stephen-schwarzman-blackstone-trump-2024/index.html</ref>
*defeated Rep. [[Liz Cheney]] - humiliated by a landslide defeat in her own [[Wyoming]] primary
*defeated Rep. [[Liz Cheney]] - humiliated by a landslide defeat in her own [[Wyoming]] primary
*Rep. [[Chip Roy]] (R-TX),<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/10/leading-gopers-taking-aim-trump-desantis-00086454</ref> a longtime [[Opposition to Donald Trump|Never-Trumper]] dating back to 2016
*Rep. [[Chip Roy]] (R-TX),<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/10/leading-gopers-taking-aim-trump-desantis-00086454</ref> a longtime [[Opposition to Donald Trump|Never-Trumper]] dating back to 2016
*[[Karl Rove]] (who was active in an [[Austin]] conference of the Texas Voter Engagement Project)<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/10/leading-gopers-taking-aim-trump-desantis-00086454</ref>
*[[Karl Rove]] (who was active in an [[Austin]] conference of the Texas Voter Engagement Project)<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/10/leading-gopers-taking-aim-trump-desantis-00086454</ref>
*[[New Hampshire]] Gov. [[Chris Sununu]]
*Rep. Mike Gallagher, all-in for the [[NATO war in Ukraine]]<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mike-gallagher-the-latest-wisconsin-pol-to-reject-trump/</ref>
*Sen. [[John Thune]] (R-SD),<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/21/john-thune-tim-scott-endorse-00098071</ref> who needs [[globalist]] support to succeed the elderly Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] (R-KY) as the Republican leader in the [[U.S. Senate]].
*[[Mary McCord (DOJ)]], a [[deep state]] hack at the epicenter of all efforts to remove President Trump.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/01/14/nbc-admits-deep-state-exists-key-operative-mary-mccord/</ref>
There was $16.7 billion spent on the [[2022 midterm elections|2022 midterm election]] campaigns, but the [[Koch network]] reportedly spent only $80 million nationwide, which is less than one-half of one percent of the total.
There was $16.7 billion spent on the [[2022 midterm elections|2022 midterm election]] campaigns, but the [[Koch network]] reportedly spent only $80 million nationwide, which is less than one-half of one percent of the total.
== Speakers at anti-Trump Club for Growth 2023 ==
== Speakers at anti-Trump Club for Growth 2023 ==
The following spoke at the Never-Trump, [[globalist]] [[Club for Growth]] convention at the posh ''The Breakers'' hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida, the first week of March 2023, rather than at the pro-[[Trump]] [[CPAC]]:
The following spoke at the Never-Trump, [[globalist]] [[Club for Growth]] convention at the posh ''The Breakers'' hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida, the first week of March 2023, rather than at the pro-[[Trump]] [[CPAC]]:
*former VP Mike Pence
*former VP [[Mike Pence]]
*Gov. Ron DeSantis
*Gov. [[Ron DeSantis]]
*Sen. Tim Scott
*Sen. [[Tim Scott]]
*Gov. Chris Sununu
*Gov. [[Chris Sununu]]
*Gov. Kristi Noem
*Gov. [[Kristi Noem]]
*former Gov. Nikki Haley, who also spoke at CPAC but was heckled there
*former Gov. [[Nikki Haley]], who also spoke at CPAC but was heckled there
Club for Growth donated $2M to DeSantis the last cycle. Our column can criticize how they (and other dark money groups like them) are not really that significant as that was merely 2% of DeSantis's fundraising, and nothing compared with the $16B raised and spent overall nationwide in the last elections.
Club for Growth donated $2M to DeSantis the last cycle. Our column can criticize how they (and other dark money groups like them) are not really that significant as that was merely 2% of DeSantis's fundraising, and nothing compared with the $16B raised and spent overall nationwide in the last elections.
== Principles First Summit ==
== Principles First Summit ==
Held in early March 2023 as a "counterweight" to [[Trump]]'s triumphant appearance at [[CPAC]], the Principles First Summit was a pathetic gathering of [[Opposition to Donald Trump|Republican opponents to Donald Trump]]:<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/06/never-trumpers-rally-dc-00085758</ref>
Held in early March 2023 as a "counterweight" to [[Trump]]'s triumphant appearance at [[CPAC]], the Principles First Summit was a pathetic gathering of [[Opposition to Donald Trump|Republican opponents to Donald Trump]]:<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/06/never-trumpers-rally-dc-00085758</ref>
{{cquote|It’s been roughly six years since the dawn of the Never Trump movement. And, over that time period, it has not had much success — at least when it comes to reforming the party to which its members once belonged.}}
{{cquote|It’s been roughly six years since the dawn of the [[Never Trump movement]]. And, over that time period, it has not had much success — at least when it comes to reforming the party to which its members once belonged.}}
==See also==
*[[2024 Presidential election interference]]
== References ==
== References ==
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