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Conservative icon David Koch leaving business, politics
Associated Press ^ | Jun. 05, 2018 | Steve Peoples

Posted on 06/05/2018 7:41:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Billionaire conservative icon David Koch is stepping down from the Koch brothers’ network of business and political activities.

The 78-year-old New York resident is suffering from deteriorating health, according to a letter that older brother Charles Koch sent to company officials Tuesday morning.

Charles Koch wrote that he is “deeply saddened” by his brother’s retirement. “David has always been a fighter and is dealing with this challenge in the same way,” he wrote. […]

Democrats have demonized the Koch brothers for their outsized influence in conservative politics over the last decade. Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid regularly attacked Republicans for what he called a “Koch addiction.”

Yet the Kochs have clashed with the Trump administration at times.

Citing concerns about Trump’s style and substance, the network refused to endorse either presidential candidate in the 2016 election. And while they have praised Trump’s policies on taxes, deregulation and health care, they have aggressively attacked the Republican administration’s trade policies. On Monday, the Koch network announced a multi-million-dollar campaign to oppose Trump’s tariffs and highlight the benefit of free trade. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; cheaplaborexpress; davidkoch; freetrade; hoax; homosexualagenda; koch; kochbrothers; neocon; nevertrumpers; notconservative
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1 posted on 06/05/2018 7:41:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Uh, conservative?


2 posted on 06/05/2018 7:42:27 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Yeah, like George Will.


3 posted on 06/05/2018 7:43:55 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Open-borders globalists.


4 posted on 06/05/2018 7:44:06 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: rktman
Uh, conservative?

As in Neocon, Never-Trumper, Bush conservative.

5 posted on 06/05/2018 7:44:51 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Olog-hai

What a queer article to write.


6 posted on 06/05/2018 7:45:38 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Olog-hai

Bill kristol?


7 posted on 06/05/2018 7:45:56 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Yo-Yo

Oh, that kind. ;-)


8 posted on 06/05/2018 7:46:25 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Olog-hai
I always pictured them as the Duke Brothers.


9 posted on 06/05/2018 7:46:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

The latest issue is for me is the endorsement of ND Senator Heidi Heitkamp by the organization supported by the Koch Brothers “American’s for Prosperity”. There is NO Democrat that is deserving of endorsement by any organization that is rooted in the preservation of American Liberty. That includes the NRA.


10 posted on 06/05/2018 7:49:43 AM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: rktman

The Bushes too.


11 posted on 06/05/2018 7:52:25 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Now that the Koch brothers have shown their true colors, any extent to which they exit politics is a step in the right direction.


12 posted on 06/05/2018 7:52:44 AM PDT by pt17
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To: Olog-hai

I only ever hear about them from liberals, who seethe and foam about them. Never from other Conservatives.


13 posted on 06/05/2018 7:55:05 AM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Olog-hai

Big time. If I remember correctly, the elder bush got us deep into Agenda 21 and further sank us into u.n. BS.


14 posted on 06/05/2018 7:57:23 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Riley

The left is all full of their Emmanuel Goldstein conspiracy theories. If it isn’t the “Coke Brothers”, it’s “Faux News” or “Evangelicals” or “Christian Zionists” ad nauseam.


15 posted on 06/05/2018 7:58:32 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: pt17

They are no different than Soros.


16 posted on 06/05/2018 7:58:41 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Yo-Yo

It’s funny that Harry Reid is quoted here. Was he not himself a recipient of Koch money?


17 posted on 06/05/2018 8:00:29 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

The Flake?


18 posted on 06/05/2018 8:18:39 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: pt17

They went over to the dark side—the more interesting question is when it happened and why it happened.


19 posted on 06/05/2018 8:24:12 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: dfwgator

“They are no different than Soros.”

The Koch’s are undocumented Deep State Operators pretending to be for America.


20 posted on 06/05/2018 8:40:13 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Trump does what is good for Americans. Then, the world gets their pants in a knot, too bad!)
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