“I’m basically a libertarian, and I’m a conservative on economic matters, and I’m a social liberal,” Koch said, who acknowledged that his beliefs about same-sex marriage and abortion conflict with the conservative beliefs held by many of the candidates propped up by the checks cut by him and his brother. “That’s their problem. I do have those views. What I want these candidates to do is to support a balanced budget.
The question being whether the Koches personal views on abortion and same sex marriage matter if they don’t advocate for them and make donation decisions solely based on fiscal conservatism.