Posted on 07/28/2016 9:14:32 PM PDT by entropy12
A group of at least six wealthy Republican donors is urging the billionaire Koch brothers to step off the sidelines of the U.S. presidential election to back Donald Trump, arguing they will want influence with the New York businessman they have harshly criticized if he wins the White House in November. The financiers, prominent members of the sprawling 700-member Koch donor network, have been making their case in emails and phone calls to Charles and David Koch ahead of their bi-annual donor seminar, which begins Saturday in Colorado, according to four donors involved in the loosely-coordinated effort and advisers representing two others. An endorsement from the Kochs would be a radical departure: The industrialist brothers have railed against Trump's "monstrous" rhetoric and protectionist policies on immigration and trade. ...
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"I turned down a meeting with Charles and David Koch. Much better for them to meet with the puppets of politics, they will do much better!"
That was a smart move. Trump doesn’t need the Koch Brothers or anyone else.
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