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Billionaire Kochs Fight Trump’s Economic Nationalist Agenda Ahead of 2020 Election
Breitbart ^ | 20 Feb 19 | John Binder

Posted on 02/21/2019 5:57:23 AM PST by xzins

The pro-mass-immigration Koch brothers’ network of billionaire, donor-class organizations is fighting President Trump’s economic nationalist agenda ahead of the 2020 election with efforts to give amnesty to illegal aliens and a campaign for free trade absolutism. While Trump scores victories from his tariffs on Chinese imports and imported aluminum and steel, and from the increased interior enforcement of immigration, the Koch network of organizations — including Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners, and the Libre Initiative — is looking to crush the populist-nationalist gains with an unpopular economic libertarian agenda.

On the immigration front, the Koch-funded Libre Initiative brought illegal aliens, who were shielded from deportation by former President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, to Washington, DC, last week to lobby vulnerable lawmakers to support a DACA amnesty.

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“A tariff is likely to have positive effects on US auto industry revenue, employment, profit, and investment. GM sold its entire European business (to Peugeot) a year ago,” Ferry continued. “The Big Three are more North America-focused than ever (if we ignore China, where the Communist government makes it near-impossible to produce internationally for the China market). A tax on non-North American imports would tend to favor GM, Ford, and Fiat-Chrysler.”

The free trade absolutist and amnesty push would likely reverse Trump’s economic nationalist gains in terms of American manufacturing job creation for the middle and working class and the depression of wages, which have boomed in recent months, for blue-collar American workers.

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


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: immigration; koch; tariff; trump; trump2020; trumpeconomy
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1 posted on 02/21/2019 5:57:23 AM PST by xzins
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To: xzins

Oh, for the good old days when the Kochs were Hillary’s embodiment of the VWRC.


2 posted on 02/21/2019 5:57:56 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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The (Koch) effort is being fronted by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Ben Sasse (R-NE), who are hoping to ensure endless free trade by preventing the executive branch from enacting certain tariffs without going through Congress first.
3 posted on 02/21/2019 5:58:16 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

And all along the Rinos were hiding from us that they were sending our jobs overseas and allowing mass illegal immigration to take the jobs that were left.

There is only one reason for that that makes sense.

American Union of Socialist States that later combines with United Nations of Socialist States


4 posted on 02/21/2019 6:00:19 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Please get rid of these whores.


5 posted on 02/21/2019 6:04:56 AM PST by ivory49
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To: xzins

That which was hidden is being exposed......those who would do harm to our nation have lost their cover......Koch brothers, this means you


6 posted on 02/21/2019 6:06:13 AM PST by Guenevere
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To: xzins

The open-borders, globalist Koch brothers DESPISE the typical American citizens and would eagerly see them and their families impoverished if that coincides with them making more money for the Kochs and THEIR families.


7 posted on 02/21/2019 6:06:22 AM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENT)
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To: xzins

It would also imply long-range planning, which is beyond the ability and time-horizon of most of our politicians.

The one exception to the long-range planning rule I’ve stated is the Democratic conclusion that the voting system must be overwhelmed by seeding new “citizens” and their progeny into conservative districts. Obama had an EO titled “welcoming communities” which did exactly that, transporting illegals into new, lightly populated and formerly conservative or moderate areas. Hello, Somalis—who don’t normally seek out cold weather.


8 posted on 02/21/2019 6:09:26 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: xzins

Can’t help but wonder just how much money is spent and how many people are employed by the Koch brothers and people like them to give them, their families and property armed security to protect and insulate them. The hypocrisy knows no bounds.


9 posted on 02/21/2019 6:12:10 AM PST by allendale (.)
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To: xzins
The Koch brothers are leading the NEW SLAVERY 'cheap labor express'.

Unskilled, illegal labor is suppressing wages and job opportunities for LEGAL immigrants and minorities.

GOP is too cowardly to take this on in these simple terms.

10 posted on 02/21/2019 6:12:17 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: xzins

Koch / Sasse bump for later.....


11 posted on 02/21/2019 6:26:05 AM PST by indthkr
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To: ivory49

[Please get rid of these whores.]

Unfortunately, they aren’t going away.

Pence just hired Marc Short, a big-time Koch-head as his Chief of Staff.

If Trump were smart, he’d be shopping around for a new VP....as well as a worthy 2024 candidate to carry on the MAGA/KAG legacy. B/C Pence sure as hell isn’t the one to do it!


12 posted on 02/21/2019 6:28:52 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: xzins

These elite inside Washington political rich men/women.. who used to control all of congress and most of the Presidents... are still trying to control our President Trump!

He is not beholden to any of them ... The outsider President they hate...
Do you know where we’d be today if hillary had won... if bernie had won... if an establishment politician had won...
the corruption would have been hidden ... threats work for those who are owned.


13 posted on 02/21/2019 6:29:54 AM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: xzins

The sellout cheap labor express. Man, how duped were for so many years.


14 posted on 02/21/2019 6:35:03 AM PST by Phillyred
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Joke’s on them because the alternative to Trump Populism is not to go back to the days of Bush & Bush Think Tank Republicanism.

No, if Trump fails the next stop is AOC Democrat Socialism.
The joke will be on the Kochs when their wealth is confiscated and they are shipped off to a re-education camp someplace.


15 posted on 02/21/2019 6:46:25 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Guenevere

That which was hidden is being exposed......those who would do harm to our nation have lost their cover......Koch brothers, this means you

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Yup. Trump is flushing them outta their roost


16 posted on 02/21/2019 6:55:05 AM PST by thinden
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To: Buckeye McFrog

That’s not going to happen. Their assets will be in Malaysia, Vietnam, Mexico, etc. The globalist agenda is to dissipate the middle class in 1st world countries while concurrently creating the substantive low wage jobs in sh#t-hole countries to maximize profits, create a service job economy of low paying jobs here. Politicians here are paid off to be their stooges. If they get in the way then crush them with their media whores and other black op methods.


17 posted on 02/21/2019 6:58:20 AM PST by Lent
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To: Lent

I humbly disagree. The environment is different now. Millenials are true believers of the sort I have never encountered before.


18 posted on 02/21/2019 7:02:34 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: xzins

These arrogant losers already lost. Keep throwing good money after bad assholes.

The Koch brothers are the two stupidest billionaires in history.

If they gave me half their fortune, I couldn’t make these idiots look worse. I’m willing to try.

First thing I would do is hire Eddie Munster who is no longer soiling his seat in congress. Not giving the rest of my plan away but it involves Mitt and Biden.


19 posted on 02/21/2019 7:04:21 AM PST by mindburglar (Don't bother. I don't debate.)
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To: mindburglar

If you’re talking about a threesome between Ryan, Mitt & Biden? Just tell me about it I don’t want to watch.


20 posted on 02/21/2019 7:08:43 AM PST by Reily
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