...
The Koch brothers speak with their words, which can’t be trusted, but
they also speak with their money, their investments, which are always
honest expressions of their actual beliefs and desires. This time, the
Kochs spoke with their money, just a day after that Senator spoke with
his words. [....]
Unlike John Kasich, who had refused even to attend the Convention at
all, or Ted Cruz, who did attend but refused to say anything at all in
favor of Trump, Johnson was now actually campaigning for Trump against
Hillary.
The next day, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel bannered "Koch brothers
pull ad buy backing Ron Johnson”, and reported that, "A day after U.S.
Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin spoke at the Republican National
Convention, a group affiliated with the conservative Koch brothers
pulled more than $2 million in ad time in the Badger State.”
The
Rove-led billionaires’ faction are also strongly inclined to prefer
Hillary, but can’t afford to alienate the Republican electorate, and so
they will continue to support other Republicans but not Trump.
(Consequently, Ron Johnson, for example,
still can get their money.)
In other words: immediately after one of their owned Senators
campaigned for Trump, they cut off his main monetary lifeline.
This is a warning to any other Republican who might still be
considering to campaign for Trump; it says, loud and clear: If you do
that, you lose us.
The Koch-led contingent of Republican billionaires and
centi-millionaires is one of two Republican financial-backer
contingents. The other is led by Karl Rove.
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“(On
Thursday, a spokesman for the Koch-funded political arm Freedom
Partners sought to clarify their position, indicating it was unlikely
the Kochs would support Clinton. Her “big-government” policies, the
spokesman said, were out-of-step with their goals. (
Politico)
