Koch Brothers inform donors they will not be funding Trump 2020 re-election bid
 

Koch brothers aren't into Trump's dirty diapers :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Koch network tells donors it plans to stay out of 2020 race declining to back Trump

The conservative Koch political network has told donors that it plans to once again stay out of the presidential race and will not work to help reelect President Trump in 2020, a move that sidelines a major player that has been pivotal in mobilizing voters on the right for more than a decade.

The decision reflects a narrow path that the influential network led by billionaire industrialist Charles Koch has sought to walk in the Trump era: aligning with the president on some policy issues while withholding its electoral firepower on his behalf.

The network’s plan to stay out of the 2020 race was quietly relayed to major donors in recent months, according to people familiar with the conversations. It comes as the network has sought to shift attention from its political activities to its investments in education and philanthropy. Donors say they expect to discuss the issue at a retreat for top network contributors this weekend.

The network’s stance — a confluence of frustration with Trump’s rhetoric and trade policies and a desire to shed its partisan image — is not a total surprise. But it will deprive the president of the assistance of one of the most sophisticated grass-roots operations on the right in what is expected to be a hard-fought reelection battle.

The Koch operation is still expected to be a player in 2020: Koch-backed groups such as Americans for Prosperity plan to support candidates for U.S. Senate and governor, as they did in 2016, when the network pointedly declined to endorse Trump.

Spokesman James Davis said the network plans to make a “significant investment to support policy champions in Senate, House and state races, build broad-based policy coalitions, and to launch a major new initiative to fight poverty in America.”

“This is where we can make the biggest difference for millions of Americans,” Davis said.

The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

A spokesman for the Republican National Committee referred a request for comment to an August letter the party sent donors criticizing the Koch network after it announced it was considering backing Democrats.

“Some groups who claim to support conservatives forgo their commitment when they decide their business interests are more important than those of the country or Party. This is unacceptable,” the letter said, adding that the party had “been prepared for this for years” and had a stronger data and digital operation than the Koch network.

Is this supposed to be bad? God you're clueless.

The Koch Brothers suck. More reason to vote Trump :1orglaugh

I don't think bladewire knows who the koch brothers are :1orglaugh

For bladewire's next thread he's going to tell us the Bush family is also against Trump.

Koch brothers are big OPEN BORDERS and FREE MARKET fans.

I can see the merit in such a belief but I can also see why such a view ruffles a lot of feathers.

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