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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKoch network snubs key GOP Senate candidate
By MAGGIE SEVERNS 07/30/2018 03:04 PM EDT Updated 07/30/2018 05:27 PM EDT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The powerful Koch political network wont help the Republican nominee in a crucial Senate race less than 100 days before the midterm elections, saying Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) doesnt do enough to further the Kochs policy issues to warrant their help.
And as the Koch network pushes Republicans to not take its support for granted, the network has quietly taken other steps to withhold its support from Senate candidates it sees as out-of-line with its views, despite the party's push to maintain or expand its majority this fall.
Cramer was the first Republican Senate candidate to be publicly jettisoned by the powerful Koch network this cycle. But during a private briefing over the weekend, donors were given a hand-out that indicated the network is also currently not supporting Senate candidates in two other key states Indiana and Nevada according to a photo of the document obtained by POLITICO.
Cramer, who is challenging Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) in a must-win contest that could decide the balance of power in the Senate during the next Congress. In pushing him aside, Koch officials were clear to the donors that they are sending a message: Republicans in Congress should not take their support for granted.
And as the Koch network pushes Republicans to not take its support for granted, the network has quietly taken other steps to withhold its support from Senate candidates it sees as out-of-line with its views, despite the party's push to maintain or expand its majority this fall.
Cramer was the first Republican Senate candidate to be publicly jettisoned by the powerful Koch network this cycle. But during a private briefing over the weekend, donors were given a hand-out that indicated the network is also currently not supporting Senate candidates in two other key states Indiana and Nevada according to a photo of the document obtained by POLITICO.
Cramer, who is challenging Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) in a must-win contest that could decide the balance of power in the Senate during the next Congress. In pushing him aside, Koch officials were clear to the donors that they are sending a message: Republicans in Congress should not take their support for granted.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/30/koch-network-kevin-cramer-senate-749833
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Koch network snubs key GOP Senate candidate (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Jul 2018
OP
And yet the Koch's got Trump elected knowing his positions on trade wars
workinclasszero
Jul 2018
#2
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)1. The Koch's are pro free trade
Trump is protectionist.
Those who toe the Trump line on Protectionism can see less support from the Koch's.
Confusing when two groups of assholes disagree with each other.
Bryant
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. And yet the Koch's got Trump elected knowing his positions on trade wars
Apparently they thought they could control Shit 45 but it's not working out LOL
Orsino
(37,428 posts)3. This is almost a verbatim admission that money buys policy.
They're getting bolder on Planet Citizens United.