Romney’s `Koch Problem:’ $3 Million
Protesters unfurled a “Koch Kills” banner and shouted “shame on you” as wealthy donors to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney rounded a corner in Range Rovers, Denalis and other dark-colored luxury vehicles on their way to a fundraiser at the Southampton beach house of David Koch, an energy billionaire.
Details about yesterday’s $50,000 per-person dinner were spare. Brothers David and Charles Koch closely guard their privacy and prefer to spend their political dollars through non- profit groups that don’t disclose their donors — despite their publicly stated desire to oust President Barack Obama.
After an invitation to the Koch evening event surfaced publicly, MoveOn.org, Occupy Wall Street and other groups that support Democratic causes took note, busing in about 100 protesters from Manhattan and flying a plane trailing a banner that said: “Romney has a Koch problem.”
Midway through the event, the protesters took to the beach, making a three-quarters of a mile trek to the ocean-front backyard of David and Julia Koch’s home, where they were kept at bay by an entourage of Secret Service agents posted on a bluff between the beach and tents in the backyard. Some party-goers briefly peeked at the unfolding scene, smiling as the opposition shouted, “Voters in, money out.”
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