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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKoch Donor: "God Gave Us One More Chance With Trump"
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. To Al Hartman, President Trump is a heaven-sent leader, expertly carrying out a conservative agenda to roll back regulations and limit the size and scope of government.
Hes working right out of the Heritage playbook, said Hartman, a Houston real-estate executive, referring to the conservative Washington think tank. God gave us one more chance by allowing him to be in office.
To Liz Wright of Denver, Trump is an imperfect vehicle for implementing the small-government policies she seeks. He doesnt have a consistent governing philosophy, said Wright, who voted for Libertarian presidential contender Gary Johnson last November.
Yet, Wright and Hartman, both donors to the conservative policy and political network tied to billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, view Trumps presidency and the Republican majority in the Congress as their best hope of passing an overhaul of the tax code, repealing the Affordable Care Act and enacting other priorities dear to the networks wealthy conservatives.
We have maybe 10 months, a rare opportunity in at least a decade, to shrink the influence of the government in the economy, said Wrights husband, Chris. But with a president who seems unable to deliver a clear, consistent from the top and a slender 52-48 majority in the Senate, we are threading the needle on seeing that goal achieved, he said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/26/love-hate-him-trump-offers-rare-chance-change-washington-koch-donors-say/427595001/
Hes working right out of the Heritage playbook, said Hartman, a Houston real-estate executive, referring to the conservative Washington think tank. God gave us one more chance by allowing him to be in office.
To Liz Wright of Denver, Trump is an imperfect vehicle for implementing the small-government policies she seeks. He doesnt have a consistent governing philosophy, said Wright, who voted for Libertarian presidential contender Gary Johnson last November.
Yet, Wright and Hartman, both donors to the conservative policy and political network tied to billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, view Trumps presidency and the Republican majority in the Congress as their best hope of passing an overhaul of the tax code, repealing the Affordable Care Act and enacting other priorities dear to the networks wealthy conservatives.
We have maybe 10 months, a rare opportunity in at least a decade, to shrink the influence of the government in the economy, said Wrights husband, Chris. But with a president who seems unable to deliver a clear, consistent from the top and a slender 52-48 majority in the Senate, we are threading the needle on seeing that goal achieved, he said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/26/love-hate-him-trump-offers-rare-chance-change-washington-koch-donors-say/427595001/
If this is what the billionaires think, we're truly fucked.
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Koch Donor: "God Gave Us One More Chance With Trump" (Original Post)
Initech
Jun 2017
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Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)1. John Calvin deserved the most brutal death.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)2. Translation: "God Gave Us One More Chance with Trump to go to Hell!" n/t
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)3. As an atheist, I roll my eyes at ignorant statements like this.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. So, if we stop Trump, Hartman's God will quit fucking with us?
Hartman's God seems to have a particularly ruddy cast.
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)5. Uh no
That's not God's work, that is Satan's.
Freethinker65
(10,024 posts)6. If you see Trump as a savior sent from "God", God help you!
...and I say that as seriously as I can as a non-believer
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)7. Sociopaths.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)8. If you support Dump, you are NOT a Christian.
You had better get on your knees and ask the Lord in heaven for forgiveness.