Koch organization won't support GOP Senate candidate Cramer

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Source: NBC News


The move in a key Senate race comes as the Koch network is seeking distance from President Trump's GOP.
by Leigh Ann Caldwell / Jul.30.2018 / 2:30 PM ET / Updated 4:25 PM ET


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The primary political arm of the conservative Koch network announced at a semiannual donor conference here Monday that the organization will not support North Dakota Republican Senate candidate Kevin Cramer this fall, saying that his record on issues like the farm bill, corporate welfare and government spending run counter to the network’s positions.

“We are raising the bar,” Tim Phillips, president of the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity, told donors Monday morning. “If this were 2016 or ‘14, we would have likely just gone ahead and endorsed him, but we are raising the bar.”

"He’s inconsistent on these issues across the board," Phillips said of Cramer. "That makes it hard to support him. And he’s not leading on the issues where this country needs leadership the most right now.”

Cramer is trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in one of the Republican Party’s prime opportunities to pick up seats to protect its Senate majority this fall.


In a statement, Cramer said, "I respect the decision by the Koch Network to not engage in the North Dakota Senate race. As I have always said, I work for the people of North Dakota and will always vote with them in mind."

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Image: President Trump Holds Rally In Fargo, North Dakota
President Donald Trump, from left, looks on as Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Rep. Kevin Cramer, (R-ND) speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota on June 27, 2018.Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

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[saidsimplesimon]

2. I took this as a threat to all Republicans.

they fund. Just like Putin and Cheeto, Quid Pro Quo. The Kochs give you money you behave as a lap dog, pass the laws they want, when they want.

[7962]

8. Just like any politician. nt

[appalachiablue]

3. Kochs are all over the news in the last few days, like they own the place! Lol.

[blueseas]

7. Yes like they own America

They are in charge???

[beachbum bob]

4. Any fracture in GOP is always good, especially with the money men

[beachbum bob]

5. Steve bannon telling Koch brothers to STFU and get with the program...

Love it when the go at each other, especially a nobody like bannon going at billionaires...

[appalachiablue]

6. Saw that, feeling powerful again with his new, Alt Rt. Europe plan.

[7962]

9. Bannon is on the LOSING end of a battle with them. They dont care about the "base".

They dont like tariffs, they dont like trump.

[Midnight Writer]

12. Rich bastards like the Koch Brothers love to be put in their place by commoners. Keep it up, Steve.

[radical noodle]

10. We need Heidi badly

so this may be good news for a Democratic Senate.

[cstanleytech]

11. What they say publicly is one thing however they do have the ability to provide him support from

the shadows which they probably will do if it looks like a Democrat will win the election.