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Conservative icon David Koch leaving business, politics
Associated Press ^ | Jun. 05, 2018 | Steve Peoples

Posted on 06/05/2018 7:41:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Billionaire conservative icon David Koch is stepping down from the Koch brothers’ network of business and political activities.

The 78-year-old New York resident is suffering from deteriorating health, according to a letter that older brother Charles Koch sent to company officials Tuesday morning.

Charles Koch wrote that he is “deeply saddened” by his brother’s retirement. “David has always been a fighter and is dealing with this challenge in the same way,” he wrote. […]

Democrats have demonized the Koch brothers for their outsized influence in conservative politics over the last decade. Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid regularly attacked Republicans for what he called a “Koch addiction.”

Yet the Kochs have clashed with the Trump administration at times.

Citing concerns about Trump’s style and substance, the network refused to endorse either presidential candidate in the 2016 election. And while they have praised Trump’s policies on taxes, deregulation and health care, they have aggressively attacked the Republican administration’s trade policies. On Monday, the Koch network announced a multi-million-dollar campaign to oppose Trump’s tariffs and highlight the benefit of free trade. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; cheaplaborexpress; davidkoch; freetrade; hoax; homosexualagenda; koch; kochbrothers; neocon; nevertrumpers; notconservative
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To: Olog-hai

He isn’t a conservative icon, he’s a left-wing whipping-boy because he’s not a 100% leftist.


21 posted on 06/05/2018 8:41:50 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Olog-hai

More WINNING!


22 posted on 06/05/2018 8:47:31 AM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: Olog-hai

Good riddance to another icon of anti-Americanism.


23 posted on 06/05/2018 8:49:27 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 0)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Total open borders amnesty dirtbag.


24 posted on 06/05/2018 9:19:21 AM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: cgbg
They went over to the dark side—the more interesting question is when it happened and why it happened.

I am guessing it's because of Trump - someone who's not willing to climb into their pocket and not of the globalist/uniparty/swamp ilk. In short, they probably want politicians over whom they'd have some control.

25 posted on 06/05/2018 9:35:32 AM PDT by pt17
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To: Olog-hai
Democrats have demonized the Koch brothers for their outsized influence in conservative politics over the last decade.

In a related comment, Democrats have demonized Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, George Soros, Michael Bloomberg, the press, the media, the music industry, and Hollywood for not doing enough to influence liberal politics over the last decade.

26 posted on 06/05/2018 10:06:55 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Olog-hai

The Koch brothers ain’t got nothing on the Dem icon George Soros.


27 posted on 06/05/2018 10:07:54 AM PDT by MissEdie (I am South Carolina Strong.)
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To: wita

An Kirsten Sinema (D-AZ) to replace Jeff Flake.....I would love to ask Libs how they feel about the Koch Brothers changing sides........


28 posted on 06/05/2018 10:43:47 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: rktman

Republican Icon, fixed it.

Koch is no more an America loving conservative than Bill Kristol. They are globalist hacks looking out for themselves.


29 posted on 06/05/2018 11:11:59 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: dfwgator

“Mortamer, what about your brother”


30 posted on 06/05/2018 1:13:01 PM PDT by Moleman
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To: Olog-hai

They are Libertarians, not Conservatives.


31 posted on 06/05/2018 1:14:17 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Moleman

“Blank him!”


32 posted on 06/05/2018 1:18:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Moonman62

And they’ve said so openly, IIRC.


33 posted on 06/05/2018 1:19:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: dfwgator

That’s the one!! LOL


34 posted on 06/05/2018 1:27:07 PM PDT by Moleman
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To: originalbuckeye

I would love to ask Libs how they feel about the Koch Brothers changing sides........

Now there is a rhetorical question if ever there was one.

On the other hand, the Koch Brothers haven’t changed sides any more than they have changed their stripes.

Libs just lack understanding, wisdom, and a few other very valuable assets. It is very difficult for libs to recognize Republican’s of any stripe as being on their side. It is just a fact, that most Republican’s don’t seem to appreciate what the Republican Party truly stands for and vote as if a democrat. For Dems that just is not good enough. One must have sold his or her soul utterly and completely. How else is one capable of killing your posterity before they are born, or taking away the god given Rights of anyone. Conscience and remorse, are not in the democrat lexicon.


35 posted on 06/05/2018 2:44:33 PM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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