I’m kind of like Martin Luther when he was on trial, and he said, ‘Here I stand, I can do no other.’ I dedicate my life to this.
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Koch said that the candidates they backed actually didn’t do as well as it may seem, but did say, “anytime ad hominem attacks and lack of civility, lack of tolerance, is shown to not work, to be anathema to the American people, that’s a step forward for a free and progressive society”.
Before a packed convention hall at Century II on Monday night, with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski urging him on, the man Scarborough called “one of the most important men in the world” talked a lot of family and a little politics. Ted Cruz, who have been linked to the billionaire brothers.
Charles Koch declined to comment on any specific candidate in the Republican primary, and said his brother David’s praise of Gov. Scott Walker was wrongly interpreted as an intended donation of millions of dollars.
Koch and his brother are among the largest donors to conservative causes and their endorsement is generally crucial GOP candidates.
DAVID KOCH: Well, he helped me in a lot of different ways. Koch explained. “If it’s to get policies that will create, open up opportunities for people and get rid of all this corporatism and corporate welfare wherein, what, seven out of the richest counties in the country are around Washington, DC?” You learn discipline. You learn, gosh, this is hard, I want to be more efficient at it. You learn to improve, you learn to work with other people, you learn how to benefit. They’ve been helped by the Supreme Court’s evisceration of limits on money in politics, which has allowed them and their allies to pour unlimited sums into super PACs aimed at influencing elections.
The Koch brothers, who are spending about $1 billion on the 2016 presidential election, are downplaying the amount of political influence their bottomless pockets can buy. I mean and, and have two-year presidential campaigns where that’s all anybody’s focused on.
“Somebody goes to jail, and they get out and no one will hire them”.
In their first-ever interview together, Charles and David Koch highlighted the differences in their political beliefs and shared personal stories that had shaped their positions.
David Koch recalled his quixotic run for vice president on the Libertarian ticket in 1980. The clip above has Charles discussing the need to change drug laws and reform criminal justice.
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He said we are headed for an economic disaster from government overspending.
