RNC warns donors to steer clear of Kochs

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



The move escalates the fight between President Donald Trump and the powerful network.

By ALEX ISENSTADT 08/02/2018 03:04 PM EDT Updated 08/02/2018 04:05 PM EDT

The Republican National Committee is sending a warning shot to major GOP donors not to play ball with the powerful Koch political network, escalating a fight between President Donald Trump’s allies and the Kochs.

The move follows a weekend retreat in Colorado at which Koch network officials criticized the Trump administration, hinted they would work with Democrats, and announced they would not help a Republican candidate in a key 2018 Senate race.

“Some groups who claim to support conservatives forgo their commitment when they decide their business interests are more important than those of the country or Party,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel wrote in a memo to party contributors on Thursday afternoon. “This is unacceptable.”

In the memo, McDaniel notes that the RNC has long expressed concerns about the Koch network, which has developed its own data program for Republican candidates to use. The Koch data program rivaled the one that had been created by the RNC.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/02/rnc-warns-donors-kochs-760233

[saidsimplesimon]

1. More frightful than the blimp, hahaha, just deserts with no exits.

[RKP5637]

2. The way tRump is headed, the only person that will be listening to him is himself talking

into a mirror!

[NewJeffCT]

7. I think maybe Stephen Miller

will still be there, like Kuato from Total Recall with Trump being the carrier.

[RKP5637]

10. Yep, he'll be there. What a total creep he is. Really freaky. n/t

[Docreed2003]

16. Lmao...that so freaking appropriate!

Except I'd bet miller's Kuato is hidden under Trumps orange mop!

[leftynyc]

3. Con on con battles

I love it.

[MountCleaners]

6. I know!

Divide and conquer! Oh what will the white wing do??

[forgotmylogin]

4. It's incredible how he consistently burns the ladder out from under himself.

He's not ever expecting to come back down. Gonna be a long fall.

[SergeStorms]

5. Your Tea Baggers aren't attractive anymore, Kochies?

Gee, they can't control the monsters they created anymore. Here's hoping the monsters and their creators both perish. A fitting end to the greed-heads who wanted it all. The world is not yours, Tony Montana.

[ET Awful]

8. LOL, quite a few Republicans wouldn't be in office without Koch money n/t

[RainCaster]

9. Kochs are not needed, we have Russians with lots of rubles

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Yup. Whole country

willing to launder as much money as the U.S. can absorb.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. Oh now kids, don't fight....... You're all fucking awful. nt

[Still In Wisconsin]

12. Republican National Committee is now the TRUMP National Committee.

For better or worse, the Republican Party is gone in every real sense. All that remains is the name. It will be interesting to see how this all evolves. What does conservative even mean anymore? If TRUMP is a "conservative" then it sure doesn't mean what it used to. Huge deficits, trade wars...

[standingtall]

13. Sense when was conservatism and the business interest of conservative business people

separate things? That's a new one on me.

[haele]

14. Putin has more money. Just sayin'

It's obviously a turf war, and the Kochs are finding that they're no longer the big guys in the Energy Mob.

Haele

[SayItLoud]

17. Here's how that RNC memo will play out;

Candidate X : Hi RNC, I need $ for my campaign here in "pick a place", it's tight race.

RNC: Sorry, our priorities and money are needed elsewhere, but next time...

Cock Bros, I mean Koch Bros: Hey Candidate X, we will help you.

Candidate X: Great, FU RNC.


Follow the money, not the loyalty; cause there is NONE.

[roamer65]

18. This is a dream come true.

The Repuke party right down the shitter.

[bluestarone]

19. KOCH"S are pissed because

The REPUGS were bought by BIGGER DONORS!!! (RUSSIA)

[Maxheader]

20. I love it when the 1% er rightwingers

Fight each other..

[pazzyanne]

21. Isn't this biting the hand that feeds you?

Please know I'm not complaining about this, just stating that maybe it is a bad move by the RNC. You go RNC and may you get what you so richly deserve. A blue wave!

[ancianita]

22. This could be an important split from Kochs advancing their minority rule agenda,but I doubt it.

[Chakaconcarne]

23. They no longer need the Koch's... They have Russia.

[BadGimp]

24. This seems kind of stunning...

Is is just me?

[ck4829]

25. LOL

[beachbum bob]

26. The Koch are the donors....

[Hekate]

27. I hope the RNC and the their donors cannibalize each other & suck on the bones for marrow.

That is all.