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Related: About this forumThom Hartmann: Billionaires Snub Trump
America's Lawyer Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio joins Thom. Donald Trump is leading every other Republican in the polls. But are the other billionaires in the Republican party ready for Trump to be the nominee?
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Thom Hartmann: Billionaires Snub Trump (Original Post)
thomhartmann
Aug 2015
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Gothmog
(145,321 posts)1. The Kochs hate Trump
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)2. Their money is on their cabana boy, Scott Walker.
They want Trump, whom they can't control, out of the way so they can secure the nomination for Walker, who will do anything for them, probably including mowing their lawns and cleaning their toilets with his own toothbrush.
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)3. Walker is an idiot-
I can see the Kochs supporting Jeb or Rubio
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)4. The fact that Walker is an idiot is precisely why they like him.
He does what they tell him to do, with the result that they've been happily bankrolling his destruction of Wisconsin for the benefit of the 1% ever since he became governor.