You Won't Believe What Could Cost The Republicans The 2018 Election
There are still pockets of the Republican Party that refuse to support President Trump.
And that is leading to questions about if the GOP can hang on in November.
And you won't believe which Republicans are fighting with Donald Trump ahead of the
midterm elections.
The Koch brothers have been long time funders of conservative causes.
David and Charles Koch have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into groups like Americans
for Prosperity and GOP races across the country.
But in 2016, the libertarian leaning Koch Network – the constellation of groups funded
and organized by the brothers – refused to spend money on Trump's behalf.
Trump and the Koch brothers reached a truce after Trump took office with the Koch brothers
spending money to support Trump initiatives like his tax cuts as well as the nomination
of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
That uneasy alliance recently fractured because of the Kochs' opposition to President Trump's
tariffs and immigration crack down.
The Kochs have long been supporters of free trade and amnesty and they are now determined
to punish Republicans who stray from those beliefs.
In an opening shot across the President's bow, the Koch network of groups ran ads supporting
North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp – one of the most vulnerable Democrats running for
re-election in 2018.
The Koch network still plans to spend $400 million on the midterm elections, but their
tacit endorsement of a Democrat in a race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate
raised eyebrows.
Some Trump supporters could not believe the Kochs would back a candidate who opposed priorities
the Kochs supported such as tax cuts, deregulation and conservative judicial nominees because
of a disagreement over amnesty and trade policy.
The Koch network is also avoiding spending money in races in West Virginia, Indiana and
Montana which feature races where strong conservatives who support the President's America First
agenda are challenging incumbent Democrats.
But that divide came into sharper focus at the Koch Networks bi-annual three day seminar.
A reporter for Time Magazine attended the gathering and reported Brian Hooks of the
Seminar Network who runs the conference saying:
"The manner in which people engage public policy matters.
It's gone way beyond tone, way beyond tactic.
The divisiveness of this White House is causing long-term damage when in order to win on an
issue, somebody else has to lose," Hooks said.
"It makes it very difficult to unite people to solve the problems of this country.
… There is a need for someone to step up and show people that it's possible to achieve
things when you unite people together and you bring people together rather than when
you divide them."
This shot at Trump did not escape the President's notice.
Trump fired back on social media by noting that the Kochs opposed him at every turn in
2017 and he still emerged victorious.
President Trump tweeted:
The globalist Koch Brothers, who have become a total joke in real Republican circles, are
against Strong Borders and Powerful Trade.
I never sought their support because I don't need their money or bad ideas.
They love my Tax & Regulation Cuts, Judicial picks & more.
I made…..
….them richer.
Their network is highly overrated, I have beaten them at every turn.
They want to protect their companies outside the U.S. from being taxed, I'm for America
First & the American Worker – a puppet for no one.
Two nice guys with bad ideas.
Make America Great Again!
Will this fracture in the Republican coalition damage the GOP's chances of holding on to
their majorities in 2018?
We will keep you up to date on any new developments
in the
midterm elections.
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