The Koch brothers originally intended to spend $900 million on buying the 2016 presidential election, but the hoi polloi gave them a choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, so they’re sitting this one out.
“The Kochs … have since scaled back their budget for the entire cycle to just $40 million, as part of an overhaul of their free-spending approach to politics. … [T]he Kochs seem burned out by how little their millions have done in shaping national policy. They failed to unseat President Barack Obama in 2012, despite spending more than $400 million in that election cycle. And while Republicans in 2014 wrested control of the Senate and expanded the House GOP majority to historic proportions – due in no small part to the $300 million spent by the Koch network – the billionaire brothers have few policy victories to show for it. Instead, they are ‘unlikely to spend a dime on the 2016 presidential election,’ according to a National Review report detailing their withdrawal from federal races this year.”
Ha ha ha! $700 million down a rathole! There’s justice in the world after all. Karma, dudes! Read the complete story here.
