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keep_left

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33. There was also some sort of agreement with Charles Koch that caused him to back off.

Reply to agingdem (Reply #11)

Sun Jun 26, 2022, 01:40 PM

Jun 2022

Remember, Koch was originally a never-Trumper and he used his lavishly-funded "think" tanks to go after Trump. But there was an agreement at some point where Trump would rubber-stamp whatever reactionary judicial appointments Koch and the Federalist Society wanted, no questions asked, and the quid pro quo was that he was buying their silence. The story has been covered in the press, and I know it was also discussed on DU.

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