Koch Bros Network Rules out Anti-Clinton Ads: Huff Post/CNN [View all]

[Stuart G]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/30/politics/koch-retreat-paul-ryan/


Colorado Springs (CNN) — The powerful political network helmed by Charles and David Koch is ruling out running advertisements intended to hurt Hillary Clinton, another sign of their insistence on avoiding the presidential race.

The Koch network has previously said they will not back Republican candidate Donald Trump, but on Saturday officials told reporters that they would not run negative Clinton spots, a position taken by some Republican groups that are uneasy with the controversial GOP standard-bearer. The group is laser-focused on maintaining and expanding the Senate majority -- in the midst of a $42 million television advertising campaign focused on a half-dozen states -- and would only use Clinton to bash Senate Democratic hopefuls

The Kochs have assembled a political operation some consider to be on par with the Republican National Committee, using a constellation of nonprofit organizations to drive elections and policy fights in recent years. They today have 1,200 paid staff members in 38 states.

Yet their refusal to back Trump -- whose language on immigration and trade is found to be too incendiary by the libertarian-inspired Kochs -- is a leading reason why Trump is expected to be massively outgunned by Clinton and her allies in the advertising wars.
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Posting this for your info. interesting story, short read.