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Trump strangles the goose laying golden eggs for the GOP
By Jennifer Rubin
July 31 at 2:45 PM
The Post reports:
President Trump lashed out at the Koch brothers Tuesday, saying their conservative political funding and policy network has “become a total joke in real Republican circles” and is “highly overrated.”
The president’s assessment, made in a flurry of morning tweets, followed a weekend gathering at which top officials affiliated with billionaire industrialist Charles Koch sought to distance the network from Trump and his base in the Republican Party, citing tariff and immigration policies and “divisive” rhetoric out of Washington.
While it is true that, as a whole, Koch may not find the Democratic Party sympathetic to his libertarian philosophy, there are more areas of conflict with the Trumpized GOP — gay rights, immigration, debt, trade and government intervention in the economy — than ever before. No one thinks the Koch behemoth is going to take the place of organized labor as the financial backbone of the Democratic Party, but nothing requires Koch to support any candidates. He has already said he won’t support GOP candidates in North Dakota and Nevada.
Meanwhile, business groups, alarmed at Trump’s protectionism, deficit spending and opposition to immigration, are rethinking blind loyalty to the GOP:
Business groups, at war with President Donald Trump over trade and immigration, say they’re taking steps to rebuild the political center — including taking fresh looks at moderate Democrats.
The American Bankers Association this month began airing ads in support of candidates for the first time, including Democrats Sen. Jon Tester of Montana and Rep. Lou Correa of California. The International Franchise Association has more than doubled its support to Democrats this cycle, with 27 percent of its donations going to centrists in the party. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which leans heavily Republican, endorsed Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey over Republican John McCann, who has the support of former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka.
That’s just common sense.
more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/07/31/trump-strangles-the-goose-laying-golden-eggs-for-the-gop/?utm_term=.b3425b8a54bd
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