Everyone is freaking out because Charles Koch said that he might actually support Hillary Clinton over el Trumpo. While the quote has been taken out of context, in the video Koch says that he would only do so if he thought Hillary’s actions were going to be different from her rhetoric.
Watch below:
He says basically none of the rhetoric from any of the Republicans or Hillary is anything he’d support.
Kevin Williamson of National Review makes some good points about this:
Goodness, gracious, the world sure is acting strangely surprised by Charles Koch's observation that Trump might be worse than Mrs. Clinton.
— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) April 24, 2016
No one who knows the first thing about Charles Koch's actual beliefs could be surprised by his observation about Mrs. Clinton v. Trump.
— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) April 24, 2016
The Kochs have been more libertarian than conservative, and anyone who thinks they’re right-wing ideologues is just buying into the stupid mindless insults from the left.
More from ABC:
“We haven’t put a penny in any of these campaigns, pro or con,” Koch said. “That’s not what we do. What we’re trying to do is build alliances to make the country better.”
Koch, author of the book “Good Profit,” said he would only consider contributing to either Trump or Cruz if they backtrack on some of their most controversial promises. That includes one of Cruz’s favorite lines of his campaign stump speech — to carpet bomb ISIS in the Middle East and “make the sand glow.”
“That’s gotta be hyperbole, but I mean that a candidate — whether they believe it or not — would think that appeals to the American people,” Koch said. “This is frightening.”
Koch also slammed Trump’s rhetoric towards Muslims, saying his proposal of a temporary travel ban was “antithetical.”
“What was worse was this ‘we’ll have them all registered,'” Koch said. “That’s reminiscent of Nazi Germany. I mean — that’s monstrous as I said at the time.”
Koch went so far as to say the GOP nightmare of another Clinton presidency might be a better alternative to the remaining Republican candidates at this point.
“It’s possible,” he said.
That’s how screwed up this election is…