GOP donors at Koch Bros. retreat threaten to withhold donations

>At least one Koch official warned that the Republican Party's House majority could be in jeopardy if the GOP-led Congress doesn't follow through.

>"If they don't make good on these promises ... there are going to be consequences, and quite frankly there should be," said Sean Lansing, chief operating officer for the Koch network's political arm, Americans For Prosperity.

>Deason, who is keeping the "Dallas piggy bank" closed for now, said he was recently approached by Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, about hosting a fundraiser.

>"I said, 'No I'm not going to because we're closing the checkbook until you get some things done,'" Deason said, noting he's encouraged nearly two dozen major Texas donors to follow his lead.

>"There is urgency," said AFP president Tim Phillips. "We believe we have a window of about 12 months to get as much of it accomplished as possible before the 2018 elections grind policy to a halt."

>The window for action may be even smaller, some Koch allies warned at the three-day donor retreat that drew roughly 400 participants to the base of the Rocky Mountains. The price for admission for most was a pledge to give at least $100,000 this year to the Kochs' broad policy and political network. There were also at least 18 elected officials on hand.

>Some hosted private policy discussions with donors while others simply mingled.

>In between meetings, Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., predicted dire consequences in next year's midterm elections should his party fail to deliver on its repeated promises.

>"If we don't get health care, none of us are coming back," he said in a brief interview. "We said for seven years you're gonna repeal Obamacare. It's nowhere near repealed."

>It's the same for an overhaul of the tax code, Brat said: "We don't get taxes through, we're all going home. Pack the bags."

>While some donors threatened to withhold campaign cash, Koch's team outlined a broader strategy to help shape the debate.

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>Already, Americans For Prosperity claims a paid staff of more than 400 full-time activists in 36 states. Koch officials said that the network's midterm budget for policy and politics is between $300 million and $400 million.

>The group is actively lobbying Senate Republicans to change their current health care proposal, which it views as insufficiently conservative.

>We are not committed to the Senate bill in its current form, but there is still time to make changes and we're actively working to improve it," Phillips said.

>At the same time, Koch's allies are aggressively pushing forward on taxes.

>The network is running what it describes as "a first wave" of digital ads calling on more than 50 House and Senate Republicans in both parties to overhaul the tax code. Later in the summer, Philips said, his organization will begin hosting rallies and other events to generate momentum for a tax overhaul in all 36 states where they have full-time operations.

>Another Koch donor, Chris Wright, of Colorado, predicted Republicans have a 10-month window before any chance of major policy action is suffocated by next year's midterms.

>"If we don't get anything done by then, the elections probably don't go very well," Wright said. "They may not go well anyway."

>>132086939
>At least one Koch official warned that the Republican Party's House majority could be in jeopardy if the GOP-led Congress doesn't follow through.
>"we want obamacare to be repealed- if you don't do it we'll fund the democrats"

GENIUS MOVE, 80D CHESS, KOCHS HAVE EVERYONE ELSE OUTMANEUVERED

>>132087042
The Kochs are pretty much just libertarians, the memeing about them being bad as soros only comes from liberals who think reducing government spending is literally hitler

>>132087418
they're less bad than soros but they're still globalists

>>132087418
i don't care what they are, they can eat shit an die

>>132087516
eat shit and die

Brown nosing cucks abound

>>132086939
Isn't that good though?

>>132091528
They're gonna start fucking over republicans because they can't get all their precious jew gold.

Not such a great thing tbqh.

>>132087418
They are strong anti communist, but they have the whole operating borders idea on their head.

>>132091963
They are right though. They need to get shit done, and quit fucking around with this pointless Russian investigations. I want to know if more money has been spent on this compared to the 9/11 investigation.

koch bros are robber barons

>>132092402
> I want to know if more money has been spent on this compared to the 9/11 cover-up

Fixed that for you

>>132092402
the shit they get done shouldn't be a 66% corporate tax reduction and kicking 30 million people off of meaningful health insurance.
they should focus on securing our borders, tax cuts to the middle and working class, and removing red tape for small business owners.

>>132092891
>kicking 30 million people off of meaningful health insurance.
source?