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DonViejo

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Mon Oct 16, 2017, 09:08 AM Oct 2017

Bannon: Kochs 'would own' Pence if he became president

BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 10/16/17 08:47 AM EDT

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is reportedly worried that billionaire donors Charles and David Koch would have too much influence over Vice President Mike Pence should he ever become president.

“I’m concerned he’d be a President that the Kochs would own,” Bannon told The New Yorker.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) expressed a similar sentiment to the magazine. “If Pence were to become President for any reason, the government would be run by the Koch brothers—period. He’s been their tool for years,” Whitehouse said.

The Koch brothers “were very excited” that Pence was chosen to be Trump’s running mate, Marc Short, the White House director of legislative affairs, told the magazine.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/355600-bannon-kochs-would-own-pence-if-he-became-president

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Bannon: Kochs 'would own' Pence if he became president (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP
so sayeth the Mercer's sex toy Blue_Adept Oct 2017 #1
fuck off steve. spanone Oct 2017 #2
Koch's vs. Mercer's Iliyah Oct 2017 #3
Exactly. dalton99a Oct 2017 #4
Always PROJECTING 24/7/365! This bunch is really "special" Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #5
He's right about that gopiscrap Oct 2017 #6
 

Madam45for2923

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5. Always PROJECTING 24/7/365! This bunch is really "special"
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BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 10/16/17 08:47 AM EDT

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is reportedly worried that billionaire donors Charles and David Koch would have too much influence over Vice President Mike Pence should he ever become president.

“I’m concerned he’d be a President that the Kochs would own,” Bannon told The New Yorker.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) expressed a similar sentiment to the magazine. “If Pence were to become President for any reason, the government would be run by the Koch brothers—period. He’s been their tool for years,” Whitehouse said.

The Koch brothers “were very excited” that Pence was chosen to be Trump’s running mate, Marc Short, the White House director of legislative affairs, told the magazine.

more
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/355600-bannon-kochs-would-own-pence-if-he-became-president

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