You’ve probably heard of the name “Koch,” but do you know how often you use their products or how much the family is influencing your politics? Stephanie Ruhle is joined by the Editor and Chief of the Bulwark, Charlie Sykes and the author of a new book all about the Koch brothers, Christopher Leonard to explain.
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Exploring The Koch Brothers’ Political Influence | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC
koch Brothers = Scum of the Earth.
They Steyer brother are good because they’re rich Democrats who make the koch brothers look cheap
Don Anderson 🎯 the Koch brothers aren’t happy with their billions, they want the government to be their PUPPETS so they can behind the scene CONTROL all Americans and turned us into their SLAVES.
For them, it’s all about POWER and the mighty $$$.
In short, Koch brothers and the 1% want to turn America into a FEUDAL SERFDOM!
trump…scum of the world….
I wish the Koch brothers Marley/Scrooge nightmares for eternity.
They ooze the whiteness and money of the new Republican party. The new definition of being conservative is being a billionaire and white.
The Koch Brothers are destroying the US and the planet.
@Thomas Armsworthy Jr Not everyone, and certainly not the species that went extinct between now and then.
Gas them and send their skulls to Israel.
@Heraldo Medrano people in your country are jealous of the living standards in the US
@Troy Stocker keep dreaming.
@Thomas Armsworthy Jr SPACE FARCE! pew pew pew
If there’s any good news about this Old far* Brothers It’s they’re near to the grave, and with any luck they might slip in a Banana peel soon.😀Yeah!
Dittzx
I know right. I keep trying to remind myself that people like the Koch brothers have one foot in the grave, and the other one on a banana peel. So there’s still hope for the future.
@David J Let’s hope so.
Let’s hope our aging potus Gilderoy Lockhart slips on a banana peel soon.
Who is watching this after Hasan Minhaj’s piece on Sunday?
The good news is Koch brothers are at their 80s. Lucifer will take them soon if we are lucky.
Umm… You should probably read the bible if you are going to use “Lucifer” reference. 😁
@Real American ….On a side note, Satan can’t take something that he already has 😂
Hopefully bone cancer takes them.
@Thomas Armsworthy Jr I think only one son has been trained to run the business. Well, let’s hope this guy is different from his father.
No matter your political ideology, we’re all getting screwed over by the rich.
It’s the American way!
Terry Daktyl : Too true. Also, I like your name. 😁
@ErykaSoleil Why thank you, kins Miss.
EXACTLY! And its the sweat of the “little” man that make them rich!
The Kochs never bought into Trump? Does it count that Vice President Mike Pence is a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries? How exactly do you think Pence managed to get the VP job, when Trump had never even heard of him?
Chump chose Pence to get the support of the religious right. They knew Chump’s not really a Christian, but Pence is hard-core evangelical. They religious right was counting Pence to be sure Don The Con appointed conservative judges everywhere that he could.
The Koch brothers represent everything that’s wrong with our country and government. America is no longer a country of the people, for the people, and by the people. It’s a country of corporations, for corporations, and by corporations. This has led to the will of the American people being completely subverted. And no one has contributed more to this fascist state than the GOP, which is owned by the Koch bros.
“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
Well said.
Thanks for the quote.
God Bless FDR. we should not tolerate the growth of a government power to be stronger than the people. A government that can take the power of the people, will take the people’s rights,and will take over private industry (health care, energy, oil and gas, etc). With no power to protest, no power to defend, no power to change or have a choice, no way to better yourself or make a better living or a profit, We would be broken and our nation will be lost. Welcome to Fascism, Socialism, Communism 101 Welcome to MSNBC
Fox news zombies turds can always be spoted by the BS they regugitate . Unions ? In what decade are we talking ??
I want to know what was the strategy for giving 20 million to HBCU’s and what did they expect in return 🤔🤔
To have someone say that they gave 20 million to an HBCU years later. Which is less than a nickel to them. A guy who was only worth 5 billion gave the Michigan University 300 million. That’s to a single institution. 100 million specifically to the athletic program.
@Toussaint Louverture not alleged done in 2017 public record my question was it quid pro quo? 🤔
lets explore why they are using illegal immigrants in their factories. do as we say not as we do.
You can practically see the evil radiating off of them 😂
People like the Koch brothers are worth billions of dollars. And for some reason, Trump and republicans decided that they needed a massive tax cut, to end their suffering I suppose. But it’s okay, because Trump and republicans are going to make the American people pay for that tax cut to billionaires,,corporations and Wall Street. Just another shining example of why I will never ever vote for a Republican. If you’re not a billionaire, or a billion dollar corporation, voting republican is like cutting your own throat.
The america first agenda is drain America’s funds to the rich.
Do you really need a tax cut when you own 90% of a $100 billion dollar company?
Kochs don’t want the government interfering with markets but they have no problem with the market governing our politics.
Between rich old white peckerwood and religion, American politics has become sordid and corrupt.
the koch brothers own:
angel soft
brawny
dixie (cups)
quilted northern
soft n gentle
vanity fair
sparkle
This clip makes it sound like Trump is more evil than the Koch boys.
See, “Trading Places” with Eddie Murphy.