The real David Koch has nothing but praise for Scott Walker these days.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
has help in fending off a recall:
Asked about his efforts to sway public opinion, [David] Koch acknowledges his group is hard at work in places such as Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker is facing off with public unions and grappling with a likely recall vote.
"We're helping him, as we should. We've gotten pretty good at this over the years," he says. "We've spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We're going to spend more."
The Koch brothers are giving Walker that help because:
"What Scott Walker is doing with the public unions in Wisconsin is critically important. He's an impressive guy and he's very courageous," Koch says after a benefit dinner of salmon and white wine. "If the unions win the recall, there will be no stopping union power."
Right-wing billionaires are pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into keeping Scott Walker in office because they see him as key to stopping "union power." Looking at the amount of power unions have in this country—hint: not much—you can see just how thoroughly the Koch brothers want to crush unions, and how central to that Scott Walker is, whether as an active force in the state of Wisconsin or as a national figurehead for union-busting.
Scott Walker has help from the Kochs and other enormously rich mega-donors. The recall effort needs you. Please give $5 to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin to recall Scott Walker.