Who knew he was so sensitive.
Leave the Koch brothers alooooone!!!! says Charles Koch. President Obama and Harry Reid are just meanies, the billionaire who arguably has controlling interest of the Republican party,
whined to Politico.
Charles Koch hit back at criticism of “the Koch brothers” during President Barack Obama’s energy speech in Las Vegas earlier this week, saying he was “flabbergasted” by the attack and charging that Obama made the dig as a favor to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who appeared with him.
“It’s beneath the president, the dignity of the president, to be doing that,” Koch said during a phone interview Tuesday.
“I was absolutely flabbergasted that he could say so many things about us that were the opposite of the truth,” Koch said. “I was really dumbfounded. And I know he was there with Harry Reid. So we expect that with Harry Reid, but I didn’t expect that from the president.”
Koch said he has never met Obama. “The only thing I can think of is he was there with Harry Reid, and it was kind of a farewell gesture to help Harry Reid,” Koch added. “I can think of no other reason to single us out in his remarks in his efforts to promote his favorite forms of energy.”
Obama called out the Koch empire for "massive lobbying efforts backed by fossil fuel interests, or conservative think tanks, or the Koch brothers pushing for new laws to roll back renewable energy standards or prevent new clean energy businesses from succeeding." That's not at all what they want, Koch insists. They want government completely out of it, they want an end to "corporate welfare" (as long as we're not talking about tax loopholes that allow corporations to pay nothing) he insists. Which, of course they do. They're on top and want to pull the ladder up with them. Oh, and also, too, no regulation to get in the way of their obscene profits, probably the primary reason they've invested so heavily in acquiring all the governments.
By the way, nice job Politico, in giving Charles Koch 25 paragraphs for free to explain just how much he and his brother love America and freedom.