With some donors pushing for the network to back Trump, Koch network officials detailed their reasoning behind sitting out of the presidential race in a meeting Saturday morning.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The pitch to donors was optimistic: a discussion about “a brighter future for the country,” hosted by Charles and David Koch’s expansive political network, at a scenic mountain resort.
But, like everything else, part of the weekend ended up being about Donald Trump.
In his remarks to donors, Charles Koch repeatedly said this weekend that the network will back neither the Republican nominee, nor Hillary Clinton, disappointing a small but vocal minority of the 400 donors who hoped Koch — and the brothers’ political network — would ultimately back Trump.
In response, network officials and Charles Koch gave a presentation to donors Saturday morning in a private meeting on why the group wasn’t backing Trump, according to several donors. They also made the case for their decision to focus on Senate races instead of playing in the presidential — a dramatic change from the 2012 presidential election when the network spent millions on behalf of Mitt Romney.
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