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Billionaire business man and major GOP donor Charles Koch said ‘it’s possible’ even he could support Clinton

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h2><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4d0606&semi;"><strong>Charles Koch&comma; CEO of Koch Industries&comma; felt &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;it’s possible” that having Hillary Clinton as President would be better than electing any of the current Republicans in the race&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;808080&semi;"><strong>Charles koch &comma; Donald Trump&comma; Ted Cruz have one thing in common the &&num;8216&semi;Tea&&num;8217&semi; Party&period; However&comma; when  billionaire business man and major GOP donor Charles Koch says &OpenCurlyQuote;it’s possible’ even he could support Clinton&comma; are we to assume this to be a trojan horse or a genuine distaste for the outcome of his endeavours&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;808080&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;&&num;8230&semi;unintended consequences&comma; anyone&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Billionaire businessman and Tea Party sympathizer Charles Koch admitted Sunday that even he felt &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;it’s possible” that having Hillary Clinton as President would be better than electing any of the current Republicans in the race&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In an interview with ABC’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This Week” released Sunday&comma; the CEO of Koch Industries and wealthy donor of conservative causes across the nation was asked if he could imagine supporting the Democratic front-runner in a general election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s possible&period; It’s possible&comma;” Koch said after a long pause&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We would have to believe her actions would have to be quite different than her rhetoric&comma; let me put it that way&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But on some of the Republican candidates &&num;8230&semi; before we could support them&comma; we’d have to believe their actions will be quite different than the rhetoric we’ve heard so far&comma;” he added&comma; in what appeared to be a veiled reference to GOP front-runner Donald Trump&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a stinging tweet&comma; Clinton rejected any possible allegiance with the Koch&&num;8217&semi;s and ripped the brothers for their position on climate chance&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Not interested in endorsements from people who deny climate science and try to make it harder for people to vote&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she tweeted Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-16969" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;519458334&period;jpg" alt&equals;"519458334" width&equals;"635" height&equals;"422" &sol;><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Photo&colon; Jeff Swensen&sol;Getty Images<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Koch did say&comma; however&comma; that in order for him to support Hillary Clinton&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We would have to believe her actions would have to be quite different than her rhetoric&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Koch&comma; meanwhile&comma; also acknowledged that Bill Clinton was a superior commander-in-chief to George W&period; Bush&comma; especially when it came to certain key conservative tenets&comma;  like government spending&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In some ways&comma;” Koch&comma; 80&comma; said when he was asked if he felt Clinton was a better president than Bush&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As far as the growth of government&comma; the increase in spending&comma; it was much more under George Bush when the Republicans had it&comma; on restrictive regulations&period; It was 2&period;5 times under Bush than it was under Clinton&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Koch&comma; along with his brother David&comma; through groups associated with them&comma; are thought to be planning to spend about &dollar;900 million during the 2016 elections&comma; although a spokesman for the duo said in March that they would not use any cash toward efforts attempting to block Trump from winning the GOP nomination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5><em><strong>Lets us know what you think of this article&period; Like&quest; Dislike&quest; Funny&quest; Interesting&quest; Cool&quest;  Drop us a line in the comment box or join us on facebook and twitter to help us give you a better reading experience<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;h5>&NewLine;

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