Political Quotes

“The article has the headline ``Trump picks top Koch recipient for secretary of state.'' The article says that ``former Kansas congressman whose political career was paved by Koch Industries'' received more money than others in similar situations. The reasons to vote against Mike Pompeo are many, but one of the principal ones is that he was one of the chief recipients of money from the Koch brothers or their organizations. In fact, since his first bid for Congress in 2010, Pompeo has received $400,000 from Koch Industries, $335,000 from employee contributions, and $65,000 from its corporate PAC, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The Pompeo nomination is a poster boy for the impact of money in politics, the influence of the Koch brothers on this administration, and the enduring effect of campaign contributions, of influence-buying and pettiness in government. The Koch brothers are blatantly using their influence in the Trump administration to advance an agenda based on their own self-interests at the expense of our democracy, and they have reached into the uppermost levels and echelons of this administration through individuals they have supported over years and years, such as Mike Pompeo. In July of 2015, 2 weeks before he kicked off his campaign for President, the President said through a tweet: ``I really like the Koch Brothers (members of my [Palm Beach] Club), but I don't want their money or anything else from them.…”