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To: THE ANT who wrote (129346)1/30/2017 1:19:45 PM
From: Elroy Jetson  Read Replies (3) of 217670
 
Tea Party founder Charles Koch blasted President Trump’s strict immigration ban as the “wrong approach” that violates our dedication to “free and open societies”. Koch also put Trump on notice conservatives will work to kill an import tax being floated to pay for a wall on the Mexican border.

Charles and his brother David have been rallying other conservatives in an effort to influence the White House and the GOP-controlled Congress. The Koch network held a rally this weekend in California with supporters who donated at least $100,000 each year to conservative groups backed by the brothers.

At the weekend meeting, Charles Koch, without mentioning Trump by name, said the nation is at a point of “tremendous danger,” adding that America can “go the authoritarian route … or we can move toward a free and open society. So this is our opportunity."



The billionaire Koch brothers did not support Trump’s candidacy, and in April Charles Koch called Trump’s support of a Muslim registry “ reminiscent of Nazi Germany.”

Luke Hilgemann, the chief executive of the Koch's Americans for Prosperity group, said "the proposal to institute a 20 percent tax on goods coming across the southern border amounts to a massive tax increase on all Americans.

The tax, floated by White house spokesman Sean Spicer and supported by House Speaker Paul Ryan, would raise $1.2 trillion over 10 years and would pay for Trump’s much-touted plan to build a wall on the Mexican border. In an interview with Reuters, Hilgemann suggested "Ryan needs to go back to the drawing board.”

During his presidential campaign, Trump promised roaring crowds that he would build a wall and have Mexico pay for it. But Mexican President Pena Nieto went on television last week to say the country would not pay for it and canceled a scheduled meeting with Trump.
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