Harry Reid is shocked! And you’ll no doubt be shocked at what he’s shocked about:
1 big reason why Pence makes sense for Trump: He's close to the Kochs https://t.co/glEDgVQ5en pic.twitter.com/oMUIDKsdnE
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) July 14, 2016
I'm shocked that the Kochs have such influence over the Republicans. Shocked. https://t.co/UcMXsTfLtx
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) July 14, 2016
He’s getting awfully predictable in his old age.
Senator Reid later retracted the statement after finding the story to be false, like an honorable person https://t.co/kttz43vDgw
— (((Political Math))) (@politicalmath) July 14, 2016
Just kidding! Reid’s narrative is B.S., but he’s not one to let the truth get in the way.
Fun fact, @SenatorReid: the Koch-Pence middleman, fmr Pence CoS Marc Short, left Koch's Freedom Partners b/c they wouldn't go to war w Trump
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 14, 2016
Except the Post reported later this wasn’t happening, but whatever. The Senator gets his talking point. Whoopee! https://t.co/MevcRnCMdP
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) July 14, 2016
@SenatorReid the Kochs are staying out of the presidential race, dude.
— TWK (@Hot_take_king) July 14, 2016
From a different WaPo article posted later:
“It doesn’t change our engagement on the presidential,” James Davis, a spokesman for Freedom Partners, the network’s funding arm, said on Thursday. “We are going to remain focused on the Senate.”
The network’s unwillingness to activate its ground operation and advertising resources to back Trump has exasperated some top Republican donors and highlighted the deep rift between the billionaire real-estate developer and some of the most influential figures in the conservative movement. The firm stance is driven by billionaire Koch Industries chief executive Charles Koch, who has repeatedly expressed his dismay with Trump’s tone and policy positions.
A meeting last month between Koch Industries general counsel Mark Holden and Trump campaign officials did not appear to change the dynamic. In an interview Monday at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference, Charles Koch compared the choice of Trump and Democratic contender Hillary Clinton as having to vote “for cancer or heart attack.”
In other words, Reid’s full of it. Again.
Um they're not supporting Trump, genius https://t.co/hPYiZclRtk
— Shoshana Weissmann (@senatorshoshana) July 14, 2016
The gentleman from Nevada is often confused. https://t.co/XJqNKLxsO7
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) July 14, 2016
Is @SenatorReid:
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 14, 2016
Is there a fourth option?
@lachlan @SenatorReid Yes
— Conrad Close (@conradclose) July 14, 2016
@lachlan @SenatorReid how can I vote all 3, they are not mutually exclusive and all are true
— Ezra Cole (@eszruh) July 14, 2016
@lachlan You missed the "all of the above" option. @SenatorReid
— Colonel Assault Mom (@laurakfillault) July 14, 2016
Oh well.
@SenatorReid @TheFix Where's the same "shock" for George Soros or the gads of other billionaires who support you and the Dems, you Hack?
— HamDude (@kdswesey) July 14, 2016
No comment.
If Harry Reid really wants something to be shocked about, it doesn’t get more shocking than this:
I'm shocked you're still employed. https://t.co/FplfMrCM8N
— Pure Applesauce (@stackiii) July 14, 2016
