After Pouring Gasoline On U.S. Divide, Charles Koch Now Claims He Wants To Heal Nation

After Pouring Gasoline On U.S. Divide, Charles Koch Now Claims He Wants To Heal Nation

“Boy did we screw up,” says the billionaire who backed Donald Trump. “What a mess.”
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By Mary Papenfuss

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charles-koch-wall-street-journal-change-of-heart_n_5faf0af0c5b6d05e86e6e743

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In an email to the Journal, Koch also congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory. He said he looked forward to “finding ways to work with them to break down the barriers holding people back, whether in the economy, criminal justice, immigration, the COVID-19 pandemic, or anywhere else.”

He added: “I hope we all use this post-election period to find a better way forward. Because of partisanship, we’ve come to expect too much of politics and too little of ourselves and one another.”

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The family money also bankrolls the American Legislative Exchange Council which pens template bills for conservative politicians to introduce in state legislatures across the nation. And Koch plotted back in February to overturn a Trump loss at the polls.

Despite his stated intention to make peace, he railed to the Journal about the constant push to rob individuals of freedom with “top-down” control that stifles innovation. Koch complained about powerful interests lobbying the government, even though Koch Industries spent some $100 million on lobbying, the Journal pointed out.

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Twitter was not impressed.

Charles Koch and his brother tried to destroy the planet for profit and broke our country in the process. He can take his mea culpa and shove it. https://t.co/cxJo2NdWMe
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) November 13, 2020

Man who destroyed America says “oops” https://t.co/xVOwVSgMYH
— Evan DeSimone (@Smorgasboredom) November 13, 2020

“Boy did we screw up!” ???

This is the understatement of the century. Charles Koch - you and your brother BROKE America, and paved the way for Trumpism. https://t.co/S76docV3tk
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@DemWrite) November 13, 2020

Please.

Charles Koch’s Super PAC, Americans for Prosperity, spent the past 6+ months campaigning to get Amy Coney Barrett onto the Supreme Court and GOP Senators reelected.

The group announced TWO DAYS AGO it was throwing its support behind Loeffler and Purdue in Georgia. https://t.co/N7Wn6ABuNp
— Pé (@4everNeverTrump) November 13, 2020

Charles Koch wants to sound like Rodney King: ‘Can’t we all just get along?’ Meanwhile, he’s trying to buy GOP control of the Senate in GA https://t.co/eRDLylyZXg
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) November 13, 2020

“Boy did we screw up!” is quite the playful way for Charles Koch to admit he helped break US democracy. https://t.co/alIGV7jNhP
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) November 13, 2020

Charles Koch has done as much environmental damage to 🌎 as any oligarch living or dead.

Koch Industries has its hands in everything, especially political propaganda.

Sorry, but there’s no salvation here IMHO.#GreenNewDeal #agriculture https://t.co/9StwRCHxJE
— Jen Perelman (@JENFL23) November 13, 2020

Such total BS. Just like fossil fuel, feigning one thing while dark-money machine chugs on as ever. Really unbelievable. https://t.co/0iEeBAVZUd
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) November 13, 2020


“Sure I might have planted the seeds that nearly destroyed this country, but I just wanna come here to say: oops, my bad”

Don’t think this will cut it, Charlie. Millions have had their lives made more insecure and precarious by your dangerous agenda. 👎🏾👎🏾 https://t.co/IpG88vlYeE
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) November 13, 2020



Sounds like he's singing a rich man's version of "Nearer my G*d to Thee". His late brother must have knocked on his door wrapped in chains and oil cans last night after midnight.