Koch-backed group makes moves to help Cruz ahead of expensive Senate race
FORT WORTH -- Last month leaders of a network of groups funded by the billionaire Koch brothers vowed to take a tougher stance against Republicans who disagree with them — even cutting off a major GOP candidate who they said didn’t meet their standards.
On Wednesday, however, the Koch-backed group Concerned Veterans for America plans to rally in San Angelo with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — an active opponent of some of the network’s top policy goals in the past two years.
That arm of the Koch network is already telling Texans that Cruz is a valuable partner to the network in Washington, and it has big plans to bring veterans to the polls in 2018.
“[Sen. Cruz] has been one of our policy champions in D.C.,” said Dan Caldwell, executive director for Concerned Veterans for America, which has five full-time staff members working in Texas this year.
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