President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at the Koch brothers, saying the conservative political funding network had “become a total joke in real Republican circles” and is “highly overrated.”
The president’s assessment, made in a series of morning tweets, followed a weekend gathering at which top officials affiliated with billionaire industrialist Charles Koch sought to distance the network from Trump and his base in the Republican Party, citing tariff and immigration policies and “divisive” rhetoric out of Washington.
On Monday, the network also announced that it does not currently plan to support Republican Kevin Cramer in his effort to unseat Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for reelection this November. That deicsion was at odds with Trump, who campaigned for Cramer at a rally in Fargo last month.
