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spent $65,000 on independent expenditures to support Walker. The RGA also spent a whopping $3.4 million on TV ads and
mailers attacking Walker’s opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.” [Mother Jones, 2/18/11]
Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt: “Scott Walker Didn’t Have The Stature, Influence Or Money To
Become Governor On His Own” It Came From Influential Conservatives Such As The Kochs. According to the New
York Times, “‘Scott Walker didn’t have the stature, influence or money to become governor on his own or to end collective
bargaining on his own,’ said Phil Neuenfeldt, president of the Wisconsin A.F.L.-C.I.O. ‘All of that flowed from Mike Grebe,
the Bradley Foundation and a network of influential conservatives, including the Kochs.’” [New York Times, 6/8/15]
Nation Columnist Dave Zinn: The Koch Brothers “Currently Hold The Receipt On” Gov. Scott Walker’s “Soul.”
According to an opinion by columnist Dave Zirin for The Nation, “There is also just something about their sports teams that
for some reason compels the state’s governor Scott Walker to truly reveal just how ignorant he believes the electorate of the
United States to be. In December, it was Walker during the NFL playoffs proclaiming his undying loyalty to the Green Bay
Packers, even though that is a team whose fan-owned ownership model is anathema to everything that the governor, not to
mention the billionaire Koch Brothers who currently hold the receipt on Walker’s soul, stand for. For Scott Walker, the fact
that members of the Packers team have actually lobbied against his efforts to crush the public unions of his state, is just a
detail, as he affixes a foam cheese to his skull.” [Dave Zirin - Nation, 4/7/15]
Scott Walker Told An Individual Posing As David Koch, “Thanks, Thanks For All The Support And Helping Us
Move The Cause Forward, And We Appreciate It.” According to NBC News, “Walker also received criticism during the
union protests for taking a phone call from David Koch. The call was leaked to the press because the caller ended up being a
prank. In his book ‘Unintimidated,’ Walker said his conversation with the prankster was proof that he had never spoken to
Koch before because he didn’t know that it was not his voice. But Walker told the caller, whom he thought was Koch,
‘Thanks, thanks for all the support and helping us move the cause forward, and we appreciate it.’” [NBC News, 4/7/15]
Gov. Scott Walker “Thanked The Freedom Partners Donors For Their Past Support.” According to the Washington
Post, “The network’s influence was underlined by the number of prospective 2016 contenders who flocked to Rancho Mirage
to mingle with the deep-pocketed crowd. [Scott] Walker arrived Saturday from Iowa, after addressing conservative activists at
a forum in Des Moines. That night, over an al fresco dinner of filet mignon, the Wisconsin governor thanked the Freedom
Partners donors for their past support and touted his efforts to curb state spending.” [Washington Post, 1/26/15]
THE KOCHS SIGNALED THAT WALKER WAS THEIR 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
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Yahoo News: “The Kochs And Walker…Are So Ideologically In Synch That The Industrialist Brothers Have Had A
Hard Time Suppressing Their Glee At The Prospect” Of A Walker Presidency. According to Yahoo News, “But it did
highlight the coziness between the Kochs and [Scott] Walker, who are so ideologically in synch that the industrialist brothers
have had a hard time suppressing their glee at the prospect that the Wisconsin governor could become the next president of
the United States.” [Yahoo News, 7/13/15]
New York Times Headline: “David Koch Signals A Favorite: Scott Walker” [New York Times, 4/20/15]
Koch Told A Guest At A Republican Governors Association Fundraiser He Hosted That He Was Supporting Scott
Walker Because “I Like How He Took On The Unions And Won, And Reduced The State’s Debt.” According to the
New York Post’s Page Six, “[David] Koch — who has been attacked by Democrats for his generous support of conservative
causes — hosted a fund-raiser for the Republican Governors Association at his Palm Beach mansion last month, where 10
governors met with 90 deep-pocketed Republicans. ‘I am supporting Scott Walker,’ Koch told one guest in the ballroom of his
30,000-square-foot mansion. ‘I like how he took on the unions and won, and reduced the state’s debt.’” [Page Six – New York
Post, 4/29/15]
• Koch Also Said “I Told Scott Walker That Marco Rubio Would Be A Good Vice President. Gov. Walker
Agreed And Said, ‘That’s A Great Idea. He’s A Perfect Choice.’” According to the New York Post’s Page Six,
“[David] Koch, whose Koch Industries donated $5.275 million to the RGA last year, also said, ‘I told Scott Walker
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