Former White House principal strategist Stephen Bannon is reportedly worried that
billionaire donors Charles together with David Koch would convey also much influence over Vice President Pence should he e'er cash inward one's chips president.
“I’m concerned he’d hold out a President that the Kochs would own,” Bannon told The New Yorker.
Pence July served equally the keynote speaker for a Koch brothers summit inward August together with spoke to a gathering of their network of conservative donors equally late equally final Friday.
Meanwhile, President Trump patently needles Pence well-nigh his conservative religious beliefs. From the New Yorker:
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 staff fellow member from Trump’s motion recalls him mocking Pence’s religiosity. He said that, when people met amongst Trump afterward stopping past times Pence’s office, Trump would enquire them, “Did Mike brand you lot pray?” Two sources also recalled Trump needling Pence well-nigh his views on abortion together with homosexuality. During a coming together amongst a legal scholar, Trump belittled Pence’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The legal scholar had said that, if the Supreme Court did so, many states would probable legalize abortion on their own. “You see?” Trump asked Pence. “You’ve wasted all this fourth dimension together with let on energy on it, together with it’s non going to cease abortion anyway.” When the conversation turned to gay rights, Trump motioned toward Pence together with joked, “Don’t enquire that guy—he wants to hang them all!”It is believed that Charles Koch is either an agnostic or an atheist.
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