RNC Agrees To Give Trump Access To Voter Files After Koch Bros. Deny Him

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The Republican National Committee has agreed to give Donald Trump access to its records on 250 million voting Americans even as the billionaire Koch brothers have reportedly refused to do the same with their files, according to a Yahoo report on Thursday.

The Trump presidential campaign was considering whether to sign the RNC’s data-sharing contract, which was offered to all Republican candidates and which has been signed by 11 of the 17 candidates, according to the report.

Freedom Partners, run by conservative brothers Charles and David Koch, has not given Trump access to its voter database, called i360, according to the report.

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  1. To the Lincoln Center Kochs, the Donald is Jed Clampett-esque…

  2. The Kochs only give it out to people, like Scotty Walker, who remember to keep their teeth covered whilst paying homage.

  3. I can’t stand the Koch’s, but why should they give anything to Trump, they have no obligation to do that.

    I would think the RNC is obligated to provide any official candidate with that info. In fact, the linked article says the RNC reached out to Trump to get him the list, like any other official candidate?

    The Koch’s have no such obligation or desire. So, that begs the question, “why isn’t the RNC looking to BAN organizations like Freedom Partners, if they feel they have too much power?”. A question that makes no sense since they are the ones who created the organizations…to have more power.

  4. I’m loving this.

  5. Trump, you’ve just been Koch-bloched. KOCHADOODLEDOOOO! Here, here’s a t-shirt.

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