Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” are scheduled to conduct a rare interview with Charles and David Koch, the billionaire political backers, to air on Nov. 3.
The Scarborough and Brzezinski sit down is set to take place at the Koch brothers’ childhood home in Wichita, Kansas, MSNBC reported exclusively on Tuesday. The interview will air during a live broadcast from Wichita State University on Tuesday, Nov. 3, exactly one year from Election Day 2016, according to the network.
For Republican presidential candidates, the Koch brothers are kingmakers. While they have shied away from publicly backing a particular candidate so far, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker – now a 2016 drop out – won a straw poll at a Koch gathering with major conservative donors in early August.
In a September interview with Forbes, Charles Koch said Koch-affiliated organizations like Freedom Partners PAC would likely spend $300 million on the 2016 election, of a total $900 million going to efforts to influence a range of policy issues. Koch-affiliated super PACs spent more than $200 million on the 2012 race.
This post has been updated.
