“Toomey has been actively working against Erie’s interests.”

The editorial board at the Erie Times-News slams Senator Pat Toomey today for siding with the Koch-driven opposition to the Export-Import Bank over what’s best for Pennsylvania.

The Kochs have made opposing the Ex-Im Bank a key factor in gaining their support because it benefits the billionaire Kochs’ bottom line, as revealed in a Bridge Project report, “Banking on Obstruction: Koch Profits Behind Opposition to Ex-Im Bank.” While Koch-owned companies have received a modest $16.2 million from the Export-Import Bank, Koch competitors have received massive benefits to the tune of $19.4 billion.

It’s crystal clear why Toomey is picking the Kochs’ interests over Pennsylvania — he needs their special interest cash to win a tough reelection race in 2016.

And the Kochs have already rewarded Pat Toomey for advancing their self-enriching agenda in Washington by giving his campaign $7,500 this cycle and $18,000 over the course of his career. And earlier this year, the Kochs cut a $1.5-million slice of the $900 million they plan to spend on elections this cycle through their “veterans” front group, Concerned Veterans for America, to prop up Toomey.