Tonight at the New York Metropolitan Club, billionaire David Koch is hosting a “high dollar,” $10,000-a-plate fundraiser for Senators Kelly Ayotte and Roy Blunt as well as the little known Republican Senate candidate in Connecticut, August Wolf.
Why are the Kochs working hard to raise big money for Ayotte and Blunt? Because the billionaire brothers count them as their biggest allies in the U.S. Senate.
Both Senator Ayotte and Senator Blunt have stood with the Kochs over ordinary Americans including opposing raising the minimum wage, protecting tens of billions of dollars in special tax breaks for big oil companies, voting to roll back Wall Street reform, and more.
For the Kochs, tonight’s fundraiser, along with millions their political front groups continue to spend propping up Republican Senate candidates, is nothing more than an investment — and a promised boost to their bottom line that will more than compensate them for their principal.
While Missouri and New Hampshire families aren’t better off from their senators toeing the Koch line, Ayotte and Blunt will reap the benefits tonight — in the form of thousands of dollars in campaign cash — thanks to David Koch.