Candidates Quote by Jane Mayer
![“This year [2016] we're seeing a really strange upending [of the party]. The money was coming from these super-wealthy donors who were really on the far, hard right, people like the Kochs. So the party and the candidates moved so far to the right that a lot of people who don't share their point of…” quote by Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d15/jane-mayer-1031_candidates_this-year-2016-we-re-seeing-a-really-str_280929.jpg)
“This year [2016] we're seeing a really strange upending [of the party]. The money was coming from these super-wealthy donors who were really on the far, hard right, people like the Kochs. So the party and the candidates moved so far to the right that a lot of people who don't share their point of view were unhappy.”
![“The Kochs are very much involved in this election, not backing [Donald] Trump but backing everything down the ballot from him. They're pouring money into capturing the Senate and the House of Representatives, and state Houses across the country.” quote by Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/369/jane-mayer-1031_ballots_the-kochs-are-very-much-involved-in-this_1367356.jpg)
![“I would argue that there's been a backlash this year [2016]. They [the Kochs] pushed the [Republican] party too far right. The other thing that the backlash is against is the sense that politicians have been bought and sold.” quote by Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d5/jane-mayer-1031_arguing_i-would-argue-that-there-s-been-a-backla_1121264.jpg)
![“Americans for Prosperity annoyed some of the Tea Partiers,” recalls the libertarian blogger Ralph Benko. “These people drove up, opened the door, put T-shirts on them, then took pictures and sent them to Charles [Koch] saying, ‘See? We’re doing great things with your money.” quote by Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08d/jane-mayer-1031_tea_americans-for-prosperity-annoyed-some-of_21572.jpg)
![“One of the oddities of this election is the man that [Donald] Trump chose as his vice-president, Mike Pence, is one of the Kochs' favourite politicians.” quote by Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dff/jane-mayer-1031_election_one-of-the-oddities-of-this-election-is_93991.jpg)
![“[The Kochs] they hate big government.” quote by Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/758/jane-mayer-1031_big-government_the-kochs-they-hate-big-government-21587_215871.jpg)
