'The Elitists Still Don't Get It': Ingraham Rips Koch Bros. for Opposing Trump's Trade Policies

As seen on The Ingraham Angle

In her "Angle" commentary, Laura Ingraham slammed Koch Industries brass over their opposition to President Trump's policies.

[MRW]

Koch and Soros different sides of the same coin.

[artgrover]

I'm so happy that mr. Trump decided to protect American businesses

[jmayo]

"Elitists don't get it." And yet, you still elected one of the elite LMAO

[ricardoazabache]

Make Koch to pay 30% tariffs, because they don’t want America to be a safe country again

[jeffsmith]

Of course the man in the Whitehouse with gold plated toilet seats is not an elitist.

[richardgillette]

Koch brothers need to work with Trump to help the 1% billionaires

[tobby]

If it's America first. Why are we still fighting endless wars overseas.

[drmodestoesq]

Wait until millions of acres of soybeans are rotting in the then the tax payer has to shell out for another massive bailout.

[stephanbergmann]

How about a celebrity death match "Koch brothers vs. Trump"? Both lose, we all win.

[lloydmyrie]

Are you forgetting Trump also outsources his own products abroad...come on get real

[anothercitizen]

Because Kochs are libertarians, not populists. DUH! Never thought I'd hear Fox News go against the job creators. "Any fair-minded person would have to agree..." Well, no we wouldn't just because you said so. The farmers are standing with Cheetolini because they are going to get welfare payments in perpetuity. That means anyone who gets welfare payments are deeply patriotic. I love this tape!

[PrudentStudent]

Is Laura Ingraham an elitist? Most of her viewers are middle class. Is she middle class? She is at the top 1%. Does she represent you? Nope. She says what you want to hear because she is making big money.

[mukhtatabdikera]

Oh laura ingraham you don't get it. Capitalism and free market is the reason why some companies shuts down its business in us and move to other countries. I thougt you like that.

[gribwitch]

The Great Awakening.
We are Q.
"Enjoy the show."

[TheRcEngineer]

Great work on tax reform, are you kidding me ?

[c.lyttle]

Laura, who you gonna believe? Billionaire Kochs or bankrupt Millionaire who's afraid to show his taxes?

[dougfullerton]

When are you going to talk about the trillions that have made from this global economy. You just want a one way street.

[jeffr]

Andrew Wheeler’s rise to acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency is only the latest case of a former lobbyist finding an influential role within the Trump administration.

In January 2017, Trump signed an executive order banning former lobbyists from participating in matters in which they had previously lobbied for two years and placing a five-year ban on former Trump appointees lobbying after leaving the administration.

Wheeler, a former energy lobbyist who was confirmed as the EPA’s deputy administrator in April, is one of 164 former lobbyists currently serving in his administration, according to a list of current and former lobbyists with ties to the Trump administration recently published by the Center for Responsive Politics.

The searchable database includes the current Trump staffers and 18 former staffers now working as lobbyists. The page includes the names of staffers, their current or former positions and their most recent private-sector employer.

Each of the “revolving door” lobbyists has a link to their profile page, which shows their annual activity on behalf of organizations, policy issues and bills.

The data show former lobbyists in various roles throughout the federal bureaucracy and often working for agencies they once lobbied, which appears counter to the spirit of Trump’s edict.

Current staffers include a former lobbyist and lawyer with the American Petroleum Institute at the EPA (Erik Baptist), a National Rifle Association lobbyist in the Interior Department (Ben Cassidy) and an American Airlines lobbyist leading the Federal Aviation Administration (Dan Elwell).

Lobbyists currently hold appointed positions at over 40 different federal agencies and departments, including chiefs of staff roles at the Department of Homeland Security (Chad Wolf) and Office of Management and Budget (Emma King Doyle).

Seventeen former lobbyists hold positions at Health and Human Services, the most among federal departments. Eleven are serving at the EPA, including Wheeler. Nine former lobbyists work for the Department of Transportation, and another seven each work at the Energy, Labor and Commerce departments. Sixteen held current or former positions inside the White House.

The database also includes former members of the Trump administration now working as registered lobbyists, including nine members of his transition team. (The executive order only applied to those appointed on or after Jan. 20, 2017.)

The list includes Tara Bradshaw, a veteran tax and finance lobbyist who advised the president on Treasury Department appointments then returned to her position at Ernst & Young.

Another is Lauren Maddox, with the firm Holland & Knight, who had lobbied on dozens of education-related bills and issues in the five years before joining Trump’s transition team as a Department of Education advisor in 2016.

[blackearl]

Oh are you guys turning on your handlers?

[simonb]

'any fair-minded person would have to agree' NOPE