Koch brothers laying the groundwork for a major 'grassroots effort' to push GOP candidates
RANCHO MIRAGE, CA — A phalanx of sheriff’s deputies with riot gear fended off protestors and blocked all access to one of southern California’s most luxurious resort hotels on Sunday as more than 200 conservative donors gathered inside to plot political strategy and raise an estimated $30 million for the 2012 election.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was among several members of Congress who flew in for the two-day event, a semi-annual meeting of political high-rollers sponsored by Charles and David Koch, the billionaire owners of Koch Industries, the giant, privately held oil firm based in Wichita, Kan. The Koch brothers, strong economic libertarians, have become two of the country’s biggest donors to conservative political groups and think tanks.
Cantor, who declined to speak to reporters while he was there, has been generously backed by Koch Industries over the years, having received $36,650 in campaign contributions from the company’s executives and employees since 2002, according to figures compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. Asked if he would speak to an NBC producer while attending the event, his spokesman emailed: “No thanks.”
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