Koch Network Quietly Backed Mark Robinson

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A boat owner raised his voice at CNN journalist Elle Reeve for noting that he could afford the expensive hobby despite economic complaints. The confrontation came while Reeve was covering a so-called MAGA boat parade in Panama City, Florida. The interview was replayed over the weekend. "What's your most important issue?" Reeve asked the boat owner. "The economy, getting the interest rates down, getting it to where we can afford to live in America," the man replied.

Political analyst Laura Fink called out Fox News contributor Guy Benson for using "simple tropes" after he bragged that former President Trump was leading the "scorecard" on assassination attempts. During a Fox News panel discussion on Sunday, Benson complained that Democrats had called attention to Trump's harsh language against Vice President Kamala Harris after a man recently plotted to assassinate the former president at a golf course in Florida. "What Trump is doing here is using the left's standards against them," Benson said of Trump's attacks.

Donald Trump's lies are so egregious that MAGA GOP surrogates going on TV have come up with a blanket denial of his antics by saying they were "taken out of context," no matter what he says. We watched the debate live. He said what he said. This is just pathetic excuse-making.

“Campaign officials are weighing a potential visit by Vice President Kamala Harris to the US-Mexico border while in Arizona on Friday as the campaign tries to close the gap with former President Donald Trump on the issue of immigration,” CNN reports.

“The political network largely funded by billionaire industrialist Charles Koch has been quietly touting North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson for his policy positions despite a litany of controversies,” according to records uncovered by CNBC. “The Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity ran digital advertisements supporting Robinson as recently as this month. It’s also funded pro-Robinson door knocking, launched a website that encouraged voters to thank him for his work as lieutenant governor, interviewed him on a podcast and hosted him for an April event featuring Sen.