Liberal activists heralded the death of billionaire philanthropist David Koch soon after news of his passing became public Friday morning.
“David Koch is gone. It’s a celebration,” Frederick Joseph, who made Forbes 30 under 30 for his efforts to “expand media representation,” said Friday on Twitter. “Imagine the turn up when orange satan is taken back to hell,” Joseph added in reference to President Trump’s future death. “I hope his soul suffers for eternity,” added Jordan Weissman, an economics and public policy writer for the website Slate, who described Koch, as a “villain.”
David Koch is gone. It’s a celebration.
But imagine the turn up when orange satan is taken back to hell. pic.twitter.com/4I7P0MI4zV
— Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) August 23, 2019
The death of David Koch,who was 79, was confirmed Friday by his 83-year-old brother Charles in a statement.
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of my brother David. Anyone who worked with David surely experienced his giant personality and passion for life,” the statement said.
The Koch brothers have been viewed by many liberals as conservative bogeyman, using their wealth to influence Republican politicians and policies. With the passing of David, many of the same activists repeated their grievances against the brothers for their use of money in politics, and their role in keeping climate change legislation at bay.
In lieu of flowers, the family of David Koch requests that mourners simply purchase a Republican politician.
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) August 23, 2019
REMINDER! When horrible people die it’s ok to say they’re horrible! “Don’t speak ill of the dead” is horrible advice! Dying doesn’t suddenly make someone no longer culpable for the immense harm they caused. David Koch was bad when he was alive AND IS STILL BAD NOW
— Elle?stop asking me how many cats I have?Maruska (@ellle_em) August 23, 2019
Okay. The definitive top ten list of modern people who have done the most damage to America:
1. Rupert Murdoch
2. Mitch McConnell
3. Charles Koch
4. David Koch
5. Donald Trump
6. George W. Bush
7. Ronald Reagan
8. Newt Gingrich
9. Clarence Thomas
10. Antonin Scalia— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) August 23, 2019
I’m sure David Koch loved his grandkids or whatever, but the reality is that he and his greedy generation in Big Business and politics set the world on fire from Alaska to the Amazon, and now they won’t be around to watch the flames consume the rest of us
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) August 23, 2019
David Koch was a villain who devoted his wealth to further enriching himself and his fellow plutocrats, while spinning us all toward environmental doom. I don’t believe in an afterlife, but if there is one, I hope his soul suffers for eternity. https://t.co/hpKwAoQDje
— Jordan Weissmann (@JHWeissmann) August 23, 2019
Good riddance David Koch, you absolutely evil sack of ass. I hope you suffered.
— Rob Sheridan (@rob_sheridan) August 23, 2019
Billionaire industrialist David Koch is dead.
He deployed his stupendous fortune funding climate denial in the years when the science was clear and there was still time to avert catastrophic warming. He died as fires raged from the Amazon to the Arctic.https://t.co/edFPH7DC0P
— Alexander Kaufman (@AlexCKaufman) August 23, 2019
One half of the evil brother duo, David Koch, is dead at 79.
I don’t normally applaud the death of someone, but fuck THAT guy.#GoodRiddance#BurnInHellhttps://t.co/adWdrnKcZK
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) August 23, 2019
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” – Clarence Darrow #davidkoch
— Tracey Nolan (@misstraceynolan) August 23, 2019
NBC: David Koch died.
Me af: pic.twitter.com/q9ZPT0JFAr
— Dr. Jenn M. Jackson (@JennMJack) August 23, 2019
Then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid helped step up attempts to make the Koch brothers a target of Democratic ire in the wake of a 2010 Supreme Court decision which weakened campaign finance laws. In 2014, Reid accused the brothers from the Senate floor of being a “cult” and trying “to buy America.”
The Koch brothers politically leanings tended libertarian with David Koch once running for vice president on the Libertarian Party ticket in 1980. The brothers, though, found common cause with many conservatives and helped fund the 2010 “Tea Party” movement. They did not support President Trump in 2016 and have signaled they would not support him in 2020.
