Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker may have seen a dip in the 2016 polls this week, but his fundraising efforts are unlikely to do the same.
Billionaire conservative political donors Charles and David Koch announced their hope for Walker to win the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, The New York Times reported Monday.
“We will support whoever the candidate is,” David Koch told attendees at an event for the New York State Republican Party. “But it should be Scott Walker.”
Walker, who has not yet officially declared his candidacy, also spoke at the event.
The Koch brothers, also known as the boogeyman of the Democratic party or Harry Reid’s only talking point, and the network they lead plan to spend $889 million on the 2016 presidential race.
In an election where the likely Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, expects to raise $2.5 billion, it can only help to have friends like these.
UPDATE:
POLITICO reported Tuesday that the Koch’s have not settled on any one candidate definitively.
David Koch said in a statement to POLITICO’s Ken Vogel: “While I think Gov. Walker is terrific … I am not endorsing or supporting any candidate for President at this point.”
