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    Trump lashes out at Koch brothers after political network slams White House

    by Eli Stokols and Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times Jul 31, 2018 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at the Koch brothers, saying their conservative political network had "become a total joke in real Republican circles" and was "highly overrated" - deepening the divide between the GOP's donor class and its increasingly populist base at a critical time, three months before the midterm elections.

    The comments, which came in a series of morning tweets, were an almost inevitable response to statements by Charles Koch, the billionaire conservative, and his aides who revealed at their annual donor conference that they would not be supporting some Republican Senate candidates who are in line with Trump's tariff and immigration policies.

    At the weekend summit,

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