David Koch: "There's Some Extremists" in the Tea Party, But Others "Normal People Like Us"

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
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Lee Fang from ThinkProgress was able to interview David Koch briefly today during Kochโ€™s visit to Washington to congratulate his freshly purchased Congress. Fang persistently sought Kochโ€™s opinion of the Tea Party, which his company Koch Industries helped to spawn through its Kochtopus network.ย  When asked whether he is proud of the Tea Party movement his largesse built, David Koch replied:

โ€œThereโ€™s some extremists there, but the rank and file are just normal people like us.โ€

Yes folks, David Koch is just a normal person, like us. In fact heโ€™s exactly like all the other โ€œnormal peopleโ€ with an estimated worth of $21.5 billion, including his brother Charles for instance, and about four other folks in America.ย  Theyโ€™re a rather โ€˜extremistโ€™ version of normal, but hey, who defines โ€˜normalโ€™ these days anyway?ย  Apparently the billionaire birthers of the astroturf Tea Party, thatโ€™s who.

Feast your eyes on this normal person, appearing relaxed and confident after being booed at The Nutcracker in Brooklyn before Christmas:ย 

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and energy. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets.

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