Koch-Backed Network to Dump $889 Million into 2016 Election

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The figure is more than double the amount spent by the RNC in the 2012 election.

Told of the $889 million goal, Mark McKinnon, a veteran GOP operative who has worked to rally Republican support to reduce the role of money in politics, quipped: “For that kind of money, you could buy yourself a president. Oh, right. That’s the point.”

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