Koch Brothers Support United Negro College Fund, Reid Silent
Blake Neff
The Daily Caller
6/6/2014
Charles and David Koch have made a big $25 million donation to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the organization announced Friday.
The UNCF is the largest provider of scholarships to black college students in the U.S. and also supports historically black colleges and universities. The $25 million donation is the fifth-largest ever received by the group.
Democrats, in particular Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, have fought hard to vilify the brothers in the past several years due to their extensive support for libertarian and conservative political causes.
Reid’s official Senate website has an entire page dedicated to attacking them, accusing them of seeking to destroy Social Security and of wanting to dismantle public education for supporting vouchers. Reid has also called the brothers “un-American” and said they are “trying to buy America.”…
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Update: Koch Brothers Donate Millions to United Negro College Fund, Liberals FREAK OUT
…Meanwhile, irate liberals took to Twitter to denounce the UNCF donation, just as they protested a New York City hospital for taking a $100 million donation from David Koch. It is not immediately clear why these people hate the idea of providing scholarships to African-American students…
