The Koch brothers are going to skip the Republican National Convention

Kochs uninterested in the RNC?
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Conservative billionaire political donor Charles Koch won't be in attendance at July's Republican National Convention, he told ABC News in an interview published Monday. Neither will his fundraising network, Freedom Partners, which he partially funds alongside his brother, David.

"Why go?" Koch said. "We're not interested in politics. We're interested in moving us towards a culture and policies that will enable people to improve their lives."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.