STEPHANOPOULOS:...Jon Karl traveled to Kansas, where Koch, who recently wrote the book, "Good Profit," explained why he probably won't back the GOP nominee.
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KOCH: Well, I'll tell you why. We said here are the issues. You've got to be like Ronald Reagan and compete on making the country better rather than tearing down your opponents.
And right off the bat, they didn't do it. More of these personal attacks and pitting one person against the other, that's the message you're sending the country. That's the way you should -- you're role models and you're terrible role models.
So how -- I don't know how we could support him.
KARL: So are gonna sit out this presidential election?
KOCH: Well, we'll see. I mean, when we get a nominee then we'll explore that. And we don't want arm waving. We want to know specifics.
KARL: What did you think when you first heard Donald Trump’s proposal to put a temporary ban on all Muslims entering the United States?
KOCH: Well, obviously that's antithetical to our approach, but what was worse was this we'll have them all register. That's reminiscent of Nazi Germany. I mean that's monstrous as I said at the time.
KARL: So is it possible another Clinton could be better than another Republican--
KOCH: It's possible.
KARL: Next time around?
KOCH: It's possible.
KARL: You couldn't see yourself supporting Hillary Clinton, could you?
KOCH: Well, I-- that-- her-- we would have to believe her actions would be quite different than her rhetoric. Let me put it that way. But on some of the Republican candidates we would-- before we could support them, we'd have to believe their actions will be quite different than the rhetoric we've heard so far.
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KOCH: Well, I'll tell you why. We said here are the issues. You've got to be like Ronald Reagan and compete on making the country better rather than tearing down your opponents.
And right off the bat, they didn't do it. More of these personal attacks and pitting one person against the other, that's the message you're sending the country. That's the way you should -- you're role models and you're terrible role models.
So how -- I don't know how we could support him.
KARL: So are gonna sit out this presidential election?
KOCH: Well, we'll see. I mean, when we get a nominee then we'll explore that. And we don't want arm waving. We want to know specifics.
KARL: What did you think when you first heard Donald Trump’s proposal to put a temporary ban on all Muslims entering the United States?
KOCH: Well, obviously that's antithetical to our approach, but what was worse was this we'll have them all register. That's reminiscent of Nazi Germany. I mean that's monstrous as I said at the time.
KARL: So is it possible another Clinton could be better than another Republican--
KOCH: It's possible.
KARL: Next time around?
KOCH: It's possible.
KARL: You couldn't see yourself supporting Hillary Clinton, could you?
KOCH: Well, I-- that-- her-- we would have to believe her actions would be quite different than her rhetoric. Let me put it that way. But on some of the Republican candidates we would-- before we could support them, we'd have to believe their actions will be quite different than the rhetoric we've heard so far.
