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What can we blame the Koch brothers for? Everything, on Twitter

By  Chad Merda
   
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After Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has called the Koch brothers “un-American,” and on Thursday, accused them of holding up a congressional bill that would send aide to Ukraine. That inspired a new hashtag on Twitter: #KochBrothersAreAlsoToBlameFor.

And naturally, a lot of people got in on the action, blaming them for a variety of things.

For example:

h/t The Hill

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