--- title: Charles Koch: It’s ‘Possible’ Hillary Clinton Is Best Choice description: Charles Koch thinks there’s a chance Hillary Clinton could be a better choice for president than any of the Republicans in the running. canonical: https://time.com/4305927/charles-koch-hillary-clinton-republicans/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-24T18:18:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-15T02:06:17.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Charles Koch Says It’s ‘Possible’ Hillary Clinton Is Better Choice Than Republicans og:description: But he did not endorse her og:url: https://time.com/4305927/charles-koch-hillary-clinton-republicans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5147d62a633e3f0/69889078cf40a80cfac42f61/charles-koch-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Charles Koch og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Charles Koch Says It’s ‘Possible’ Hillary Clinton Is Better Choice Than Republicans twitter:description: But he did not endorse her twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5147d62a633e3f0/69889078cf40a80cfac42f61/charles-koch-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Charles Koch Says It’s 'Possible' Hillary Clinton Is Better Choice Than Republicans ## Video: Trump and Clinton Take New York [Watch (HLS stream): Trump and Clinton Take New York](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RlWSrxD6.m3u8) (1:27)  _Published 2016-04-20_  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Updated: Dec 15, 2023 2:06 AM UTCPublished: Apr 24, 2016 6:18 PM UTC  In this 2007 file photograph, Charles Koch, head of Koch Industries, talks passionately about his new book on Market Based Management. In this 2007 file photograph, Charles Koch, head of Koch Industries, talks passionately about his new book on Market Based Management.Wichita Eagle—MCT via Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Updated: Dec 15, 2023 2:06 AM UTCPublished: Apr 24, 2016 6:18 PM UTC Conservative billionaire Charles Koch thinks there’s a chance [Hillary Clinton could be a better choice for president](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/charles-koch-stop-donald-trump/story?id=38619453) than any of the Republicans in the running. The [powerful player in Republican politics](http://time.com/3981312/charles-koch-corporate-welfare/?iid=sr-link1) weighed in on the 2016 election during an interview with ABC News that aired Sunday. Koch was first asked whether he thought Bill Clinton was a better president than George W. Bush. “In some ways,” he responded. “In other ways, I mean he wasn’t an exemplar.” When asked if it was possible that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton could be preferable to another Republican, Koch told ABC’s Jonathan Karl: “It’s possible.” Koch was critical of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump during the interview, saying that there are “terrible role models” among those vying for the GOP nomination. However, he said he is not yet ready to endorse Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. “We would have to believe her actions would be quite different than her rhetoric. Let me put it that way,” Koch said. Hillary Clinton made it clear she didn’t want Koch’s support in response to his comments. “Not interested in endorsements from people who deny climate science and try to make it harder for people to vote,” she wrote on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/724313224305360896) \[[_ABC_](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/charles-koch-stop-donald-trump/story?id=38619453)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4305927/charles-koch-hillary-clinton-republicans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4305927/charles-koch-hillary-clinton-republicans/"},"headline":"Charles Koch Says It’s 'Possible' Hillary Clinton Is Better Choice Than Republicans","datePublished":"2016-04-24T18:18:13.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T02:06:17.000Z","description":"But he did not endorse her","url":"https://time.com/4305927/charles-koch-hillary-clinton-republicans/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5147d62a633e3f0/69889078cf40a80cfac42f61/charles-koch-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5147d62a633e3f0/69889078cf40a80cfac42f61/charles-koch-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Charles Koch","caption":"Charles Koch","creditText":"Wichita Eagle—MCT via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4305927/charles-koch-hillary-clinton-republicans/","name":"Charles Koch Says It’s 'Possible' Hillary Clinton Is Better Choice Than Republicans"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Trump and Clinton Take New York","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/RlWSrxD6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-04-20T03:21:41.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RlWSrxD6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4305927/charles-koch-hillary-clinton-republicans/","duration":"PT1M27S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4305927/charles-koch-hillary-clinton-republicans/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```