He later clarified that he was not endorsing Sanders, but wanted to push all candidates to consider needed reforms.
“I don’t expect to agree with every position a candidate holds, but all Americans deserve a president who, on balance, can demonstrate a commitment to a set of ideas and values that will lead to peace, civility and well-being rather than conflict, contempt, and division,” Koch concluded. “When such a candidate emerges, he or she will have my enthusiastic support.”