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They say he hires protesters and rents buses to transport them. Some say he has people stash piles of bricks to be hurled into glass storefronts or at police.
George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist who has long been a target of conspiracy theories, is now being falsely accused of orchestrating and funding the protests over police killings of Black people that have roiled the United States. Amplified by a growing number of people on the far right, including some Republican leaders, online posts about Soros have skyrocketed in recent weeks.
They have been accompanied by online ads bought by conservative groups that call on authorities to investigate George Soros for funding domestic terrorism and his decades-long corruption.
Soros, 89, has donated billions of dollars of his personal wealth to liberal and anti-authoritarian causes around the world, making him a favored target among many on the right. The Hungarian-American, who is Jewish, has also been the subject of anti-Semitic attacks and conspiracy theories for decades.
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/george-soros-conspiracy-theories-surge-as-protests-sweep-u-s-1.8937046
Kid Berwyn
(14,876 posts)Otherwise, if they support things like justice and democracy and equality, theyre liberals, I mean communists.
Great excerpt from a great paper. Thank you, JonLP24!
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)enid602
(8,614 posts)Old George sure gets around for a guy who's 127!
BKDem
(1,733 posts)...you have to marvel at his organization. Just imagine how complicated it must be to get all those checks out to the tens of thousands of professional troublemakers, crisis actors, brick-hiders and K Pop fans every week!
central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)Was a double agent who gave his check to DOJ as evidence to bring Soros down. What are the odds?
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,406 posts)but who/what the heck are people going to blame when he dies?
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,406 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Like they don't have the Koch Brothers. Projection.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,922 posts)Anyone get theirs yet? I keep wondering about all the money righties say he is giving away to liberals.
ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)...Soros would have to be trillionaire!
And, they can't say the protestors are paid unemployed folks, because 4 months ago they were bragging about how low UE was.
These rumors are really stupid.