Why do MAGA's hate George Soros?

[Cyrano]

Joe Biden has just awarded Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom which has driven MAGA's bugshit insane. But why do they hate George Soros so much?

For those who don't know why Soros is so hated by the American right wing, here's the answer. They've been taught to hate him by the Republican propaganda machine. When wingnuts want to add antisemitism to their cup of poison, they can't just say "The Jews." So they use the name George Soros because he's a Jewish billionaire, and they've been taught to hate his name with a knee jerk reaction.

Actually, my guess is that most MAGA's don't have a clue about anything pertaining to Soros.

Soros is a Hungarian who, along with his family, escaped the Nazi death machine when he was a child. As an American billionaire, he's donated over $32 billion -- that's billion with a "b" -- to various charities. Hmm, seems like the kind of guy who needs to be hated.

Anyhow, if you look up Jew in a MAGA dictionary, you'll find a picture of George Soros. This is how Trump and his minions operate. This is who and what they are. They have nothing to offer you but hate, bigotry and ignorance.

[Baitball Blogger]

1. Projection.

[BoRaGard]

5. Precisely

[hot2na]

8. Exactly

They need a bogeyman to project onto in order to screen the fact that they are a part thatis run by scores of Oligrchs.

[MichMan]

2. Same reason we hate the Koch brothers and Musk

Soros is a mega donor to Democrats and progressive causes.

[TheProle]

16. This is correct.

[neometalfan]

35. trying to

start a troll circle jerk?

[GP6971]

39. Hi! I was wondering where you were.

[KS Toronado]

40. Odd reply, does it take one to know one?

[TheProle]

50. I don't think simply agreeing with another poster warrants your accusation.

Enjoy your stay, though, you seem nice.

[Kingofalldems]

24. Does Soros live at Biden's house?

There is no comparison, not even a good try.

[MichMan]

51. I don't recall Charles or David Koch ever living at Mar a Lago n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

27. I'm not aware that he's ever had the kind of influence on public policy

that the abovementioned have or do. The far right would love for us to think he does though.

[LeftInTX]

41. He's a mega donor. He backed our progressive DA. We had another Democrat, who was more conservative

Soros brought big money in and our current DA ousted the old one and he won against the GOP challenger. The DA's campaign was fairly robust.

[Callie1979]

29. Thats it! And they hate it. But trumps Treasury pick was Soro's PARTNER!

I wonder how many of them know THAT?

[wnylib]

48. Yup. As a result of his life experiences under authoritarian governments,

Soros founded the Open Society Foundation to promote free societies around the world. He is the total opposite of all that MAGAs stand for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Society_Foundations

[usonian]

3. Three reasons

1. He's Jewish
2. He's Jewish
3. He's Jewish

So many dogwhistles for
racism
mysogyny
anti-semitism

[Polybius]

34. There's other Jewish billionaires with more money than Soros

Michael Bloomberg had far, far more money than Soros. He's not hated.

[usonian]

36. Soros became a worldwide lightning rod for anti-semitism.

His name got attached by CT’s a part of some New World Order, a worldwide conspiracy with anti-semitic overtones, supposedly because of the World Bank and “Jewish bankers”

Michael is more known just in the US. My opinion.

[Initech]

4. Fox News and Infowars tell them who they should hate.

[Scrivener7]

6. Because they've been told to. They don't actually know anything about him.

Baaa.

[Yavin4]

7. Everything that MAGA accuses Soros of, Musk is doing the same x1000000.

Yet, they seem to think that Musk is on their side simply bc he's White. The hold that the myth of White supremacy has on MAGA is astounding.

[hlthe2b]

9. Good question. They are reverential of billionaires in general and how are theirs supporting R's different?

And yes, I know his being Jewish feeds into their Antisemitic conspiracy theories, but hell, many of their billionaire supporters are Jewish as well...

[Deep State Witch]

22. Sheldon and Miriam Edelson

Are both Jewish and as RWNJ as you can get. Well, Sheldon was before he died.

[Crunchy Frog]

30. Miriam wanted to add a Book of Trump to the Bible.

[usonian]

37. OOH can I write that. I love satire and Mark Twain is one of my heroes.

I recall that his failed typesetter business caused him to raise money, principally by world speaking tours, where he spread satire throughout the world.

[ArnoldLayne]

10. But they pretty much worship Elon Musk the richest person in the world

with an estimated worth of 400 billion dollars.

[Tickle]

11. I thought they hated him

because he backs progressives, especially within law enforcement.

[Cyrano]

12. The name "George Soros" is a right wing synonym for "Jew."

[LeftInTX]

43. He's a mega donor. And yes, he backs progressives. He backed our DA. $1 million was just for the primary!

Soros contributions to LaHood DA challenger nears $1 million

Liberal billionaire George Soros earlier this month poured nearly $900,000 into the campaign of Joe Gonzales, a Democrat running to unseat Bexar County District Attorney Nicholas “Nico” LaHood in the party primary, according to reports filed Monday.

The contributions, coming from the Soros-backed Texas Justice & Safety political action committee, came in the form of in-kind contributions, mostly for mailers, media buys — including two TV ads — and related expenditures.

“This campaign is about true criminal justice reform,” Gonzales said Tuesday. “I’m proud to have the support of the Texas Justice and Public Safety PAC along with other national and local organizations who believe that it is time to have a true progressive Democrat in the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office.”

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/politics/article/Soros-contributions-to-LaHood-DA-challenger-nears-12713245.php

[spanone]

13. K&R

Yessir!

[rampartd]

14. they have the kochs and such, and fantasize that we musr hhave such sponsors as well.

[Crunchy Frog]

31. Yes. It's to deflect from their own nests of billionaire vipers.

[rampartd]

32. soros is a donor. maybe a big one

but certainly is not funding a disinformation universe from cato to heritage to amerins for prosperity etc etc etc.

[andym]

15. Soros has been demonized in Hungary by Orban as well

Even though Soros made numerous charitable donations there. Like Jimmy Carter, Soros is an strong advocate for democracy and free elections around the world.

[Fullduplexxx]

17. Because they were told to

[Locutusofborg]

18. Soros and Trump were once business partners

Soros bailed out Trump in the Trump Tower Chicago financing and Trump just nominated a Soros disciple, Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. Bessent worked for Soros as chief of Soros Fund Management in Europe.
https://fortune.com/2024/11/27/scott-bessent-treasury-george-soros/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-took-liberal-icon-george-soross-money/

[Johonny]

19. Because they are told to

They simple obey. They have no ideas or independent thoughts. It is all group think.

[Behind the Aegis]

20. Jew don't know?

It is simple, Jew just have to look for the clues.

[no_hypocrisy]

21. Because Jews shouldn't have all that money, power, and influence.

It's really that simple. Especially if they're Democrats.

Charles and Jared Kushner are Court Jews; they're excused.

[underpants]

28. I had never heard that phrase before.

Court Jew

In early modern Europe, particularly in Germany, a court Jew (German: Hofjude, Yiddish: הויף איד, romanized: hoyf id) or court factor (German: Hoffaktor, Yiddish: קאַורט פאַקטאַר, romanized: kourt faktor) was a Jewish banker who handled the finances of, or lent money to, royalty and nobility. In return for their services, court Jews gained social privileges, including, in some cases, being granted noble status.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_Jew

[Skittles]

23. he's one of the redmeat codewords repukes use to manipulate their bigoted base

yup

[Cyrano]

53. Thanks, Skittles. That's precisely the point of this OP

[allegorical oracle]

55. Soros was a frequent target of Rush Limbaugh. In my rural area of Fla., Limbaugh's radio

program was on wherever I went. Even though people didn't know why Soros was such a "bad" guy, they disliked him because Rush did.

Hatred seeps into peoples' bloodstream without them even knowing. TSF uses the same tactic of making up lies and exaggerations, and constantly repeating them.

[Kingofalldems]

25. Wow---I see some Trump/Musk hall monitors stepped into this thread.

Defending their MAGA heroes on a Democratic message board.

[Cyrano]

54. Yep. Their stench is like dog poop on your shoe.

[Crunchy Frog]

26. And yet somehow they don't seem to mind the Adelsons.

I think it's more about projection and a conditioned Pavlovian response.

[iemanja]

47. It's about funding the other side

The Adelsons fund Republicans, so they like them. Soros funds Democrats, so they dislike him. Democrats hate Peter Thiel and many others because they fund Republicans. People seem to lack mirrors.

[dgauss]

33. The fact that Soros is Jewish is icing on the hate cake.

There a lot of Democratic Jews the right could demonize but but why Soros in particular?

It's the money first and foremost. Republicans have bought the Republican party and as usual they need to project what they're doing wrong onto Democrats. The fact that Soros is a big donor AND is Jewish makes him the perfect target.

[elleng]

38. he's a Jewish billionaire

[roamer65]

42. Bingo.

You win the thread.

[cadoman]

45. explain Sheldon & Miriam Adelson, Jan Koum, Stephen Schwarzman, Ryan Cohen

Soros is very specifically a left-aligned Jewish billionaire who is unmatched in political efficacy with his money.

Where his money goes, christofascist conservatism soon dies its rightful death. There is no one who has done more to spread Democracy--and that's why Biden gave him our highest civilian honors this weekend.

[Ferrets are Cool]

44. "They've been taught to hate him"

BINGO!!

[iemanja]

46. Because he funds Democrats. Just like Dems hate Peter Thiel and others.

Nothing surprising there.

[usonian]

49. Reminder. Soros became a worldwide lightning rod for anti-semitism.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219875804#post36

His name got attached by CT’s a part of some New World Order, a worldwide conspiracy with anti-semitic overtones, supposedly because of the World Bank and “Jewish bankers”

Michael is more known just in the US. My opinion.

Other arguments are, IMO, frosting on this worldwide CT cake.

[applegrove]

52. Same thing woth Hannibal Lector. If Trump can put

up an enemy who is a psychopath/sociopath then Trump is not a psychopath/sociopath and neither are his MAGA powerbrockers. If the GOP, and then Trump, can hold up a billionaire who is politically involved and gives to liberal causes then it takes the heat off of the Koch Brothers or Musk. Plus the Jewish thing. Despicable.