Why is it the Reich-wing went all barking-mad over George Soros, but...

[Grins]

Why is it that the Reich-wing went all barking-mad over George Soros, but remained silent over Trump's Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, being hired by Soros Fund Management and eventually becoming the head of its London office? And that after Bessent left Soros' employ, Soros made a $2 Billion (yes; with a "B"!) anchor investment in Bessent's new venture?

Asking for several millions of people...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Good catch, good question, spread it around maga world. . . . . nt

[Be Leave On]

7. class solidarity

It's because the oligarchs stick together with class solidarity, and any disagreements between them are mostly for show, in order to confuse the rubes.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. It's because Bessent

Licks Krasnov's taint. So all is forgiven.

[usonian]

3. Don't overthink it. Soros is Jewish and the poster boy for being jewish. Period.

Bessent is of French Huguenot and Scottish descent. (Wikipedia)

[ToxMarz]

9. He is also the OG poster boy for a wealthy class traitor

One of the world's wealtiest men who betrayed his brethren by donating to and supporting liberal politicians and policy. That was unheard of an he was meant to be an example to others who felt motivated to follow suit. The fact that he is jewish made it all the more fun for them. Bessent isn't using his money or influence to support Democrats or liberal policies, how he made his money is, as always with them, irrelevant. What's relevent is that he made a lot of money, and uses it and his power to support them.

[Strelnikov_]

4. Sounds like Bessent is a Soros stalking horse

Wait till Loomer gets hold of this.

[MLWR]

5. Because they are nothing if not colossal hypocrites.

[angrychair]

6. Why are they ok with any Billionaires?

I mean a literal illegal immigrant billionaire came in and reshaped government and made several billion dollars in profit because of it but the magats called him their hero.

I agree with others though, it's more about Soros being Jewish than anything else.
Republicans pretend to support Jewish people but like anyone that isn't male, white and Christian, they will eventually learn their true feelings.

[homegirl]

8. Reality check on Soros

It’s best to know who George Soros is and where he came from.
He survived Nazi occupation of Hungary, went to England with his family after the war. Got some solid education. Worked in finance. Created and founded several financial companies. Made billions. And has given away billions to charities and other causes.
So far he is the opposite of Trump in most ways.
The only thing they really share is the label of rich old white guy, although Soros is much much richer than Trump.
All this, combined with a Jewish heritage and lackluster support of Israel, make him an easy target for conspiracy theorists like Trump and his associates.
But he is well into his nineties and likely not that interested in Trump much and isn’t paying people to raise animosity on Trump. People don’t like Trump for free.


Are the angry people in Republican town halls George Soros employed activists?
I will give the simple answer: no.
Have you ever tried to send an email to your senator or representative via the congressional website? It asks for your address. If you don’t live in the legislator’s district, you can’t send them a message. They only care what the people they represent have to say about issues before Congress. When I go to my congresswoman’s town hall meeting, staff members also ask for my address. I assume they do that for the same reason: the event is held for the benefit of constituents. Someone who lives in a different state or congressional district does not have the right to address the Congress member at that event.
“Outside agitators,” as they used to be called, paid by George Soros would not be allowed into the hall.
Also, you are asking about town halls in districts represented by Republicans. That means that most of the people in the district voted Republican in the last election. And I have watched some of the videos from those events. Some angry constituent challenges the politician, or complains about his or her support of Trump and Musk’s destructive behavior. And what looks like the entire crowd cheers the constituent and boos the Congress member.
Why would Soros have to pay anyone if the actual Republicans in the district will boo the Representative without his prompting?
I suggest you find a better bogeyman than George Soros. He is not infiltrating or micromanaging Republicans’ town halls.

[BaronChocula]

10. Oh, the "whys" of maga

- Why was half of maga in an uproar three weeks ago about the release of the Epstein Files, but not so much so now?
- Why was maga "concerned" about Biden's age, but not Pedo the Great?
- Why did maga complaints about inflation stop around January 2205 though prices are still high?
- Why does maga "back the blue" unless they're mobbing and maiming Capitol police?
- Why does maga worry about kids being exposed to drag queens, but not conservative church pastor molesters?

I blame Rush Limbaugh. That and they're just driven to idiocy by their insecurity.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. MaddowBlog-Trump targets Soros as part of a larger campaign against the left's infrastructure

The president called for a progressive donor to be charged with racketeering, following the tyrants’ playbook about how to deal with political opposition.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-george-soros-racketeering-allegations-rcna227733

Donald Trump has spent nearly a decade peddling absurd claims about “paid protesters” — as if anyone who disagrees with him must necessarily be corrupt and inauthentic — and the president kept that push going in an awkwardly worded online statement last week.....

A week later, the president seemed to go into a bit more detail this week. NBC News reported:

Trump said on Truth Social this morning that billionaire philanthropist George Soros and his son Alex Soros should be charged with racketeering. ‘George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America,’ Trump wrote. ... It’s unclear what protests Trump, who has repeatedly attacked the Soros family, was referring to or what prompted his post.

In the same online missive, Trump also wrote, in a message directed at a “friend” of Soros, “Be careful, we’re watching you!”....

I’m reminded of an important observation The New York Times made in March: “Mr. Trump and his allies are aggressively attacking the players and machinery that power the left, taking a series of highly partisan official actions that, if successful, will threaten to hobble Democrats’ ability to compete in elections for years to come.”

The evidence to bolster the point isn’t hard to find. After all, in recent months, the Trump administration has targeted leading Democratic officials the president doesn’t like; it’s also opened an investigation into Media Matters, which came on the heels of Trump directing the Justice Department to investigate ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s most important fundraising platform, all while targeting prominent Democratic supporters.

Now, abandoning subtlety about his authoritarian vision, Trump is calling for a leading progressive donor to be charged with racketeering, based on nothing whatsoever, sticking to the tyrants’ playbook about how to deal with political opposition.

Back in 2018, a good friend ran for District Attorney in my county. Another good friend helped him go through the interview process with a Soros affiliated group to get funding. It took three or four meetings but my friend was funded by the Soros affiliate and won.

I expect to see a nasty fight this cycle with Soros coming up.