{"id":1921058,"date":"2023-04-29T01:42:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T05:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-family-gives-early-financial-support-to-montana-moderate-jon-tester\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T01:42:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T05:42:06","slug":"soros-family-gives-early-financial-support-to-montana-moderate-jon-tester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-family-gives-early-financial-support-to-montana-moderate-jon-tester\/","title":{"rendered":"Soros Family Gives Early Financial Support to Montana &#8216;Moderate&#8217; Jon Tester"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoros-family-gives-early-financial-support-to-montana-moderate-jon-tester%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1921058&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<p><h2>Liberal billionaire George Soros and his son nearly max out to Tester<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\tDemocratic megadonor George Soros, Sen. Jon Tester (D., Mont.), and Democratic donor Alexander Soros\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Montana senator Jon Tester bills himself as a moderate Democrat willing to criticize his party&#8217;s left-wing elements\u2014like the progressive policies pushed by his latest financial backers, George and Alexander Soros.\t<\/p>\n<p>The Soroses last month nearly maxed out campaign contributions to Tester, each giving $2,800, according to campaign finance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00412304&#038;committee_id=C00547679&#038;contributor_name=soros%2C+alexander&#038;contributor_name=soros%2C+george&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disclosures<\/a>, making the red-state Democrat the only candidate to whom both father and son have contributed this election cycle. Though the two pour millions of dollars every year into a variety of left-wing causes, their direct political support so far this cycle has been sparse. The elder Soros has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?contributor_name=George+Soros&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given to only two candidates<\/a> aside from Tester, Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.), both of whom are politically safe. His son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?contributor_name=Alexander+Soros&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander Soros has given<\/a> to only Tester and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.), who this cycle is targeting Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I., Ariz.), a former Democrat, from the left.<\/p>\n<p>Tester&#8217;s support from the Soros family highlights the political tightrope he will have to walk in his bid for reelection. Tester, considered one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the 2024 cycle, will need to raise money from major Democratic donors in what is likely to be one of the most expensive Senate races of 2024. But the senator, who recently said that he brings a &#8220;dirt-under-your-fingernails perspective to Washington,&#8221; will have to avoid embracing left-wing policies unpopular in the Big Sky Country.<\/p>\n<p>The elder Soros gives tens of millions of dollars a year to groups that support the movements to defund police, expand the Supreme Court, and restrict gun ownership. He <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/fact-check-george-soros-insists-he-didnt-contribute-to-da-who-charged-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has contributed<\/a> $1.45 million to Color of Change, a civil rights organization that has called to defund police. He funds a variety of gun control groups and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emmagoldberg\/2016\/06\/15\/these-are-the-u-s-billionaires-who-back-gun-control\/?sh=6d818f497d9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>, &#8220;I&#8217;m very much against guns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tester has spoken out against those policies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/10\/politics\/jon-tester-axe-files\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a>\u00a0the average Montanan views the Democratic Party as &#8220;toxic&#8221; for ignoring rural voters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The defund the police stuff is garbage,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sVIUPXRLIIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Tester, who also says he is a &#8220;strong supporter of the Second Amendment.&#8221; Asked whether he supports packing the Supreme Court, Tester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/several-senate-democrats-pledge-to-oppose-court-packing-even-if-roe-falls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quipped<\/a>, &#8220;Ix-nay on that bullshit-ay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tester&#8217;s dilemma\u2014balancing a centrist bent while wooing deep-pocketed Democratic donors\u2014was on display last month following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Tester criticized a federal bailout of the bank and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorTester\/status\/1635641874848292865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledged<\/a> to hold bank executives and regulators &#8220;accountable.&#8221; But the same day, Tester attended a fundraiser in Palo Alto, Calif., organized by a lawyer for the firm that represents Silicon Valley Bank.\t<\/p>\n<p>Another fundraiser host serves on the board of the National Resources Defense Council, an environmentalist group that repeatedly sued the Trump administration to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/montana-senator-jon-tester-hobnobs-with-green-energy-activist-who-helped-kill-keystone-pipeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. The host, National Resources Defense Council board member Nicole Lederer, has said the pipeline &#8220;is against the best interest of our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tester publicly supported the pipeline, saying that it &#8220;would have yielded big benefits&#8221; for Montana.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" title=\"View all posts in 2024 Election\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2024 Election\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/bailout\/\" title=\"View all posts in Bailout\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBailout\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/court-packing\/\" title=\"View all posts in Court-Packing\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourt-Packing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/defund-the-police\/\" title=\"View all posts in Defund the Police\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDefund the Police\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/democratic-donors\/\" title=\"View all posts in Democratic Donors\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDemocratic Donors\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/george-soros\/\" title=\"View all posts in George Soros\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Soros\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/hypocrisy\/\" title=\"View all posts in Hypocrisy\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHypocrisy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/jon-tester\/\" title=\"View all posts in Jon Tester\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJon Tester\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/keystone-pipeline\/\" title=\"View all posts in Keystone Pipeline\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKeystone Pipeline\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/montana\/\" title=\"View all posts in Montana\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMontana\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/montana-senate\/\" title=\"View all posts in Montana Senate\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMontana Senate\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/second-amendment\/\" title=\"View all posts in Second Amendment\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSecond Amendment\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberal billionaire George Soros and his son nearly max out to Tester Democratic megadonor George Soros, Sen. 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