{"id":2024281,"date":"2023-09-07T05:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-funded-house-democrats-socialist-sympathy-tour-to-south-america-records-show\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T05:20:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:20:18","slug":"soros-funded-house-democrats-socialist-sympathy-tour-to-south-america-records-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-funded-house-democrats-socialist-sympathy-tour-to-south-america-records-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Soros-backed Dems&#8217; &#8216;Socialist Sympathy Tour&#8217; in South America, per records."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-funded-house-democrats-socialist-sympathy-tour-to-south-america-records-show%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=2024281&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<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez meets \u2062with Chilean president Gabriel Boric (Twitter).<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The liberal billionaire George Soros\u2019s philanthropy quietly \u200cfunded a junket last month for five House Democrats to meet \u2062with left-wing Latin American leaders in what conservatives have derided \u200cas a \u2062&#8221;socialist sympathy tour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reps.\u200c Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), Maxwell Frost (D., Fla.), Greg Casar (D., Texas), Nydia \u2064Vel\u00e1zquez (D., N.Y.),\u2062 and Joaqu\u00edn Castro (D., Texas) \u2064traveled to Brazil, Colombia, and Chile last month \u200bas part of\u2064 a trip organized by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a left-wing think tank. The\u200d delegation met with \u2063Colombian president Gustavo\u200b Petro, Chilean president Gabriel\u200c Boric, and advisers\u2062 to \u2064Brazil\u2019s Luiz\u200c In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-proposes-to-establish-permanent-us-special-envoy-to-pacific-to-counter-ccp\/\" title=\"Bill Proposes to Establish Permanent US Special Envoy to Pacific to Counter CCP\">strengthen diplomatic relations<\/a>&#8221; between \u200cthe House and Latin American leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Financial disclosures submitted to Congress \u200cthis week revealed that \u200bSoros\u2019s\u200d Foundation\u2063 to Promote Open Society provided\u2064 a grant to the Center for Economic and Policy Research for the junket. According to Frost\u2019s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/gtimages\/MT\/2023\/500026921.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disclosure<\/a>,\u200b the organizers spent around $6,600 on his\u2062 travel, \u2064lodging, \u2063and meals. Six congressional aides accompanied the\u2063 five House Democrats on\u2063 the \u2064trip. Three members of Soros\u2019s \u2063foundation accompanied the \u200bdelegation \u2064at dinners and meetings, according to Frost\u2019s disclosure. The four other House members have\u200d yet \u200bto\u2063 submit their\u2062 disclosures for the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Some conservatives criticized the trip as \u2064an attempt by liberal lawmakers to\u2062 hatch\u200d a \u200cglobal progressive \u200cmovement. Ocasio-Cortez \u200ddrew criticism after she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2023-08-03\/progressive-democrats-making-pilgrimage-to-latin-americas-leading-leftist-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called on<\/a> the United States to apologize for\u2064 &#8220;the harms we\u2019ve committed through interventionist and \u2062extractive policies&#8221; \u200bin Latin America. A <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-socialist-tour-brazil-colombia-chile-democrats-latin-america-cuba-boric-d7b25825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">panned<\/a> the junket \u2062as a &#8220;socialist\u2063 sympathy tour,&#8221; given Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s remarks and\u2064 the leftist leanings of the foreign \u2063hosts.<\/p>\n<p>Lula, Petro, and Boric were elected last year as\u200c part of what has been dubbed\u2063 a\u2063 &#8220;pink wave&#8221; of socialist and\u2064 left-wing\u2062 leaders\u200b in \u2064Latin\u2062 America. Soros, through his Open Society Foundations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-funded-house-democrats-socialist-sympathy-tour-to-south-america-records-show\/\" title=\"Soros-backed Dems' 'Socialist Sympathy Tour' in South America, per records.\">supports left-wing civic groups<\/a> \u2064in \u200ceach of the countries and is \u200ba longtime \u2063Lula ally. The\u2063 Brazilian leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/george-soros-heir-son-alexander-soros-e3c4ca13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">met\u200c earlier this year<\/a> with\u200c Soros\u2019s son\u200d to discuss Open Society\u2019s operations \u2063in \u2064Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/gtimages\/ST\/2023\/500026913.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a disclosure<\/a> submitted by a congressional aide for the\u2063 recent trip, Soros\u2019s\u200d organization funded the junket\u200c as part of its &#8220;mission to foster greater interest from\u2062 members \u2062of \u2062Congress on \u200bUS-Latin America relations.&#8221; In\u200b Brazil,\u2064 the delegation\u2062 met \u2062with Lula\u2019s advisers to\u200d discuss\u200d Brazil\u2019s foreign \u2064policy priorities. They met\u200c with other government\u200d officials and activist groups regarding racial equality,\u2062 climate change, and issues\u2062 related to democracy. In Chile,\u2064 they \u200bmet\u200d with Boric to \u200cdiscuss \u2063similar \u200bissues, as well as his \u200dcontroversial decree earlier this year to nationalize Chile\u2019s lithium\u200b industry.<\/p>\n<p>The liberal Democrats\u2019 visit comes as\u200d the\u2062 Biden administration\u200d has soured to some extent\u200d on Lula \u2064and Petro for embracing American \u200dadversaries like China, Russia, and Venezuela. Petro, a former member\u2062 of a Colombian guerrilla group, \u2064has restored ties with Venezuelan dictator\u2064 Nichol\u00e1s Maduro\u2062 and\u200d ended participation \u2064with the\u200d United States\u200c on \u2064an \u2064extradition agreement for\u200d narco-terrorists. Rep.\u200b Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar (R., Fla.) held \u2062a congressional hearing in July on Colombia\u2019s &#8220;descent to\u2062 socialism&#8221; under Petro\u2019s rule. Salazar <a href=\"https:\/\/salazar.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/representative-salazar-blasts-colombian-president-gustavo-petro-destructive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asserted<\/a> &#8220;Petro\u2019s\u2064 corrupt leftist policies have\u2062 created a bleak \u200bfuture for Colombia.&#8221; Petro\u2019s son <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/colombia-petro-son-gustavo-money-laundering-7a3567d5b3ff76a325cfd4a828a8f5cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was charged<\/a> in July with accepting cash from drug traffickers \u2063to fund his\u200b lavish lifestyle and to contribute to his father\u2019s\u200b presidential \u2063campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Lula has \u2064also restored relations with\u2062 Maduro and claimed that allegations about the\u2064 strongman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-looms-over-israeli-presidents-speech-to-congress-amid-democratic-split\/\" title=\"Netanyahu overshadows Israeli president's Congress speech amidst Democratic divide.\">human rights\u2062 abuses<\/a> are &#8220;narrative construction.&#8221; He\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lula-portugal-visit-brazil-ukraine-c171309370c0e4d5a54aee85776d9c05#:~:text=The%20Brazilian%20leader%20courted%20controversy,was%20%E2%80%9Cstimulating%E2%80%9D%20the%20fighting.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> \u2064the United States in \u2063April of &#8220;stimulating&#8221; the Russia-Ukraine war \u200cin\u200c remarks that drew praise \u2064from the Kremlin. \u2062On a trip to China this year, Lula\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/04\/13\/1169648748\/brazils-president-lula-travels-to-china-to-find-support-to-help-end-war-in-ukrai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed<\/a> a &#8220;peace club&#8221; led by Brazil and China\u200c to end the war\u200c in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Chile\u2019s Boric has come under fire over a \u2064history of anti-Israel comments. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2021\/12\/20\/chiles-president-elect-backs-bds-accuses-israel-of-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supports<\/a> the \u2064Boycott, Divestment, \u2064and Sanctions movement against Israel and has accused the Israeli government of &#8220;genocide&#8221; against Palestinians. Sen. Marco Rubio (R., \u2062Fla.)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/english-espa-ol-rubio-condemns-antisemitism-in-chile-after-chilean-president-snubs-israeli-ambassador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> Boric of \u2064a history of anti-Semitism last year \u200dafter he refused to accept the diplomatic credentials of Israel\u2019s ambassador to Chile.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s participation in the Soros-funded \u200bjunket is especially eye-catching because\u2062 of her derisive remarks in the past\u2063 about billionaires. She has\u2063 called for the abolition of billionaires,\u2062 saying their existence is &#8220;immoral&#8221; and \u200bthat they only make their \u2063wealth &#8220;off the\u200d backs&#8221; of others. Ocasio-Cortez, who\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/illegal-testa-parking-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drives a Tesla<\/a> valued at up to $59,000, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/aocs-designer-met-gala-getup-violated-ethics-rules-complaint-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violated<\/a> House gift rules\u2062 by accepting jewelry and designer clothes to wear to the 2021 Met Gala.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s office did not respond to a request \u2062for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texan), Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.), and Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) were part of the delegation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":2024282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}