{"id":2378033,"date":"2024-12-09T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-retreated-during-2024-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T14:19:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:19:51","slug":"soros-retreated-during-2024-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-retreated-during-2024-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Soros retreated during 2024 election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">16<\/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-retreated-during-2024-election-washington-examiner%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=2378033&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--><p>The Democracy PAC, which \u2064is the main political organization of the Soros family, substantially \u200dreduced its spending during the 2024 election cycle, spending approximately $67.5 million\u200d compared to over $81.5 million in the 2020 cycle.\u200c This decrease \u2064represents a drop \u2063of more than\u2062 $14 million and coincides with a change in \u2062leadership,\u200b as Alex \u200dSoros took control \u200bfrom his father, \u200bGeorge Soros.While George\u200b focused heavily on\u2063 criminal\u2064 justice reform, Alex has \u200bshifted the PAC&#8217;s\u2064 emphasis away from this \u2062area, allocating just $131,000 to related \u200dcauses compared to\u200b over $4 million previously.Instead, under Alex&#8217;s direction, the PAC has prioritized funding for race-focused initiatives, with the &#8220;Black PAC&#8221; being the largest\u200c beneficiary, receiving $15 million to \u200daddress issues related to racism \u200cand voting rights. Despite the\u200c overall reduction in spending, the Soros <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-soros-pours-250000-into-the-global-disinformation-index-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"George Soros pours 0,000 into the Global Disinformation Index - Washington Examiner\">philanthropic network continues<\/a> to support criminal justice initiatives through other channels.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Soros PAC significantly cut spending during 2024 election cycle<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1316267\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democracy PAC, the primary political arm of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Soros family\">Soros family<\/a>, reduced its spending by over $14 million during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Soros family\">2024 election cycle,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chairwoman-ronna-mcdaniel-counters-cash-complaints-with-call-to-focus-on-beating-biden\/\" title=\"RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel urges focus on defeating Biden, dismisses cash concerns\">campaign finance filings reveal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Between January 1, 2023, and Election Day 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/political-party\/democracy-pac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democracy PAC<\/a> spent about $67.5 million by pumping funds into political committees working to elect Democrats to Congress and the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00693382\/?cycle=2024&amp;tab=summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to campaign finance records. During the 2020 election cycle, the PAC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00693382\/?tab=summary&amp;cycle=2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">paid out<\/a> considerably more, disbursing over $81.5 million to an array of liberal organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, control of Democracy PAC changed hands between the last two election cycles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Wall Street Journal <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/george-soros-heir-son-alexander-soros-e3c4ca13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a> in 2023 that Alex Soros, the youngest son of billionaire philanthropist George Soros, had taken control of the PAC and that $125 million was earmarked for it. It is unclear what the younger Soros plans to do with the significant remainder of the funds.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Soros&rsquo;s political spending represents a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1osPlPRD9m7LKi_9DnYT00aZxlj_VU8InqP5BeYQbPBw\/edit?usp=sharing\">departure<\/a> from his father&rsquo;s strategy in a number of ways. The younger Soros, for instance, appears to place less emphasis on criminal justice reform than the elder. While George Soros held the reins of Democracy PAC during the 2020 election, it doled out more than $4 million to a constellation of &ldquo;Justice and Public Safety PACs&rdquo; that were formed to help elect liberal prosecutors in major jurisdictions. Alex Soros, by contrast, directed just $131,000 to such PACs during the 2024 election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Further evidencing the Soros family&rsquo;s step back from criminal justice, Alex Soros <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00693382&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2024&amp;min_date=06%2F11%2F2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">moved<\/a> $60 million out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/fund-for-policy-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fund for Policy Reform<\/a>, a criminal justice nonprofit group within the Open Society Foundations network he now controls, and poured it into Democracy PAC. The decline in criminal justice funding through Democracy PAC doesn&rsquo;t mean that the Soros family is totally retreating from the issue as the philanthropic network continues to disburse grants in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 25 Soros-linked prosecutors up for election on Nov. 5, 12 lost their races, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/soros-das-suffer-12-big-defeats-billionaires-agenda-faces-uncertain-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to Fox News Digital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alex Soros (left) and Huma Abedin (right) arrive at the White House for the state dinner hosted by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for Kenya President William Ruto and his wife, first lady Rachel Ruto, on May 23, 2024, in Washington.&nbsp;(AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Under Alex Soros, Democracy PAC tended to fund race-focused organizations. A committee named &ldquo;Black PAC,&rdquo; for instance, was the top recipient of Soros funds during the 2024 election cycle, taking in $15 million. Black PAC <a href=\"https:\/\/blackpac.com\/about-black-pac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">describes<\/a> itself as an organization &ldquo;dedicated to fighting racism and white supremacy, protecting our voting rights and access to the ballot box, and defending our neighborhoods from environmental racism, climate change, and violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Black PAC spent millions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00609388&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2024&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2023&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">developing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/independent-expenditures\/?data_type=processed&amp;most_recent=true&amp;q_spender=C00609388&amp;is_notice=true&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">running<\/a> advertisements supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and vulnerable Senate Democrats, according to campaign finance records. One video produced by the PAC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eT4mVf_m99A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">implied<\/a> that President-elect Donald Trump would have supported using violence to quash the civil rights protests. Trump won more black voters than any Republican in 48 years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-black-voters-gains-results-1982939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to CNN analyst Harry Enten.<\/p>\n<p>Other racial committees funded by Democracy PAC during the 2024 electoral cycle included Black Voters Matter Action PAC, Black Men Vote, Color of Change PAC, AAPI Victory Fund, and Somos PAC, collectively taking in millions. Alex Soros also directed $1 million to the One for All Committee, a PAC that <a href=\"https:\/\/oneforallcommittee.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">focused<\/a> on persuading &ldquo;moderate white women&rdquo; to vote for Democrats in &ldquo;key battleground states.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>George Soros also funded racially targeted PACs when heading Democracy PAC in 2020. Black PAC was his preferred group as well, taking in a little over $2.5 million that cycle, with other groups such as Color of Change PAC and Black Voters Matter Action PAC receiving millions more. George Soros shared his son&rsquo;s commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">funding abortion-related political committees<\/a> such as Planned Parenthood Votes as well.<\/p>\n<p>Despite decreasing Democracy PAC&rsquo;s overall spending, Alex Soros directed more funds to mainstream Democratic committees than his father. Senate Majority PAC, Future Forward PAC, and House Majority PAC collectively received $24.5 million in Soros funding during the 2024 election cycle. The same trio of PACs took in just $17.5 million in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alex Soros has described himself as &ldquo;more political&rdquo; than his father. The Soros scion has indeed embedded himself more deeply in the Democratic establishment, getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3079028\/former-clinton-aide-engagement-george-soros-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">engaged<\/a> to high-level Democratic operative Huma Abedin earlier this year and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3155403\/alex-soros-white-house-biden-two-dozen-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">scoring<\/a> dozens of visits to the White House under President Joe Biden. The young Soros met with Democratic candidates throughout the election cycle while donating millions to them, the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/alexander-soros-democratic-donor-2024-7811415b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Soros family did not respond to the<em> Washington Examiner&rsquo;s <\/em>request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1316267\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1316267\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soros PAC slashed spending by over $14 million in 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":2378034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24071511857699-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32431,32371,32171,7407,32076],"class_list":["post-2378033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-2024-election","tag-election-analysis","tag-political-commentary","tag-soros","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24071511857699-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378033","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\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378033"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378037,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378033\/revisions\/2378037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}