{"id":2471427,"date":"2025-08-06T10:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-group-under-fire-after-accepting-1-67-million-from-soros\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:06:26","slug":"republican-group-under-fire-after-accepting-1-67-million-from-soros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-group-under-fire-after-accepting-1-67-million-from-soros\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Group Under Fire After Accepting $1.67 Million from Soros"},"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%2Frepublican-group-under-fire-after-accepting-1-67-million-from-soros%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=2471427&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 article discusses the surprising donation of $1.67 million from George Soros&#8217; Open Society Action Fund to the International Republican Institute (IRI), a Republican-aligned association founded during the reagan administration. The grant, awarded in 2023, was intended to support capacity building for East Asian diaspora communities, specifically aiding persecuted Uyghurs in china, whose mistreatment has been described as genocide. This unexpected funding has drawn criticism from conservative watchdogs, including Peter Flaherty of the National Legal and Policy Center, who urged the IRI to sever ties with Soros-related entities due to their support of left-wing causes and alleged undermining of democratic norms. The IRI confirmed the grant was a one-time acceptance solely for the Uyghur support project and stated it does not plan to continue working with Soros-funded groups. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rising-baby-name-trend-could-become-the-new-normal-is-our-nation-in-danger\/\" title=\"Is the Rising Baby Name Trend a Threat to Our Nation?\">article raises concerns<\/a> that such donations might be a strategy by soros and his son Alex, who now leads the fund, to influence both sides of the political spectrum and further a broader agenda seen by critics as detrimental to American values and national sovereignty.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In American politics, the name Soros has become synonymous with the bankrolling of left-wing and Democrat-backed causes, so why is a Republican organization accepting money from the Hungarian billionaire and his son?<\/p>\n<p>Goerge Soros&rsquo; Open Society Action Fund has donated $1.67 million to the International Republican Institute for a grant dating to 2023 &ldquo;to support the grantee&rsquo;s work on capacity building for East Asia diaspora communities.&rdquo; IRI is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-dems-furious-gerrymandering-flee-illinois-republicans-essentially-voiceless-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican<\/a>-affiliated group, having been started in the 1980s during the Reagan administration.<\/p>\n<p>It said the money was for supporting persecuted Uyghurs in China.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2025\/08\/04\/exclusive-why-soros-network-donated-1m-this-republican-organization\/?utm_source=referral&amp;utm_medium=offthepress&amp;utm_campaign=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Signal<\/a> reported that a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >conservative watchdog group<\/a> is now calling for the relationship to be severed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Soros-backed Open Society Action Fund, typically known for donating to left-wing causes, contributed $1.67 million to the International Republican Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP-aligned group says the money was to support persecuted Uyghurs in China.<\/p>\n<p>Full story in post below. &#128071;&#128071;&#128071; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/47XiZkp3Nn\">pic.twitter.com\/47XiZkp3Nn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Lucas (@FredLucasWH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FredLucasWH\/status\/1952690223847985214?\">August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>National Legal and Policy Center President Peter Flaherty wrote IRI Chairman, Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, saying, &ldquo;I write to ask that the International Republican Institute (IRI) sever its relationship with the so-called Open Society Action Fund, and any other entities founded and\/or funded by George Soros.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Flaherty wants the IRI to &ldquo;publicly commit to refraining from any further solicitation or acceptance of grants from Soros-related groups or from the giving vehicles of other Left-wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ineffectual-dnc-gets-hit-painful-news-two-prominent-billionaires-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">billionaires<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Contrary to his embrace of the &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-fauci-new-study-finds-closing-schools-in-response-to-covid-19-delayed-herd-immunity-and-will-increase-overall-deaths\/\" title=\"FIRE FAUCI: New Study Finds Closing Schools In Response to COVID-19 Delayed Herd Immunity and Will Increase Overall Deaths\">open society<\/a>,&rsquo; Soros, and many of the groups and projects he funds, seek to undermine free expression, individual rights, the rule of law and democratic norms,&rdquo; the letter continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[International Republican Institute] compromises its own mission by accepting support from Soros entities that also support governmental censorship, illegal mass immigration, &lsquo;lawfare,&rsquo; and socialism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An IRI spokesman provided some insight regarding the acceptance of the grant. &ldquo;The project in question is closed; IRI does not work with [Open Society Foundation] and has no intention of doing so again,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;IRI received a one-time grant to support persecuted Uyghurs in China, whose abhorrent treatment of Uyghurs was declared a genocide by the first Trump administration,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;IRI has been sanctioned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-defense-companies-panicked-china-withholds-crucial-rare-earth-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese<\/a> Communist Party due to its unwavering support for religious freedom in China, and we will never yield in defending the cause of freedom in the face of the totalitarian CCP.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Flaherty told The Daily Signal he was &ldquo;relieved to learn this is a one-time acceptance of a grant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Uyghurs are certainly a worthy cause,&rdquo; he reacted. &ldquo;But, if that is what the grant was for, why didn&rsquo;t it say that on the Open Society database? There is something not above board about the whole thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The cause in itself is a noble one. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/backgrounder\/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-muslims-repression-genocide-human-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Council on Foreign Relations<\/a>, China&rsquo;s targeting of the Uyghurs &mdash; a majority-Muslim ethnic group &mdash; ramped up in 2017 with actions like re-education camps, sterilization, forced labor, and more, with what many label a genocide having its origins dating further back to 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The comments from the IRI seem na&iuml;ve at best. A Soros grant will be at their doorstep again. But will the cause be one as humanitarian and morally just?<\/p>\n<p>This grant is likely the Trojan horse to get in the door.<\/p>\n<p>The pertinent question is obviously why Soros would offer money to Republicans. Soros&rsquo; son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-soros-town-shape-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Soros<\/a>, now heads the fund, and The Daily Signal noted that he promises to be more political in that role.<\/p>\n<p>Making appeals across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/booed-in-the-usa-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Booed in the USA - Washington Examiner\">political spectrum &#038;mdash<\/a>; not just to the left &mdash; adheres to that agenda.<\/p>\n<p>If the goal is undermining American values and eroding our national sovereignty, the father and son duo would definitely see the value in approaching the other side of the aisle for a more holistic approach to their end goal.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In 2023, Soros&#8217; Open Society Action Fund gave $1.67 million to the International Republican Institute (IRI), a GOP-linked organization founded during the Reagan era, to aid East Asian diaspora communities-specifically supporting persecuted Uyghurs in China. Conservative watchdogs are now urging IRI to cut ties with Soros-related entities. IRI stated this was a one-time grant focused on helping Uyghurs facing genocide-level abuses by China&#8217;s government and that they have no plans for future collaboration with Soros groups. Critics remain skeptical about the motives behind the funding and question why such details were not clearly disclosed upfront. 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