{"id":2477686,"date":"2025-08-22T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-and-dark-money-funded-virginia-protest-where-woman-held-racially-charged-sign\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:50:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:50:34","slug":"soros-and-dark-money-funded-virginia-protest-where-woman-held-racially-charged-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-and-dark-money-funded-virginia-protest-where-woman-held-racially-charged-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Soros and dark money funded Virginia protest where woman held racially charged sign"},"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\">26<\/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-and-dark-money-funded-virginia-protest-where-woman-held-racially-charged-sign%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=2477686&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 reports on a recent protest in Virginia where an elderly woman held a sign with a racially charged message targeting Winsome Earle-sears, the Black Republican nominee for governor. The sign offended many and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cracked-foundation-how-the-fbi-raid-on-trumps-home-undermines-national-trust\/\" title=\"Cracked Foundation: How The FBI Raid On Trump\u2019s Home Undermines National Trust\">drew bipartisan condemnation<\/a> from Virginia leaders. The protest was partly organized by We of Action Virginia (WOFA), an affiliate of the activist group Indivisible, which receives significant funding from left-leaning &#8220;dark money&#8221; networks such as Arabella Advisors, Tides, and financial support from liberal billionaire George Soros. These groups are known for anonymously financing progressive political activities and protests nationwide. Although the woman appeared to be wearing a WOFA shirt,the organization denied her affiliation and condemned the racist message.The Virginia gubernatorial race is highly competitive heading into 2026, with Earle-Sears gaining ground on her Democratic opponent. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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 and dark money funded Virginia protest where woman held racially charged sign<\/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_2152731\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>An elderly woman who made waves online Thursday for holding a sign that some have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-activists-tried-to-cancel-this-pro-life-doctor-they-failed\/\" title=\"...Wing Activists Tried To Cancel This Pro-Life Doctor. They Failed.\">deemed racially insensitive<\/a> outside a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism\/\" title=\"Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Preschool, Redefine \u2018Discrimination\u2019 and \u2018Racism\u2019\">school board meeting<\/a> where Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears, who is black, was at a left-wing protest organized by a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prominent dark money-funded activist organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hey Winsome, if trans can&rsquo;t share your bathroom, then blacks can&rsquo;t share my water fountain,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1958666386105856118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sign read<\/a>. In addition to sparking a firestorm on social media, the sign drew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/politics\/local-election-hq\/leaders-racist-sign-winsome-earle-sears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bipartisan condemnation<\/a> from Virginia leaders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3778366\/fbi-raid-john-bolton-home\/\">FBI raids John Bolton&#8217;s home in Maryland&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3763454\/historic-shift-national-endowment-for-the-humanities-funds-academics-conservative\/\">In historic shift, National Endowment for the Humanities funds academics with conservative ties<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3776906\/dhs-reviews-biden-era-grants-terror-linked-groups\/\">DHS reviews Biden-era grants to &lsquo;terror-linked&rsquo; groups<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The protest where the sign appeared was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNl7loktLkd\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">organized in part<\/a> by We of Action Virginia, an organization that <a href=\"https:\/\/wofava.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states on its website<\/a> that it is an affiliate of the activist group Indivisible.&nbsp;The group organized the protest outside Sears&rsquo;s speech against policies that allow biological males to use female restrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Indivisible is an organization that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3336644\/liberal-dark-money-groups-republican-town-halls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">receives considerable funding<\/a> from anonymous donors via left-of-center dark money groups and has been responsible for helping to organize a number of high-profile demonstrations in recent months. Among these have been disruptions of town hall events held by Republican members of Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3386034\/actblue-democratic-party-fundraising-controversies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protests outside of Tesla dealerships<\/a> critical of Elon Musk, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3475348\/soros-funded-group-activism-training-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No Kings<\/a> day of action, where President Donald Trump was branded as a tyrant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virginia Republican nominee for Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WinsomeSears?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WinsomeSears<\/a> is speaking out tonight at the Arlington County School Board meeting about boys being able to use the girl&#8217;s bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>This is a sign being held by a white liberal outside the meeting (Sears is a black woman).&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ik4JBMbcY\">pic.twitter.com\/1ik4JBMbcY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1958666386105856118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>     <\/p>\n<p>A <em>Washington Examiner <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3336644\/liberal-dark-money-groups-republican-town-halls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">review of tax records<\/a> found that Indivisible received considerable financial support from the Arabella Advisors and Tides dark money networks. Dark money is a term describing the process by which contributions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-retreats-following-dark-money-funded-town-hall-protests\/\" title=\"GOP retreats following ...-funded town hall ...s\">large-dollar donors filter<\/a> into politics anonymously. Transparency advocates have long argued that the prominence of dark money obscures key information from the public.<\/p>\n<p>The Tides network, a financial nexus wealthy liberal donors use to anonymously inject funds into a wide range of causes, has given Indivisible $4 million in recent years. Fund for a Better Future, another anonymously funded political advocacy group, has transferred over $3 million to Indivisible. Tides has funded mass protest movements across the country, including the pro-Palestinian protests that swept the United States following Hamas&rsquo;s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Nonprofit organizations administered by the Arabella Advisors consulting firm, a network that conservatives have long pointed to as one of the primary sources of dark money to Democrat-aligned causes, also provided Indivisible with over $100,000 in funding. Arabella Advisors&rsquo; network is an integral part of the Democratic financial machine, churning out tens of millions of dollars each election cycle to fund liberal ballot measures, super PACs, and get-out-the-vote efforts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous dark money aside, the network of liberal billionaire George Soros has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=Indivisible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provided <\/a>millions of dollars in support to Indivisible since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The woman holding the controversial sign even appeared to be wearing a WOFA Virginia shirt, a detail <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AsraNomani\/status\/1958718195264569369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> by independent journalist Asra Nomani that has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/politics\/local-election-hq\/leaders-racist-sign-winsome-earle-sears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> by photographs of the event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3475348\/soros-funded-group-activism-training-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SOROS-FUNDED GROUP BEHIND &lsquo;NO KINGS&rsquo; PROTESTS LAUNCHES ACTIVISM TRAINING PROGRAM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WOFA Virginia told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that the woman is not affiliated with its organization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were made aware of an unacceptable, racist sign present at a rally prior to tonight&rsquo;s [Arlington Public Schools] meeting,&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Kppg1Lu23t7-Ev9ee_8sQZd7_Ho8Sjp4\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> from WOFA Virginia reads. &ldquo;We want to be clear: discrimination of any kind is always wrong. No one should be discriminated against based on race, ability, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nomani, the independent journalist, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AsraNomani\/status\/1958725737873043788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also reported<\/a> that WOFA Virginia has frequently appeared alongside other Indivisible groups at protests since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia gubernatorial election has emerged as one of the most closely watched statewide elections of the 2026 cycle. Popular incumbent Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) is barred from running for a second consecutive term, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roanoke.edu\/news\/rc_poll_politics_august_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent poll<\/a> shows Sears, the state&rsquo;s lieutenant governor, closing in on Democratic nominee former Rep. Abigail Spanberger.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/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, dark money backed VA protest with racially charged sign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":2477687,"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\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2220643753.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51516,33642,61790,7407,61789],"class_list":["post-2477686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dark-money-2","tag-political-funding","tag-racial-sign","tag-soros","tag-virginia-protest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2220643753.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477686","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=2477686"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477690,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477686\/revisions\/2477690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2477687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2477686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2477686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}