{"id":707469,"date":"2021-09-01T18:50:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T22:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=707469"},"modified":"2021-09-01T18:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T22:50:53","slug":"george-soros-donations-to-fight-newsom-recall-hit-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-soros-donations-to-fight-newsom-recall-hit-1-million\/","title":{"rendered":"George Soros\u2019 Donations To Fight Newsom Recall Hit $1 Million"},"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%2Fgeorge-soros-donations-to-fight-newsom-recall-hit-1-million%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=707469&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Soros.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who funds progressive drives and causes worldwide, donated another $500,000 to a political action committee opposing the campaign to recall California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, bringing his total contributions to $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Filings with the California Secretary of State\u2019s office show Soros\u2019 latest contribution to a group called \u201cStop The Republican Recall of Governor Newsom\u201d was made on Monday, August 30. It was his third gift to the PAC thus far, following a pair of $250,000 donations.<\/p>\n<p>The New York-based Soros has a history of supporting reform-minded district attorney candidates and criminal justice reform efforts in California.<\/p>\n<p>Voters will decide whether to oust Newsom in a special recall election in less than two weeks on September 14.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/campaigns-gavin-newsom-california-elections-recall-elections-f36df13518c3f9358dd7ad5b537571cc\">reported<\/a>, \u201cUnder state rules, Newsom alone is allowed to raise money in unlimited amounts, while other candidates must adhere to contribution limits.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6948356807512\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">George Soros contributes another $500,000 to Gavin Newsom&#8217;s anti-recall committee, bringing his total to an even $1 million <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aKZ4MRwtrl\">https:\/\/t.co\/aKZ4MRwtrl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WI59yrAiIe\">pic.twitter.com\/WI59yrAiIe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Pyers (@rpyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpyers\/status\/1432792861943033860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Newsom launched the committee in March, claiming the drive to recall him was a partisan effort. The governor\u2019s campaign has <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/570250-democrats-unions-pour-cash-into-california-recall-fight\">reportedly<\/a> raised more than $63 million. Its website <a href=\"https:\/\/stoptherepublicanrecall.com\/\">alleges<\/a> a \u201ccoalition of national Republicans, anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon conspiracy theorists, and anti-immigrant Trump supporters\u201d are behind the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>However, former California Democrat Majority Leader Gloria Romero has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-california-democrat-majority-leader-endorses-larry-elder-for-governor\">endorsed<\/a> GOP frontrunner Larry Elder, and polls indicate that many other Democrats also support the recall.<\/p>\n<p>FiveThirtyEight recently <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/california-recall-polls\/\">published<\/a> an updated average of several polls that showed an average of 48.8% supported keeping Newsom in his current role, while removing him is polling at an average of 47.6%. Practically every public survey indicates the question is within the margin of error.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/570250-democrats-unions-pour-cash-into-california-recall-fight\">According<\/a> to The Hill, \u201cNational Democrats and California\u2019s most powerful labor unions are pouring late cash into the race to save Gov.&nbsp;<span data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Gavin Newsom<\/span>&nbsp;(D) from a recall election he faces next month as&nbsp;his team floods the airwaves in a last-minute blitz,\u201d and:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><em>Pro-Newsom campaigns and independent groups have spent or reserved almost $30 million in airtime across the state, according to the nonpartisan media monitoring firm AdImpact. Republican candidates running to unseat Newsom&nbsp;have spent or reserved less than half that much.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This week alone, Democratic groups are spending $3 million on television and radio advertising, according to AdImpact. Republican campaigns are spending just&nbsp;more than $1.4 million over the same period, about $880,000 of which comes from conservative Republican radio host&nbsp;Larry Elder.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/projects\/california-recall-election-money-newsom-vs-jenner-cox\/\">contributed<\/a> $3,000,000 to help the governor. In addition, two SEIU locals have chipped in more than $3,250,000. And the Democratic Governors Association <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/570250-democrats-unions-pour-cash-into-california-recall-fight\">reportedly<\/a> gave Newsom\u2019s PAC at least $5 million last month.<\/p>\n<p>Other top individual donors to Newsom\u2019s anti-recall committee include real estate tycoon George Marcus ($1,000,000), Connie Balmer, the wife of former Microsoft CEO and Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Balmer ($1 million), Priscilla Chan, wife of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ($750,000), and Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg ($500,000).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who funds progressive drives and causes worldwide, donated another $500,000 to a political action committee opposing the campaign to recall California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, bringing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707469","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}