A group of leading Democrats lined up national convention of the party Thanks to left-wing megadonor Alex Soros, who showed his influence over politicians by adding these photos to his growing gallery on social media.
These photographs give a real glimpse of the top leaders of the party's power establishment and those so called “rising stars”.
Many of these photos appeared to have been taken from an airy skybox at Chicago's United Center — where the party's most elite donors were. Up to $5 million paid to see the action.
Republican strategist Matt Volling joked, “Who can blame a young budding billionaire for wanting to show off the collection of politicians he has in his pocket? He owns them and wants to let the world know how well his pets treat him.”
Same with Soros He had a new fiancéeHuma Abedin, the ex-wife of former Rep. Anthony Weiner, a longtime former aide to Hillary Clinton.
Soros and Huma held a meeting with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz – the party's vice presidential nominee – with an iPhone at the ready.
“Walzified! Walzpiled! Great to meet Coach Walz, our future vice president in Chicago,” Soros was elated.
The night President Biden gave a speech, Soros liked this comment With former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Also present were Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona).
on the second nightSoros met with former President Obama and the Democrats' eminence grise, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Soros has donated more than $600,000 to Pelosi and her Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee since 2010. federal election commission The record shows.
He also gave his approval to Representative Jasmine Crockett of Texas. whom he blessed as the party's “rising star”.
Other guest politicians pictured with Soros during the conference included Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Arizona senator mark kellyNorth Carolina Governor Roy CooperAnd Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.
Soros also socialized with top New York politicians, including Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader – an old friendFEC records show Soros has given more than $5.5 million to Schumer's Senate Majority PAC since 2016.
Soros and his father — hedge fund billionaire George Soros — are among the Democratic Party's biggest fundraisers. The 94-year-old patriarch donated more than $175 million to Democrats during the 2022 midterm elections, according to reports. Federal Election Commission recordsA nonprofit founded and funded by papa Soros has donated at least an additional $60 million to Democrats in 2024, records show.
Alex – his father's successor – is currently chairman of the family's Open Society Foundations, a $25 billion philanthropic organization that supports radical left-wing causes around the world.
At the local level, Soros and his allies have invested heavily in races to appoint far-right district attorneys in major US cities who pursue priorities like “criminal justice reform” rather than prosecute. In the Big Apple, Alvin Bragg, a Soros follower, becomes Manhattan’s district attorney in 2022 and has protected a vast swath of criminal behavior from punishment.
Alex Soros contributed more than $720,000 to the Biden Victory Fund in 2020 — making him one of the fund's top donors. No similar-sized check has been written from the Soros scion for the 2024 campaign, but his presence at the convention suggests that pockets may have been tighter, critics say.
“The new Democratic Party is the party of wealthy elites out of touch with the world, so the drooling over Alex Soros last week is no surprise,” Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) told the Post.
