Trump To Fundraise In SC With George Soros “Protégé”

The Daily Beast reports:

Few Republican tropes are as overused as the George Soros boogeyman. When it comes to right-wing conspiracies, the Hungarian-born Jewish billionaire and philanthropist is the tried-and-true secret ingredient to give any conspiracy theory legs, no matter how absurd. For instance, did your favorite ex-president get indicted for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payout to a porn star? There’s a Soros for that.

But it turns out that Trump, along with a slew of Republican officials and groups, is by his own definition also “Soros-backed.” This month, Trump will attend a South Carolina fundraiser co-hosted by the man who literally ran Soros Fund Management for years—a man who has been described as a Soros “protégé,” who amassed billions of dollars for the Soros empire, and who left in 2015 to launch his own investment fund with $2 billion in founding money from none other than George Soros.

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NEW: Turns out that Donald Trump is “Soros-backed”—as are a number of Republicans who trade on that antisemitic trope. This month Trump will attend a fundraiser hosted by George Soros’ protege & former fund manager, a major GOP donor. Me @thedailybeast https://t.co/po6JY30z2T

— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) February 9, 2024