No, George Soros Didn’t Give $33 Million to #BlackLivesMatter

[DonViejo]

Ben Collins

A director for the liberal billionaire’s Open Society Foundations quashes the rumor—pushed by conspiracy theorists and even mainstream outlets—that Soros is bankrolling the movement.

In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests that interrupted speeches by Bernie Sanders and Jeb Bush over the last month, voices on social media, right-wing blogs, and even general-interest sites have pointed to a conspiracy involving liberal billionaire George Soros and a very specific amount of money: $33 million.

“The Soros-funded #blacklivesmatter movement is a big problem for the Democrats,” The American Thinker’s Thomas Lifson wrote this week.

Some of those rumors have gone mainstream, even making an appearance on Fox News’s ratings powerhouse The O’Reilly Factor in late July.

“So who’s funding Black Lives Matter? One of the big donors seems to be George Soros, our old pal, who gives big money to affiliates of Black Lives Matter—groups that do direct business with them,” host Bill O’Reilly said in a July 28 segment. “Also giving money directly to the group [are] entertainers Jay Z and Beyoncé.”

O’Reilly’s guest was Kelly Riddell, who wrote an investigative report for The Washington Times earlier this year about Soros’s charity’s ties to left-wing organizations.

Black Lives Matter is “a group that was started by three women that work at Soros-backed organizations that are into community organizing, into kind of riling up activists,” she said. “They are all—all of these organizations, from a certain standpoint—are funded by George Soros’s Open Society Foundations. We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. I found that within one year, George Soros dedicated $33 million to these types of organizations.”

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[yeoman6987]

1. So what if he did? So what. I don't see that as negative to the

Democratic Party.

[tazkcmo]

2. Thank you!

I don't see a problem with it either. I wonder why other rich liberals haven't. Not really, I don't wonder at all.

[ryan_cats]

3. If that's the case, then why are the Koch brother's evil? oh right, they're on the wrong side. N/t

If that's the case, then why are the Koch brother's evil? oh right, they're on the wrong side.

[yeoman6987]

4. I don't think the Koch brothers are evil

They do tremendous work for hospitals in New York through donations and research. I don't agree with them supporting the GOP candidates. Big deal, I imagine may others don't agree with me on my views out of the 300 million people living in America.

[Thinkingabout]

5. Now this is something the RW would say, they hate Soros. On DU Soros has donated lots of money to

Democrats for their campaign funds.