(New York Post) Anti-Israel protesters who have descended on college campusesare reportedly getting funding from several big-name Democratic donors, according to a report, that have backed President Biden’s re-election efforts.
Democratic donors such as George Soros, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, David Rockefeller Jr., who sits on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Susan and Nick Pritzker, who own the Hyatt Hotel corporation, have funded pro-Palestinian efforts to protest the Israel-Hamas war, Politico reported.
Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow are the main organizations behind the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, as well as other campuses, according to the outlet.
They are backed by the Tides Foundation, which receives a substantial amount of funding from Soros, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, and distributes money to left-wing causes.
The Rockefeller Fund donated $300,000 to the Tides Foundation in 2022, according to Politico.
The Tides Foundation has given $500,000 to Jewish Voice for Peace, a far-left, anti-Zionist organization, who blamed the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the US, rather than Hamas.
The Politico report, headlined, “Pro-Palestianian protesters are backed by a surprising source: Biden’s biggest donors,” was panned online Sunday for finally acknowledging what others had reported months ago.
“This is actually the least “surprising” thing I have heard all year,” Chaya Raichik, Libs of TikTok creator, wrote on X.
“Glad you guys could make it,” Washington Free Beacon reporter Joe Gabriel Simonso quipped.
Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt commented, “*A completely unsurprising source.”
*A completely unsurprising source. https://t.co/PWwf4ZFbQw
— Katie Britt (@KatieBrittforAL) May 5, 2024
“Surprising to who?” Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., responded.
Surprising to who? https://t.co/kcVZgDEo34
— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) May 5, 2024
“The journalists at Politico apparently the only people on the planet “surprised” by this,” Spectator contributing editor Stephen L. Miller wrote.
The journalists at Politico apparently the only people on the planet “surprised” by this. pic.twitter.com/fIlvAnkQgu
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 5, 2024
“This is only “surprising” if you’re brand new to following Democrat money in politics,” GOP communicator Matt Whitlock replied.
This is only “surprising” if you’re brand new to following Democrat money in politics. https://t.co/9OIBQb4vwc
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) May 5, 2024
