Alex Soros, the son of liberal billionaire George Soros who now heads his father’s nonprofit empire, remains in touch with Democrats ahead of the 2024 election.
Soros this week posted a photo on social media with Rep. Ruben Gallego, a likely Democratic candidate for the Arizona Senate, who has received thousands of dollars from Soros this term. .
“Start the campaign season with co-hosts [Lin Manuel] “Congratulations to Congressman Ruben Gallego on his candidacy for the Arizona Senate. Ruben has had an impressive life, and the stakes of this year’s election could not be higher and more existential,” he wrote on Instagram. It’s related,” he posted.
George Soros’ son visits and meets with members of Congress multiple times to become top Democratic kingmaker
Alex Soros posts about “Kicking Off Campaign Season” with Congressman Ruben Gallego. (Alex Soros Instagram)
Mr. Gallego previously declared that “the ultra-rich don’t need better advocates in Washington” and accused the Republican Party of supporting “special interests and their billionaire cronies.” Regardless, he attended this incident along with Mr. Soros.
Gallego also attacked independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for answering to “billionaires, not Arizonans.” hill Previously reported.
Soros, on the other hand, is an ardent supporter of Gallego. Federal Election Commission records show he contributed up to $6,600 to his campaign for the 2024 election.
The event comes on the heels of him regularly meeting with Democrats and bragging about it. in a social media post. He continued this trend with senior politicians soon after taking over the reins of the powerful Open Society Foundations.
Days after the Open Society Foundations announced it would take over his father’s network in June 2023, he joined House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Representatives Jerry Nadler and Gregory Meeks, according to Instagram. He reportedly hosted an event in New York featuring top Empire State Democratic Party members, including Congressman. post.
Records show Alex Soros has visited Biden’s White House at least 20 times to date.
California’s then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi poses with liberal billionaire donor George Soros (left) and his son Alexander. (Alexander Soros/Twitter)
His social media profiles have included dozens of photos of him and House and Senate Democratic leaders since 2018. The two people most frequently listed are Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California. Alex met with Schumer at least nine times and called him a “good friend.”
Soros has visited Pelosi at least eight times, and he calls her “the greatest Speaker of the House in American history.”
He has also shared a photo with Vice President Kamala Harris, enjoying extensive access to President Biden’s White House, where they have visited more than 20 times since 2021.
Alex Soros, Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 19, 2024. (Stefan Vermes/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Soros has donated millions of dollars to Democrats over the past few years, although far less than his father. He donated more than $700,000 to the Biden Victory Fund in 2020, making him one of the fund’s top donors. In the 2024 cycle, he paid up to $6,600 in direct contributions to the Biden campaign, according to federal filings.
Since the 2018 election, he has funneled more than $5 million into the federal political coffers. Records show his largest donation during this period was $2 million to the Schumer-aligned Senate Majority PAC.
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He has also donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to the Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund, the Democratic National Committee, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He also donated tens of thousands of dollars to state Democratic parties and personal campaigns, many of them maximum contributions.
Neither the Open Society Foundations, which the younger Soros now directs, nor Gallego’s campaign immediately responded to requests for comment.
