Billionaire Democratic donor George Soros is funding an army of Gen-Z TikTokers to push his far-left cause, praising President Joe Biden, and bashing conservatives, a review of public documents and social media by The Post shows.
Soros’ Open Society Foundation releases $5.5 million to nonprofit Accelerate Action Inc. in 2020 and 2021 — which in turn gave at least $300,000 in 2022 to another nonprofit, Gen Z for Change, which has a network of 500 “activists, organizers, and creators,” tax filings show.
The foot soldiers regularly fight on behalf of abolishing border enforcement, denying police, and ending cash bail according to their website.
Throughout his tenure in office, President Biden has looked to Gen Z for Change and other social media stars to sell his policy agenda.
In March 2022, top White House officials briefed them on ongoing US efforts in Ukraine.
They spoke with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the coronavirus and sat down for a meeting with Biden in the Oval Office, the Washington Post reported.
Conabs was the subject of a Saturday Night Live Cold Open that same month.
Soros’ Open Society Foundation releases $5.5 million to nonprofit Accelerate Action Inc. in 2020 and 2021, which in turn will give at least $300,000 in 2022 to another nonprofit, Gen Z for Change.
In recognition of their contributions, Gen Z for Change has invited to the White House to witness the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act.
It’s unclear how Gen Z for Change is spreading Soros’ cash to a core cadre of young influential activists whose accounts are filled with White House and far-left causes.
“We unwaveringly support Medicare for all, the Green New Deal, the liberation of Palestine, [and] many progressive policies that are supported by the majority of Gen Z,” group founder Aidan Kohn-Murphy told his 288,000 TikTok followers in a message on Wednesday.
Kohn-Murphy herself has overseen partnerships with the White House and the Democratic National Committee, according to her speakers’ bureau.
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Victoria Hammett, 24, the group’s deputy executive director, often sounds the alarm on women’s issues and reproductive rights.
“Abortion after six weeks will be banned in Iowa as soon as the governor signs the ban,” he told his 819,000 followers.
“If there is a 13-year-old girl who is being abused and is too afraid or doesn’t know how to report it, she will be forced to carry her rapist’s baby until her period.”
Conor Stayton, 20, a digital marketing strategist for the group, had harsh words for upstate GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik after a shooting in Buffalo left 10 people dead in May 2022 — accusing her of repeating “neo-nazis and white supremacy “.
“Elise maybe you should shut your mouth,” Stayton said in a video the same month to his 557,000 TikTok followers.
Critics say Soros’ Gen Z grievances are troubling
“George Soros is funding the next generation of far-left activists on a platform that depends on [Chinese Communist Party],” Rep. Stefanik told The Post.
About two-thirds of the $8.3 million Accelerate Action for 2020 and 2021 came from Soros.
Accelerate Action is the only nonprofit that has donated to Gen Z for Change, according to the most recent publicly available tax records.
The middle-of-the-road nonprofit has little public presence beyond a modest website with a brief mission statement that declares its purpose is to “develop and test new models for grassroots organizing, especially in communities of color . . . and develop deep, trusted relationships that can mobilizing people to take action.”
No tax forms for Gen-Z for Change are publicly available on the IRS website, and Kohn-Murphy did not respond to multiple requests from The Post to provide them.
Victoria Hammett, 24, the group’s deputy executive director, often sounds the alarm on women’s issues and reproductive rights especially stating, “Abortion after six weeks will be banned in Iowa as soon as the governor signs the ban.” Twitter @HammettVictoria
“We believe that more, not fewer, voters, including among younger and historically marginalized communities, should be empowered to participate in American democracy through free and fair elections. We are proud to support organizations working with new technologies to stimulate civic participation and help enable a more inclusive, fair and open society,” said a spokesperson for the Open Society Foundations.
Stayton, Hammett and Accelerate Action did not respond to requests for comment.
Soros, a 93-year-old billionaire, has spent decades funding left-wing efforts around the world through his Open Society Foundations.
His most notable contributions to New York City include funding criminal prosecutions such as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
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