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January 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM

George Soros Must be Laughing Himself Silly

Susan Quinn
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Aside from being completely disgusted on hearing that George Soros was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, I couldn’t help thinking that the very country he is trying to destroy, in so many ways, has given him an elite award. Ironic, don’t you think?

If you talk to his supporters, they’ll tell you what a great humanitarian he is. On his own website, he lists his accomplishments, as well as his reaction to receiving the Medal:

In the United States, Soros has advanced racial justice, invested in drug policy approaches informed by public health data, revolutionized end-of-life care, and helped achieve one of the most significant civil rights victories in modern American history—the 2015 landmark Supreme Court case securing marriage equality in all 50 states. ‘As an immigrant who found freedom and prosperity in America, I am deeply moved by this honor’ George Soros remarked. ‘I accept it on behalf of the many people around the world with whom the Open Society Foundations have made common cause over the past 40 years.’

And yet his gratitude reeks of mockery, when we learn about his efforts to upend our justice system.

There’s been much discussion in conservative circles about the insidious activities of George Soros. Last August the Media Research Center received documents that explain Soros’ actions to control the U.S. justice system:

The Media Research Center obtained nearly 8,000 pages of internal documents through public records laws that show how a Soros-funded group called Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) ‘directed Soros prosecutors to manipulate the rule of law concerning illegal immigration, drugs, abortion, election integrity, capital punishment and laws against childhood sex changes.’

The FJP maintains strict control of the prosecutors who were elected through Soros funding:

FJP had the Soros-backed attorneys sign 33 pledges to not enforce certain laws — including election integrity measures and immigration laws — and attend more than 50 meetings or ‘convenings,’ some of which were ‘mandatory.’ FJP pressed prosecutors to let criminals off the hook if they are black, having them pledge to ‘reduc[e] racial disparities in case outcomes by at least 20%.’

Prosecutors who didn’t enforce the Soros mandate were targeted and eventually defunded in their election efforts.

Gov. Ron DeSantis was criticized for removing prosecutor Andrew Warren after he signed one of these pledges; DeSantis said that it proved “that Warren thinks he has the authority to defy the Florida Legislature and nullify in his jurisdiction criminal laws with which he disagrees.”

One of my biggest disappointments was learning that George Soros funds the Anti-Defamation League. Many of their positions have been questionable over the last few years, but I also discovered that they go out of their way to condemn criticisms of Soros as “disinformation.”

I suspect that Biden didn’t carefully review the list of medal recipients before he agreed to give them out, any more than he reviewed the list of 37 death row criminals before commuting their sentences.

Let me see if I have this right: a man who is out to destroy the rule of law, and people who viciously killed human beings, are forgiven and rewarded for their actions.

What a tragic world we live in.

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    Rodin@Rodin·1y

    Remember, under Biden as in George Orwell’s 1984, “freedom is slavery”. So Biden awarded Soros the Medal of Slavery.

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    DonG (¡Afuera!)@DonG·1y

    The Democrat Party hates America, hates Americans and is proud of it. That is a sickness of many Western political parties.

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    Percival@Percival·1y

    I was told that I was antisemitic calling out Soros for funding the campaigns of functionally worthless district attorneys.

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    Susan Quinn@SusanQuinn·1y
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    Percival (View Comment):

    I was told that I was antisemitic calling out Soros for funding the campaigns of functionally worthless district attorneys.

    Oh, of course! That's a favorite attack which often stops people in their tracks when they criticize him. The man is evil.

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    Susan Quinn@SusanQuinn·1y
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    Percival (View Comment):

    I was told that I was antisemitic calling out Soros for funding the campaigns of functionally worthless district attorneys.

    I was just thinking (I do that now and then). Since blacks can't be called racists since they are black, can I not be called anti-Semitic if I call other Jews anti-Semitic?

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