ICYMI: Dem candidates bankrolled by ‘defund the police donors’
Democrats like Adam Gray have taken money from “the same wealthy liberals who poured thousands into promoting progressive crime policies in states like California and Florida, campaign finance records show.”
You read that right, Gray has received thousands from defund the police activists.
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Dem candidates bankrolled by ‘defund the police donors’ targeted by House GOP
Fox News
Elizabeth Elkind
The House GOP is setting its sights on a handful of Democratic candidates who have been bankrolled by left-wing billionaires whose money has also gone toward promoting what Republicans call “soft-on-crime” policies.
At least eight Democratic House candidates who have positioned themselves as left-of-center or moderate have received donations from the same wealthy liberals who poured thousands into promoting progressive crime policies in states like California and Florida, campaign finance records show.
All eight are also running in competitive districts, making them prime targets for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the House Republicans’ campaign arm.
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Delaney also spent hundreds of thousands to help elect progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, whose progressive reforms have been accused of making residents feel less safe during his tenure.
Delaney along with California megadonor Patty Quillin were named as two of four billionaires who “channeled $22 million toward criminal justice ballot measures and allied candidates the previous two years,” Politico wrote in 2021.
Quillin and her husband, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, also donated $1 million to support a California measure to end the cash bail system and replace it with a risk-based assessment.
Recent campaign finance records show Quillin donated $3,300 to Will Rollins, a former prosecutor running against Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif.
Delaney and Quillin also both gave $3,300 to Adam Gray, who is running to unseat Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif.
Gray, a former state lawmaker, has also received two $6,600 checks from Django Bonderman and Cale Bonderman respectively, both of whom donated significantly to support a 2018 Florida ballot initiative to grant most felons the right to vote.
Django Bonderman is also linked to Mountain Philanthropies, which Influence Watch has classified as a left-wing dark money group that has supported causes promoting leniency in criminal justice.
Campaign finance records show the Bondermans have also donated similar amounts to George Whitesides, who is running against Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif.; Laura Gillen, who is challenging Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, R-N.Y.; Monica Tranel, who is challenging Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont.; and former House Rep. Mondaire Jones, who is running to unseat Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y.
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“Voters have to remember what happened when George Soros funded all of those left-wing DAs,” John Feehery, a former aide to ex-Speaker Dennis Hastert and current partner at EFB Advocacy told Fox News Digital.
“Crime spiraled out of control. The same principle applies to these candidates. They will do what the billionaires want and the results won’t be pretty.”
Feehery argued there was a dissonance between such Democrats running more moderate campaigns while accepting funds from progressive sources. “They can try, but voters know where their bread is buttered,” he said.
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