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Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:21 PM Jan 2025

Why do MAGA's hate George Soros?

Joe Biden has just awarded Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom which has driven MAGA's bugshit insane. But why do they hate George Soros so much?

For those who don't know why Soros is so hated by the American right wing, here's the answer. They've been taught to hate him by the Republican propaganda machine. When wingnuts want to add antisemitism to their cup of poison, they can't just say "The Jews." So they use the name George Soros because he's a Jewish billionaire, and they've been taught to hate his name with a knee jerk reaction.

Actually, my guess is that most MAGA's don't have a clue about anything pertaining to Soros.

Soros is a Hungarian who, along with his family, escaped the Nazi death machine when he was a child. As an American billionaire, he's donated over $32 billion -- that's billion with a "b" -- to various charities. Hmm, seems like the kind of guy who needs to be hated.

Anyhow, if you look up Jew in a MAGA dictionary, you'll find a picture of George Soros. This is how Trump and his minions operate. This is who and what they are. They have nothing to offer you but hate, bigotry and ignorance.

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Why do MAGA's hate George Soros? (Original Post) Cyrano Jan 2025 OP
Projection. Baitball Blogger Jan 2025 #1
Precisely BoRaGard Jan 2025 #5
Exactly hot2na Jan 2025 #8
Same reason we hate the Koch brothers and Musk MichMan Jan 2025 #2
This is correct. TheProle Jan 2025 #16
trying to neometalfan Jan 2025 #35
Hi! I was wondering where you were. GP6971 Jan 2025 #39
Odd reply, does it take one to know one? KS Toronado Jan 2025 #40
I don't think simply agreeing with another poster warrants your accusation. TheProle Jan 2025 #50
Does Soros live at Biden's house? Kingofalldems Jan 2025 #24
I don't recall Charles or David Koch ever living at Mar a Lago n/t MichMan Jan 2025 #51
I'm not aware that he's ever had the kind of influence on public policy Crunchy Frog Jan 2025 #27
He's a mega donor. He backed our progressive DA. We had another Democrat, who was more conservative LeftInTX Jan 2025 #41
Thats it! And they hate it. But trumps Treasury pick was Soro's PARTNER! Callie1979 Jan 2025 #29
Yup. As a result of his life experiences under authoritarian governments, wnylib Jan 2025 #48
Three reasons usonian Jan 2025 #3
There's other Jewish billionaires with more money than Soros Polybius Jan 2025 #34
Soros became a worldwide lightning rod for anti-semitism. usonian Jan 2025 #36
Fox News and Infowars tell them who they should hate. Initech Jan 2025 #4
Because they've been told to. They don't actually know anything about him. Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #6
Everything that MAGA accuses Soros of, Musk is doing the same x1000000. Yavin4 Jan 2025 #7
Good question. They are reverential of billionaires in general and how are theirs supporting R's different? hlthe2b Jan 2025 #9
Sheldon and Miriam Edelson Deep State Witch Jan 2025 #22
Miriam wanted to add a Book of Trump to the Bible. Crunchy Frog Jan 2025 #30
OOH can I write that. I love satire and Mark Twain is one of my heroes. usonian Jan 2025 #37
But they pretty much worship Elon Musk the richest person in the world ArnoldLayne Jan 2025 #10
I thought they hated him Tickle Jan 2025 #11
The name "George Soros" is a right wing synonym for "Jew." Cyrano Jan 2025 #12
He's a mega donor. And yes, he backs progressives. He backed our DA. $1 million was just for the primary! LeftInTX Jan 2025 #43
K&R spanone Jan 2025 #13
they have the kochs and such, and fantasize that we musr hhave such sponsors as well. rampartd Jan 2025 #14
Yes. It's to deflect from their own nests of billionaire vipers. Crunchy Frog Jan 2025 #31
soros is a donor. maybe a big one rampartd Jan 2025 #32
Soros has been demonized in Hungary by Orban as well andym Jan 2025 #15
Because they were told to Fullduplexxx Jan 2025 #17
Soros and Trump were once business partners Locutusofborg Jan 2025 #18
Because they are told to Johonny Jan 2025 #19
Jew don't know? Behind the Aegis Jan 2025 #20
Because Jews shouldn't have all that money, power, and influence. no_hypocrisy Jan 2025 #21
I had never heard that phrase before. underpants Jan 2025 #28
he's one of the redmeat codewords repukes use to manipulate their bigoted base Skittles Jan 2025 #23
Thanks, Skittles. That's precisely the point of this OP Cyrano Jan 2025 #53
Soros was a frequent target of Rush Limbaugh. In my rural area of Fla., Limbaugh's radio allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #55
Wow---I see some Trump/Musk hall monitors stepped into this thread. Kingofalldems Jan 2025 #25
Yep. Their stench is like dog poop on your shoe. Cyrano Jan 2025 #54
And yet somehow they don't seem to mind the Adelsons. Crunchy Frog Jan 2025 #26
It's about funding the other side iemanja Jan 2025 #47
The fact that Soros is Jewish is icing on the hate cake. dgauss Jan 2025 #33
he's a Jewish billionaire elleng Jan 2025 #38
Bingo. roamer65 Jan 2025 #42
explain Sheldon & Miriam Adelson, Jan Koum, Stephen Schwarzman, Ryan Cohen cadoman Jan 2025 #45
"They've been taught to hate him" Ferrets are Cool Jan 2025 #44
Because he funds Democrats. Just like Dems hate Peter Thiel and others. iemanja Jan 2025 #46
Reminder. Soros became a worldwide lightning rod for anti-semitism. usonian Jan 2025 #49
Same thing woth Hannibal Lector. If Trump can put applegrove Jan 2025 #52

hot2na

(420 posts)
8. Exactly
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:36 PM
Jan 2025

They need a bogeyman to project onto in order to screen the fact that they are a part thatis run by scores of Oligrchs.

MichMan

(14,962 posts)
2. Same reason we hate the Koch brothers and Musk
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:25 PM
Jan 2025

Soros is a mega donor to Democrats and progressive causes.

TheProle

(3,311 posts)
50. I don't think simply agreeing with another poster warrants your accusation.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 02:02 AM
Jan 2025

Enjoy your stay, though, you seem nice.

Crunchy Frog

(27,539 posts)
27. I'm not aware that he's ever had the kind of influence on public policy
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:10 PM
Jan 2025

that the abovementioned have or do. The far right would love for us to think he does though.

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
41. He's a mega donor. He backed our progressive DA. We had another Democrat, who was more conservative
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:29 PM
Jan 2025

Soros brought big money in and our current DA ousted the old one and he won against the GOP challenger. The DA's campaign was fairly robust.

Callie1979

(656 posts)
29. Thats it! And they hate it. But trumps Treasury pick was Soro's PARTNER!
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:12 PM
Jan 2025

I wonder how many of them know THAT?

wnylib

(25,240 posts)
48. Yup. As a result of his life experiences under authoritarian governments,
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:52 AM
Jan 2025

Soros founded the Open Society Foundation to promote free societies around the world. He is the total opposite of all that MAGAs stand for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Society_Foundations

usonian

(17,243 posts)
3. Three reasons
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:28 PM
Jan 2025

1. He's Jewish
2. He's Jewish
3. He's Jewish

So many dogwhistles for
racism
mysogyny
anti-semitism

Polybius

(19,810 posts)
34. There's other Jewish billionaires with more money than Soros
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:23 PM
Jan 2025

Michael Bloomberg had far, far more money than Soros. He's not hated.

usonian

(17,243 posts)
36. Soros became a worldwide lightning rod for anti-semitism.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:28 PM
Jan 2025

His name got attached by CT’s a part of some New World Order, a worldwide conspiracy with anti-semitic overtones, supposedly because of the World Bank and “Jewish bankers”

Michael is more known just in the US. My opinion.

 

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)
7. Everything that MAGA accuses Soros of, Musk is doing the same x1000000.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:35 PM
Jan 2025

Yet, they seem to think that Musk is on their side simply bc he's White. The hold that the myth of White supremacy has on MAGA is astounding.

hlthe2b

(109,267 posts)
9. Good question. They are reverential of billionaires in general and how are theirs supporting R's different?
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:37 PM
Jan 2025

And yes, I know his being Jewish feeds into their Antisemitic conspiracy theories, but hell, many of their billionaire supporters are Jewish as well...

Deep State Witch

(11,748 posts)
22. Sheldon and Miriam Edelson
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:42 PM
Jan 2025

Are both Jewish and as RWNJ as you can get. Well, Sheldon was before he died.

usonian

(17,243 posts)
37. OOH can I write that. I love satire and Mark Twain is one of my heroes.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:30 PM
Jan 2025

I recall that his failed typesetter business caused him to raise money, principally by world speaking tours, where he spread satire throughout the world.

ArnoldLayne

(2,211 posts)
10. But they pretty much worship Elon Musk the richest person in the world
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:40 PM
Jan 2025

with an estimated worth of 400 billion dollars.

Tickle

(4,031 posts)
11. I thought they hated him
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:45 PM
Jan 2025

because he backs progressives, especially within law enforcement.

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
43. He's a mega donor. And yes, he backs progressives. He backed our DA. $1 million was just for the primary!
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:05 AM
Jan 2025
Soros contributions to LaHood DA challenger nears $1 million

Liberal billionaire George Soros earlier this month poured nearly $900,000 into the campaign of Joe Gonzales, a Democrat running to unseat Bexar County District Attorney Nicholas “Nico” LaHood in the party primary, according to reports filed Monday.

The contributions, coming from the Soros-backed Texas Justice & Safety political action committee, came in the form of in-kind contributions, mostly for mailers, media buys — including two TV ads — and related expenditures.

“This campaign is about true criminal justice reform,” Gonzales said Tuesday. “I’m proud to have the support of the Texas Justice and Public Safety PAC along with other national and local organizations who believe that it is time to have a true progressive Democrat in the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office.”

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/politics/article/Soros-contributions-to-LaHood-DA-challenger-nears-12713245.php

rampartd

(1,832 posts)
32. soros is a donor. maybe a big one
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:18 PM
Jan 2025

but certainly is not funding a disinformation universe from cato to heritage to amerins for prosperity etc etc etc.

andym

(5,944 posts)
15. Soros has been demonized in Hungary by Orban as well
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 04:10 PM
Jan 2025

Even though Soros made numerous charitable donations there. Like Jimmy Carter, Soros is an strong advocate for democracy and free elections around the world.

Locutusofborg

(566 posts)
18. Soros and Trump were once business partners
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 04:23 PM
Jan 2025

Soros bailed out Trump in the Trump Tower Chicago financing and Trump just nominated a Soros disciple, Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. Bessent worked for Soros as chief of Soros Fund Management in Europe.
https://fortune.com/2024/11/27/scott-bessent-treasury-george-soros/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-took-liberal-icon-george-soross-money/

Johonny

(23,425 posts)
19. Because they are told to
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 04:29 PM
Jan 2025

They simple obey. They have no ideas or independent thoughts. It is all group think.

no_hypocrisy

(51,282 posts)
21. Because Jews shouldn't have all that money, power, and influence.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 05:06 PM
Jan 2025

It's really that simple. Especially if they're Democrats.

Charles and Jared Kushner are Court Jews; they're excused.

underpants

(190,083 posts)
28. I had never heard that phrase before.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:10 PM
Jan 2025

Court Jew

In early modern Europe, particularly in Germany, a court Jew (German: Hofjude, Yiddish: הויף איד, romanized: hoyf id) or court factor (German: Hoffaktor, Yiddish: קאַורט פאַקטאַר, romanized: kourt faktor) was a Jewish banker who handled the finances of, or lent money to, royalty and nobility. In return for their services, court Jews gained social privileges, including, in some cases, being granted noble status.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_Jew

allegorical oracle

(4,692 posts)
55. Soros was a frequent target of Rush Limbaugh. In my rural area of Fla., Limbaugh's radio
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 03:12 PM
Jan 2025

program was on wherever I went. Even though people didn't know why Soros was such a "bad" guy, they disliked him because Rush did.

Hatred seeps into peoples' bloodstream without them even knowing. TSF uses the same tactic of making up lies and exaggerations, and constantly repeating them.

Kingofalldems

(39,540 posts)
25. Wow---I see some Trump/Musk hall monitors stepped into this thread.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:51 PM
Jan 2025

Defending their MAGA heroes on a Democratic message board.

Crunchy Frog

(27,539 posts)
26. And yet somehow they don't seem to mind the Adelsons.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:05 PM
Jan 2025

I think it's more about projection and a conditioned Pavlovian response.

iemanja

(55,862 posts)
47. It's about funding the other side
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:36 AM
Jan 2025

The Adelsons fund Republicans, so they like them. Soros funds Democrats, so they dislike him. Democrats hate Peter Thiel and many others because they fund Republicans. People seem to lack mirrors.

dgauss

(1,304 posts)
33. The fact that Soros is Jewish is icing on the hate cake.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:23 PM
Jan 2025

There a lot of Democratic Jews the right could demonize but but why Soros in particular?

It's the money first and foremost. Republicans have bought the Republican party and as usual they need to project what they're doing wrong onto Democrats. The fact that Soros is a big donor AND is Jewish makes him the perfect target.

cadoman

(1,209 posts)
45. explain Sheldon & Miriam Adelson, Jan Koum, Stephen Schwarzman, Ryan Cohen
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:20 AM
Jan 2025

Soros is very specifically a left-aligned Jewish billionaire who is unmatched in political efficacy with his money.

Where his money goes, christofascist conservatism soon dies its rightful death. There is no one who has done more to spread Democracy--and that's why Biden gave him our highest civilian honors this weekend.

iemanja

(55,862 posts)
46. Because he funds Democrats. Just like Dems hate Peter Thiel and others.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:34 AM
Jan 2025

Nothing surprising there.

usonian

(17,243 posts)
49. Reminder. Soros became a worldwide lightning rod for anti-semitism.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 01:26 AM
Jan 2025
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219875804#post36

His name got attached by CT’s a part of some New World Order, a worldwide conspiracy with anti-semitic overtones, supposedly because of the World Bank and “Jewish bankers”

Michael is more known just in the US. My opinion.

Other arguments are, IMO, frosting on this worldwide CT cake.

applegrove

(125,763 posts)
52. Same thing woth Hannibal Lector. If Trump can put
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 03:22 AM
Jan 2025

up an enemy who is a psychopath/sociopath then Trump is not a psychopath/sociopath and neither are his MAGA powerbrockers. If the GOP, and then Trump, can hold up a billionaire who is politically involved and gives to liberal causes then it takes the heat off of the Koch Brothers or Musk. Plus the Jewish thing. Despicable.

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