A bevy of leading Democrats lined up party’s national convention to kiss the ring of left-wing megadonor Alex Soros, who showed his dominion over the pols by adding the photographs to his growing gallery on social media.
The snaps are a veritable who’s who of the party’s establishment powerbrokers — and those anointed as “rising stars.”
Many of the photos appear to have been taken from an airy skybox at the United Center in Chicago — where the party’s most elite donors paid up to $5 million to watch the action.
“Who can blame a young upstart billionaire for showing off the collection of politicians he has in his pocket? He owns them and wants the world to know how well his pets treat him,” mocked Matt Wolking, a Republican strategist.
Also in tow with Soros was his new fiancee, former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s ex-wife Huma Abedin, who was Hillary Clinton’s longtime former aide.
Soros and Huma took a meeting — with iPhones are the ready — with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — the party’s vice presidential nominee.
“Walzified! Walzpilled! Great to meet with our future VP, coach Walz here in Chicago,” Soros enthused.
On the night President Biden spoke, Soros enjoyed the remarks with former President Clinton and former Secretary of State HIllary Clinton. Also on hand were Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.).
On night two, Soros caught up with former President Obama and the Democrats’ Eminence Gris, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Soros has donated more than $600,000 to Pelosi and her Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee since 2010, Federal Election Commission records show.
He also gave his stamp of approval to Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who he blessed as a “rising star” of the party.
Other guest pols pictured alongside Soros during the convention included Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Soros also hobnobbed with New York’s top leaders, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — a longtime friend. Soros has given Schumer’s Senate Majority PAC more than $5.5 million since 2016, FEC records show.
Soros and his father — hedge fund billionaire George Soros — are among the most prolific fundraisers in the Democratic Party. The 94-year-old patriarch gave more than $175 million to Democrats during the 2022 midterms, according to Federal Election Commission records. A nonprofit founded and funded by Papa Soros ponied up at least another $60 million for Democrats in 2024, records show.
Alex — his father’s successor — currently chairs the family’s Open Society Foundations, a $25 billion philanthropy that supports radical left-wing causes around the world.
More locally, Soros and his allies have invested heavily in races to install far-left district attorneys in major American cities who pursue priorities like “criminal justice reform” — instead of prosecuting. In the Big Apple, Alvin Bragg, a Soros acolyte, became Manhattan district attorney in 2022 and has allowed large swaths of criminal behavior to go unpunished.
Alex Soros contributed over $720,000 to the Biden Victory Fund in 2020 — making him one of the fund’s top donors. No similarly-sized check from the Soros scion has been written for the 2024 campaign, but his presence at the convention suggests the wallets may be out, critics said.
“The new Democratic Party is the party for out-of-touch rich elites from all over the world, so it is no surprise the drooling that went on over Alex Soros last week,” Sen Roger Marshall, (R-Kansas) told The Post.
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