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George Soros Denies He Is Funding Townhall Protests
Zero Hedge ^ | 2-24-2017 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 02/24/2017 10:59:03 AM PST by blam

In response to reports of the coincidental geographical location to one of George Soros' largest funded activist groups, the Democratic mega-donor has felt it necessary to make a statement denying he is funding protests at GOP lawmakers’ town hall meetings.

As we noted yesterday, Jimmy Dahman, a former field organizer for the Clinton campaign in Iowa, founded the Town Hall Project. Dahman claimed on CNN that the town hall events are "all organic and happening at the grassroots level."

Dahman's group is closely involved with MoveOn.org, a major progressive activist group that recently launched a website, called ResistanceRecess.com, to encourage activists to attend town hall events.

The Town Hall Project's parent company is The Action Network, which was involved in demonstrations against Walmart and the protests in Ferguson.

Finally, we note the projects potential links to billionaire George Soros...

The Action Network is located at the same Washington, D.C., address as United We Dream, the "largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation." United We Dream has received funding from liberal billionaire George Soros. It began organizing "sanctuary campus" anti-Trump protests shortly after the election.

The Action Network also shares the same address as Change to Win, the labor organizing group.

And now, as Politico reports, a spokesman for the Soros foundation said in a statement...

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(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: democrats; hillary; lefties; soros
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1 posted on 02/24/2017 10:59:03 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

Obviously, the Jackal is feeling vulnerable.


2 posted on 02/24/2017 11:01:12 AM PST by Redleg Duke (He is leading us in Making America Great Again!)
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To: Redleg Duke

Freeze him, isolate him, target him.


3 posted on 02/24/2017 11:01:57 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Paladin2

And destroy.


4 posted on 02/24/2017 11:06:44 AM PST by Redleg Duke (He is leading us in Making America Great Again!)
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To: blam

People, keep praying in the Precious Name of Jesus for ALL evil to be exposed, dismantled and destroyed.


5 posted on 02/24/2017 11:07:09 AM PST by Maudeen (No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
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To: blam
Sanders: WH Is Lying — Unlike the Tea Party, Town Hall Protests Are Not Being Funded

"Thursday on CNN’s “OutFront,” in discussing White House press secretary Sean Spicer saying there are some paid protestors in the wave of rowdy town hall participants objecting to President Donald Trump’s agenda, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said it was “another lie” from the White House because “unlike the Tea Party, this is not being funded by the billionaire class.”

6 posted on 02/24/2017 11:07:41 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

We do not believe you George.


7 posted on 02/24/2017 11:08:57 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: blam

he’s being truthful.

HE is not.

His shell of a shell of a shell of a shell company is.


8 posted on 02/24/2017 11:09:51 AM PST by SparkyBass
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To: blam

And we’re not protesting at his house or office because...?


9 posted on 02/24/2017 11:16:15 AM PST by Yollopoliuhqui (Smarter - Faster)
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To: Redleg Duke

Asset seizure comes to mind...


10 posted on 02/24/2017 11:19:35 AM PST by ptsal
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To: SparkyBass

Hmmm. He + Shell seems like an excellent solution.


11 posted on 02/24/2017 11:22:01 AM PST by Redleg Duke (He is leading us in Making America Great Again!)
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To: blam

Ole Soreass pays himself to lie. I hear that when he goes to Hell his replacements are getting their reservations confirmed.


12 posted on 02/24/2017 11:33:30 AM PST by rusureitflies? (Not much to say, yet.)
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To: blam

Yeah George, that’s why they all have very specific instructions on how to be the most deceptive, annoying, and disruptive in these town halls, like good little fascists.
It’s all totally organic, riiight.


13 posted on 02/24/2017 11:44:22 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: blam

As we noted yesterday, Jimmy Dahman, a former field organizer for the Clinton campaign in Iowa, founded the Town Hall Project. Dahman claimed on CNN that the town hall events are “all organic and happening at the grassroots level.”
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That’s a damned blatant lie.

I looked it up TWO WEEKS AGO to see if it was astroturfed, and sure enough, with some digging, I found the Town Hall Project:

https://twitter.com/townhallproject

https://www.facebook.com/TownHallProject/?hc_ref=SEARCH

I actually found the Google Docs spreadsheet detailing the town hall schedules before I found the Twitter and Facebook pages:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yq1NT9DZ2z3B8ixhid894e77u9rN5XIgOwWtTW72IYA/htmlview?sle=true

Here’s where I found the story in the OP, probably written by the guy calling himself Tyler Durden on ZeroHedge, but using different name there.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/town-hall-project-founded-former-clinton-staffer/


14 posted on 02/24/2017 11:50:49 AM PST by angryoldfatman
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To: Redleg Duke

Exactly. Whenever you force your enemy to respond, you’re winning and they’re losing.

This is why Trump never responds as planned. Everything I’ve ever seen him say or do attacks and defends at the same time.


15 posted on 02/24/2017 11:54:49 AM PST by Fhios
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To: blam

Soros just gets the attention because he’s flamboyant. Steyers, Eychners, Pritzkers, and others are probably bigger financiers of Left Wing causes. Heck, the old foundations (Ford, Rockefeller, etc) are probably bigger players.


16 posted on 02/24/2017 12:10:40 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Paladin2

George Soros can deny all he wants to, but if the money trail is followed through all the laundry rooms and shell corporations, it all goes back to one source, and a lot of it is not even of North American origin, but some offshore institution beyond easy reach of authorities to seize and/or freeze the assets.

Strong, well-armed and highly trained men should surround George Soros and escort him to a waiting transportation, for removal to the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, in Moscow, where there may be a number of persons interested in aspects of George Soros’ financial manipulations in various places in the world, which have impacted the Russian Federation.

Oh, yeah, and begin proceedings to strip him of US citizenship. We have no interest in defending the various Soros financial interests.


17 posted on 02/24/2017 12:42:55 PM PST by alloysteel (John Galt has chosen to take the job. This time, Atlas did NOT shrug.)
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To: blam

His lips are moving again...


18 posted on 02/24/2017 12:52:22 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: ManHunter

Those aren’t his lips...


19 posted on 02/24/2017 12:53:51 PM PST by bar sin·is·ter
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To: blam

I guess tha settles it then. If Soros denies it, it must be true. /sarc


20 posted on 02/24/2017 1:14:49 PM PST by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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