George Soros, the Hungarian-born financier and billionaire political activist, pumped $450,000 into the Florida-based PAC United for Progress, according to campaign finance records with the Florida secretary of state's office.
The donation represents the only political funding Soros undertook in the Sunshine state in the first quarter of 2018.
"United for Progress's primary goal remains to build community-based political power and influence in the growing Puerto Rican and Latino constituencies in Florida," Chairman Juan Marcos Vilar told the Washington Free Beacon by email. "United for Progress's local leadership has not made decisions about endorsement or opposition to any specific candidates in 2018."
Soros established United for Progress late September 2016, contributing $430,000 to the PAC in October of that year. The "Statement of Organization" documents only say that the purpose of the PAC is "Political, intending to pay for communications related to several candidate (sic)."
Politico reported that the group was "aimed at mobilizing central Florida's Puerto Rican voters..
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2 comments:
Wonder if there is any accountability so Soros for the use of the money? Taking his money could be a great scam. For all of you criminal types, please feel free to rip off the progressives!
Campaign Finance contribution laws violation.
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