As anti Trump protests turn violent in Portland, Oregon, and more than 200 are arrested in California, right-wing media and activists point the finger at a familiar global whipping boy: George Soros. These largely undocumented charges are false, a Soros spokesperson tells Valuewalk.
"George Soros is not funding these (anti Trump) protests," Soros spokesperson Michael Vachon said in an interview. "This is a fiction promoted by the alt-right."
The rhetoric on both sides of the issue is increasingly emotional, with many charges having little basis in documented fact. Other than a Soros-funded organization, Moveon.org, promoting a peaceful demonstration on Wednesday, there is no documented evidence that Soros had any direct involvement in the protests.
That said, the protests and wild rhetoric flying...
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