{"id":105796,"date":"2018-10-08T12:19:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=105796"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:22:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:22:41","slug":"gillum-admits-soros-helped-him-win-fl-democrat-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=105796","title":{"rendered":"Gillum Admits Soros Majorly Funded His Unanticipated FL Democrat Primary Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"title\">\n<h1>Andrew Gillum: Soros Helped Me Win Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"subtitle\">\n<h2>Gillum&#8217;s win was more evidence that Soros is meddling with democracy<\/h2>\n<p>By: Paul Whitehead\u00a0\u00a0|@NeonNettle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure title=\"Gillum's win was more evidence that Soros IS meddling \">\n<h5 class=\"articleImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/images\/soros-Gillum-1.jpg\" alt=\"gillum s win was more evidence that soros is meddling \" \/><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press &#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Gillum&#8217;s win was more evidence that Soros IS meddling<\/h5>\n<\/figure>\n<h3>Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor who won Florida&#8217;s Democratic gubernatorial nomination has thanked &#8220;everyday folks&#8221; for donating to his campaign, but also thanked billionaire globalist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/neonnettle.com\/tags\/george-soros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Soros<\/a>for his victory.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gillum&#8217;s win was more evidence that Soros, as well as being a major player in social media\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/4847-leaked-memo-reveals-george-soros-behind-facebook-censorship-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censorship of conservative voices<\/a>, is actively helping the Democrats secure a win for the coming midterms in November.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ll tell you, I\u2019m obviously deeply appreciative of Mr. Soros, as well as Mr. Steyer, both men whom I\u2019ve known for some time,\u201d Gillum said on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d on Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Liberals megadonors\u00a0flocked in support of\u00a0Gillum, helping him to\u00a0emerge from a crowded Democratic field last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Gillum\u00a0raised $450,000 in April, with more than half of that coming from Soros in the form of a &#8216;contribution.&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure title=\"\">\n<h5 class=\"articleImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/images\/soros-climate-change-39s.jpg\" alt=\"andrew gillum soros helped me win democratic gubernatorial nomination\" \/><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/figure>\n<p>FoxNews\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/09\/03\/floridas-gillum-grateful-for-donations-from-everyday-folks-and-billionaires-soros-and-steyer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>: Both Soros and Steyer, who\u2019s been leading an effort to impeach President Trump, also directed $650,000 in the final two weeks of primary campaigning toward the same political group, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Before the last-minute cash infusion, Steyer reportedly had already donated $500,000 to groups supporting Gillum, while Soros\u2019 total contributions to the pro-Gillum group stood at $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ideologies clash in Florida as Trump-endorsed Ron DeSantis squares off against Bernie Sanders-backed Andrew Gillum in the governor&#8217;s race; reaction and analysis on &#8216;The Five.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the donations and criticism that the billionaires may have undue influence in politics, Gillum brushed off suggestions that his candidacy was bankrolled by billionaires, saying the campaign was led by donations from \u201ceveryday folks.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"trend\">TRENDING:\u00a0<a title=\"trump calls for legal action against michael avenatti over kavanaugh lies\" href=\"http:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/5262-trump-calls-for-legal-action-against-michael-avenatti-over-kavanaugh-lies\">Trump Calls for Legal Action Against Michael Avenatti Over Kavanaugh Lies<\/a><\/h4>\n<figure title=\"\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/images\/soros-memo-facebook-3.jpg\" alt=\"andrew gillum soros helped me win democratic gubernatorial nomination\" \/><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[O]ur campaign was really propped up by a lot of small contributions, including my mother, who was on auto-deduct of $20 a month into our campaign,\u201d Gillum said on the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the first two days of this general election, our campaign has been buoyed this first week, raising over $2 million by everyday folks, not big contributions, but everyday folks sowing a seed into our race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meddling with democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soros recently found himself in the firing line after\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/4854-soros-broke-charity-laws-to-meddle-in-elections-wall-street-analyst-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street analyst<\/a>, Charles Ortel, highlighted that he repeatedly broke US charity laws when attempting to meddle in elections.<\/p>\n<p>Ortel said that the vast networks of &#8216;false-front&#8217; George Soros-backed &#8216;charities&#8217; deserve &#8220;coordinated scrutiny&#8221; due to the fact that they appear to be nothing more than political action organizations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The vast network of &#8216;false-front&#8217; George Soros-backed &#8216;charities&#8217; that actually seem to be political action organizations deserves coordinated scrutiny by nations including the US and Russia, among others, that likely have been severely damaged over many years,&#8221; Ortel said.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/4963-andrew-gillum-soros-helped-me-win-democratic-gubernatorial-nomination\">http:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/4963-andrew-gillum-soros-helped-me-win-democratic-gubernatorial-nomination<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Gillum: Soros Helped Me Win Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination Gillum&#8217;s win was more evidence that Soros is meddling with democracy By: Paul Whitehead\u00a0\u00a0|@NeonNettle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}