Backers of anti-Israel radicals are funding Dem rival's Senate run, red-state Republican says

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, accused his Senate opponent, Democratic campaigner Rep. Colin Allred of Texas, of being financially backed by the aforesaid almighty families who are supporting the anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations astatine universities crossed the country. 

Between April 18 and May 3, constabulary either arrested oregon detained much than 2,200 radical connected astatine slightest 49 assemblage campuses during protests successful 26 antithetic states.

"Those protests are being funded by Joe Biden and the Democrats’ apical donors," Cruz told Fox News Digital successful an interview, saying Allred's donors — the Soros, Rockefeller, Pritzker, and Gates families — had besides been either successful the past oregon presently connected to organizations that are supporting the demonstrations against Israel. 

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Sen. Ted Cruz, right, volition look disconnected against Colin Allred for his Senate spot successful November. (Getty Images)

"They’re being funded by George Soros and the Rockefeller brothers and Bill and Melinda Gates and the Pritzkers," helium claimed. 

Cruz continued, "Those folks are not conscionable Joe Biden’s apical donors. They’re among Colin Allred’s apical donors."

"Colin Allred has accepted $80,000 from those donors that are backing the anti-Israel, antisemitic protests connected assemblage campuses," the Texas legislator said. 

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George Soros' enactment said it does not workout power implicit the smaller groups it funds. (Getty Images)

Including some his legislature and Senate campaigns, associated committees and All In PAC, the 4 families person provided conscionable nether $80,000 to Allred's electoral efforts, arsenic Cruz claimed. 

Open Society, which was founded by Democratic megadonor George Soros and is chaired by his lad Alexander Soros, said successful a connection that they "fund an array of non-profit civilian nine groups crossed the United States that advocator for a fairer world." 

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A ample radical of masked students attends a rally astatine the University of Chicago's anti-Israel encampment. (Joseph A. Wulfsohn/Fox News Digital)

"The immense bulk of these groups person nary engagement with protests of immoderate kind. Others whitethorn question to articulate and amplify dissenting voices through, for example, petitions, meetings, and peaceful nationalist protests," a spokesperson said. George Soros himself did not supply remark to Fox News Digital. 

Nicholas and Susan Pritzker's Libra Foundation besides funds smaller societal justness organizations, respective of which are understood to beryllium progressive successful pro-Palestinian demonstrations, Politico precocious reported

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Sen. Ted Cruz's Democratic challenger, Colin Allred, pictured here, did not respond to Fox News Digital. (Emil Lippe/Getty Images)

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has awarded the enactment Jewish Voice for Peace hundreds of thousands of dollars successful grants implicit the past respective years, a radical that has staged its ain anti-Israel demonstrations and explicitly considers itself to beryllium "anti-Zionist."

The money was founded by the celebrated Rockefeller family, and its members stay progressive successful the organization. 

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has fixed the arguable Tides Foundation and Tides Center millions of dollars implicit the past fewer years, with the astir caller assistance to the Tides Center being awarded successful November and amounting to $616,409. 

Tides is understood to enactment respective anti-Israel organizations with a ample beingness astatine the cross-country assemblage demonstrations. 

Both the Tides Foundation and Tides Center are Tides entities and affiliates. The instauration is mostly focused connected philanthropic work, portion the halfway "supports societal alteration leaders, connects divers radical and organizations, and powers solutions that travel straight from communities historically denied power, including women, economically disadvantaged communities, and communities of color."

The Gates' instauration told Fox News Digital that it does not person immoderate grants that are progressive with the Tides Foundation anymore and denied backing the demonstrations either straight oregon indirectly. 

The instauration told Fox News Digital that grants to the Tides Center were inactive progressive but noted that they are related to education. A spokesperson claimed they bash not either straight oregon indirectly money the demonstrations. 

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Allred's campaign, the Pritzkers' Libra Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund did not supply remark to Fox News Digital. 

"Colin has a choice. Will helium basal with the radical of Israel and nonstop the wealth backmost oregon volition helium support the money?" asked Cruz. 

"It’s bittersweet what’s happened to the Democrat Party, but Colin Allred has an accidental to marque a prime and to determine which broadside helium stands on," helium added. 

Julia Johnson is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, starring sum of the U.S. Senate. She was antecedently a authorities newsman astatine the Washington Examiner. 

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