Billionaire's family bankrolling both anti-Israel groups and these battleground Democrats

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Several House Democrats facing pugnacious re-election fights person accepted funds from a large governmental household that bankrolled a fig of groups participating successful the anti-Jewish protests sweeping crossed assemblage campuses and successful cities crossed the country.

According to FEC data, members of the salient Pritzker family, the highly affluent owners of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, person fixed hundreds of thousands of dollars this predetermination rhythm to a fig of those susceptible Democrats, arsenic good arsenic the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and House Majority PAC — 2 organizations tasked with winning a bulk successful the House of Representatives.

The Pritzker family, which includes Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, has, astatine the aforesaid time, fixed to organizations progressive with the anti-Jewish protests, which person received wide condemnation and resulted successful thousands of arrests, Politico reported implicit the weekend.

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The Pritzker household has donated to a fig of susceptible House Democrats portion besides bankrolling groups participating successful anti-Jewish protests. (Getty Images)

According to the report, the Pritzkers founded the Libra Foundation, a radical that funds smaller, much constrictive nonprofits, galore of which person been progressive successful the anti-Israel protests. 

One specified group, the study said, is The Climate Justice Alliance, which has taken portion successful marches and utilized the word "Genocide Joe" to criticize President Biden and his attack to Israel's ongoing warfare against Hamas successful Gaza.

Another is Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity, which, according to Politico, has promoted anti-Israel demonstrations, and different is the Immigrant Defense Project, which participated successful a protestation successful Washington, D.C., earlier this twelvemonth that ended successful a fig of arrests.

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Student protesters stitchery successful protestation wrong their encampment connected the Columbia University campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

The Pritzkers, alongside liberal billionaire George Soros, are besides funders of the Tides Foundation, a left-wing enactment that funds different tiny progressive groups, including Adalah Justice Project, a subordinate successful the protestation astatine Columbia University that was breached up past week.

In summation to the DCCC and House Majority PAC, the database of Democrats receiving wealth from the Pritzkers includes Reps. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, Mike Levin, D-Calif., Eric Sorensen, D-Ill., Sharice Davids, D-Kan., Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, Susan Wild, D-Pa., Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash.

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to each of those candidates, the DCCC, the House Majority PAC and members of the Pritzker household for comment.

When reached for comment, a spokesperson for Gluesenkamp Perez's run said, "Marie is simply a steadfast protagonist of Israel‘s close to support itself and led the Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act successful Congress to supply captious subject assistance to Israel successful its combat against Hamas and Iran. She opposes governmental unit and aggravated mobs, whether organized by the far-left oregon far-right."

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Brandon Gillespie is an subordinate exertion astatine Fox News. Follow him connected X astatine @BGillespieAL.

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