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For years now, the far left has worked to undermine seemingly every aspect of the United States. But did you know that many of these leftist causes are being bankrolled by foreign nationals?
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From The Federalist:
The concerning news came during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing focused on noncitizens pouring foreign dollars into U.S.-based nonprofit organizations. These groups, many of the witnesses said, are employing such funds to advance left-wing causes and policy priorities across the country.
“It’s refreshing to have a hearing where all witnesses share strong agreement on a central point, namely, foreign money should be kept out of American politics,” said Capital Research Center President Scott Walter. “A lot of these [foreign funding] problems involve America’s nonprofit sector, which is traditionally a glory and a strength of this exceptional country. But foreigners abuse this sector — especially tools like fiscal sponsorship and donor-advised funds, which aren’t inherently bad things — in order to hide their influence ops.”
In his testimony, Walter referenced the “politicized” and recently re-acquisitioned Arabella Advisors, a “dark money” network that includes various tax-exempt 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations that subsidize various left-wing ventures. Among these groups is the U.S.-based Sixteen Thirty Fund, which has reportedly received more than $200 million from leftist Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss and his Berger Action Fund.
The Sixteen Thirty Fund has spent hundreds of millions funding far-left ballot initiatives, including measures to include abortion in state constitutions. These efforts are just one of the ways that foreign billionaires are influencing our elections, however. The Federalist also highlights Britain-based Christopher Hohn and Shanghai-based Neville Roy Singham, who have been funding the climate agenda and anti-ICE protests, respectively.
Foreign money is allowed to influence American policy through nonprofits and foundations. Many, though, have pointed out the issues with this. As Americans for Public Trust Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland said, “How these tax-exempt organizations can simultaneously raise and spend hundreds of millions of dollars from foreign actors, be it from Switzerland or China, all while seeking to influence policies in our backyard, is a problem worth solving.”
Foreign billionaires may be swaying American policy right now, but we don’t have to allow this. Let’s pray for wisdom for our leaders, especially those in the House Ways and Means Committee, as they work to protect our nation from these foreign funders.
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(Excerpt from The Federalist. Photo Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels)
