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Letter: Republican complaints ring hollow

By Laura Dubois, VANCOUVER
Published: January 13, 2024, 6:00am

I have often read articles complaining about George Soros contributing to Democratic candidates, just like the letter from Bob Sabol (“Know who is behind Democrats”, Jan. 8). Republican letter writers always complain about George Soros.

Here is a list of the billionaires who contributed to Republican candidates in the 2020 election cycle: Koch Industries, Peter Thiel, Larry Ellison, Charles Kushner (Jared’s father, whom Trump pardoned), Phil Ruffin, Jeff Yass, Sheldon Adelson, Richard Uihlein, Steven Wynn, Paul Singer, Robert “Woody” Johnson, Ben Navarro, Stephen Schwarzman. And that baker’s dozen is just the billionaires.

I must admit that Michael Bloomberg is also a big contributor to the Democrats. But please stop the broken record about George Soros, Soros, Soros …

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