Student survivors of a mass shooting in Florida who’ve rallied to increase gun control aren’t being bankrolled by billionaire liberal Jewish philanthropist George Soros, despite the claims of several false stories, his company says.
Soros is not providing any funding to the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, although he does support their efforts, says his spokeswoman, Laura Silber.
George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundation, at a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on April 27, 2017. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)
“Those who smear their motives, and try to paint their genuine grassroots activism as somehow bought and paid for, do them — and the country — a grave disservice,” Soros’ organization, the Open Societies Foundations, says in a statement,
The students began lobbying to change gun laws shortly after the shooting that killed 17, planning a March 24 demonstration in Washington and drawing supporters on social media and through television appearances.
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