Abdul El-Sayed Attends $57,800 California Fundraiser at Jeffrey Soros' Home
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Abdul El-Sayed Attends $57,800 California Fundraiser at Jeffrey Soros' Home
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Summary
$57,800 per guest was listed for a Sept. 28 meet-and-greet for Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at West Hollywood home of Jeffrey Soros, George Soros' nephew, according to a flyer.
The event spotlights a tension in El-Sayed's campaign message: he has vowed to get money out of politics and has criticized billionaires' influence while still courting high-dollar donors for his Senate bid.
Jeffrey and Catharine Soros were listed as hosts alongside Pod Save America figures Jon Favreau, Tom Vietor and Ben Rhodes and other Hollywood donors; it was unclear whether George Soros would attend.
Mike Rogers' campaign cast the fundraiser as hypocrisy, while El-Sayed's campaign countered that Rogers has taken more than $1 million from Big Pharma and said El-Sayed still backs ending Citizens United.