AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Soros-backed mailer falsely labeled Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed a military veteran
A left-wing publication bankrolled by George Soros's Open Society Foundations sent Michigan voters a mailer that falsely identified Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed as a "veteran", and its president's explanation only made things worse. The Michigan Independent, a partisan outlet designed to look like a nonpartisan local newspaper, mailed an unsolicited print edition to voters […] The post Soros-backed mailer falsely labeled Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed a military veteran appeared first on American Almanac .
A left-wing publication bankrolled by George Soros's Open Society Foundations sent Michigan voters a mailer that falsely identified Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed as a "veteran", and its president's explanation only made things worse. The Michigan Independent, a partisan outlet designed to look like a nonpartisan local newspaper, mailed an unsolicited print edition to voters across the state in August with a headline describing El-Sayed as a veteran. El-Sayed has never served in the military. His own campaign condemned the error, and the organization's president offered a shifting series of excuses that collapsed under basic questioning. The episode exposes how a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit network, funded by half a…Open