Soros-Backed Leftist Group Behind Campaign Pushing Democrats Toward Government Shutdown

A left-wing activist group that received millions of dollars from the Soros family’s organization is spearheading a pressure campaign to push Democratic senators to vote against funding the government and force a partial shutdown.

The group’s political advocacy arm, Indivisible Project, has received a total of $7.6 million in grants from the Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) over the past eight years, according to Indivisible’s website. OSF is a grantmaking network which left-wing billionaire George Soros founded in 1993 and his son, Alexander Soros, currently chairs.

“Federal government funding runs out on September 30 — and Republicans need Democratic votes to clear the filibuster and avoid a government shutdown,” Indivisible’s form states. “Democrats have a strong hand to play. They must use it to deny Donald Trump the blank check Republicans want to hand him!”

The government will shut down if Congress does not pass a continuing resolution (CR) to fund it by the end of Tuesday. Senate Democrats led by embattled Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have thus far refused to support Republican-passed CRs that do not include a litany of left-wing policy proposals.

“But in the last big funding fight, Chuck Schumer and a handful of other Dems surrendered—rolling over and letting Trump weaponize federal funds to rob our services, militarize our cities, and terrorize our communities,” the left wing group’s form continues. “That cannot happen again.”

Schumer notably worked with Republicans to pass a spending bill to fund the government in March.

Indivisible’s form further tells constituents to remind Democratic senators “we cannot hand blank checks to a wannabe king,” referring to Trump. It further tells voters to ask their Senators “to keep publicly pressuring  Schumer to FIGHT LIKE HELL!”

After Schumer and nine other members of the Senate Democratic Caucus voted with Republicans to break the filibuster on the March spending bill, Indivisible publicly called for Schumer to step down as the caucus’ leader and even put together an event where people wrote retirement cards addressed to him.

Right after Schumer’s March decision to work with Republicans to keep the government open, Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went on the record blasting him, fueling speculation she may challenge him in New York’s 2028 Senate election. A late March poll by left-leaning firm Data for Progress showed Ocasio-Cortez leading the longtime incumbent by nearly 20 points in a hypothetical matchup.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at a town hall gathering. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

The House on Sept. 19 passed a GOP-backed clean CR to fund the government through Nov. 21 — with the support of only one Democrat. However, it fell well short of the 60 required votes to bypass a filibuster in the Senate on the same day.

Meanwhile, the Senate rejected a Schumer-backed counter-proposal along party lines, also on Sept. 19. This Democratic-backed CR would have reversed about $1 trillion in cost savings of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA), nixed language preventing illegal immigrants from receiving healthcare subsidies and undid the OBBA’s new Medicaid work requirements. (RELATED: Democrats Can’t Name Single Thing They Dislike About GOP Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown)

“Senate Democrats must reject the Soros-funded pressure from the radical left and pass the clean CR,” a White House spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “More than one trillion dollars in new spending, taxpayer-funded health care for illegal aliens, half a billion dollars for left-wing media, and the elimination of the rural health care fund are all nonstarters – completely out of touch with what the American people want and deserve from their government.”

“If Democrats cave to their extremist base, they will own this shutdown and put law enforcement at risk, cut WIC [Women, Infants, and Children] benefits for mothers and children, and threaten health care for seniors,” the spokesperson added.

Trump is reportedly planning to meet with Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Monday, one day before the partial shutdown deadline.

Indivisible did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

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