Colin Kaepernick donates $10K to leading Soros-backed resistance group

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By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Sunday, January 21, 2018

Colin Kaepernick entered the home stretch of his Million Dollar Pledge last week with a donation to one of Democratic moneyman George Soros’s favorite left-wing resistance groups.
The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback announced Thursday that his foundation would give $10,000 to the Advancement Project as part of his commitment to donate $1 million to organizations “working in oppressed communities.”
Advancement Project has another prominent funder: Mr. Soros, whose major philanthropies have given more than $9.5 million to the group since 1999, according to the conservative Capital Research Center.
With offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., Advancement Project describes itself as a “multi-racial civil rights organization,” but the group is best known for promoting “voting rights” by opposing initiatives such as photo ID requirements, voter-fraud investigations, and removing inactive voters from the rolls.
“They are the leading opponents of voter integrity,” said Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center (CRC).
The billionaire Soros has made grants to thousands of individuals and organizations through his Open Society