The Council on American-Islamic Relations has affinities to extremists of both the left and right, sharing features with both. Its extensive ties to far-left groups include funding from the
Tides Foundation for its "Interfaith Coalition against Hate Crimes";
[65] endorsing a
statement issued by
Refuse & Resist[66] and a "
National Day of Protest … to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation."
[67] CAIR
supported the "
Civil Liberties Restoration Act," legislation drafted by
Open Society Policy Center, an organization founded by George Soros that would obstruct U.S. law enforcement from prosecuting the "War on Extremism." Far-left members of Congress such as Dennis Kucinich (Democrat, Ohio) and Jim McDermott (Democrat, Washington) have turned up as
featured speakers at CAIR fundraising events.
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