Who are the dark money groups behind the pro-Palestinian mobs? Republicans ... trends now
After weeks of anti-Israel protests across college campuses nationwide, GOP lawmakers are increasingly calling for investigations into 'dark money' groups that could be illegally funding the students' activism.
Protests at Columbia University, George Washington University, UCLA and more all bore clear similarities: Rows of colored tents containing new sleeping bags and well-coordinated meals for the demonstrators.
Equally as clear is where these college-aged students got these supplies: Democrat mega-donors who are backing Biden's re-election effort.
'I mean, these are some of Biden's biggest donors who are funding this,' Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told DailyMail.com of the ongoing campus protests that have resulted in thousands of student arrests.
Columbia University's 'Gaza Solidarity Encampment' last for weeks before New York police raided the tent-strewn campsite and arrested hundreds of activists
Within days of the Columbia University encampment cropping up other pro-Gaza tent cities began appearing across colleges in other parts of the country, like at UCLA, shown above
Over 100 tents were counted at George Washington University's pro-Palestinian encampment, which eventually grew so large tents spilled out onto D.C. city streets
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told DailyMail.com the nonprofits funding pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses could be illegal
'It's probably no coincidence that [Biden's] donors are funding this unrest and he's now out there now cutting the State of Israel loose ... saying that he's not even going to allow Israel to buy weapons.'
'They are using a lattice of dark money groups, supposed nonprofit groups, that probably violates the law.'
'I mean, you can't use a 501(c)(3) or a 501(c)(4) to fund illegal activities under the law, and these groups, they know what they're doing.'
The Missouri Republican is so skeptical of the 'dark money' groups behind the protests' funding that he sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland earlier this week asking him to investigate.
'This pattern is disturbing,' he wrote to Garland about the rash of college protests, adding that 'It is also almost certainly illegal.'
In his letter, he referenced a report which found that Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and IfNotNow (INN) - two pro-Palestinian advocacy groups - were major forces in supporting the college protests, particularly those at Columbia University.
According to the report, JVP and INN received financial funding from
