Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s political career has been boosted by her daughter’s connections to left-wing groups, which could damage her standing with independent voters, observers in Massachusetts and outside experts say.
Warren’s daughter, Amelia Warren Tyagi, chairs the George Soros-funded progressive think tank Demos as well as the board of directors of the liberal magazine the American Prospect, which is a “partner publication” to Demos. Both organizations have been extremely supportive of Warren’s political rise and have helped cultivate her image as a champion of the left.
“Warren already has the progressive credentials she needs,” said David Paleologos, a Massachusetts-based pollster and director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center. “She doesn’t need to be dragged further to the left to the point where she’s defending relatives who represent interests that are even further to the left than she claims to be.”
Demos employees include far-left activists, veterans of the Obama and John Edwards presidential campaigns, and a former fellow at George Soros’ Open Society Institute. One of the group’s aims is “rethinking American capitalism.”
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