Campbell Soup on Tuesday released a statement that disavowed a conspiracy theory tweeted by the company’s vice president of government affairs.
The soup company was responding to a remark from company lobbyist Kelly Johnston — who claimed that George Soros was deploying “rail cars” to transport an illegal immigrant caravan into the US.
“The opinions Mr. Johnston expresses on Twitter are his individual views and do not represent the position of Campbell Soup Company,” a company spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday, according to the Washington Post.
On Monday night, Johnston sent out a tweet that said Soros’ Open Society foundation was organizing the migrant caravan — even coordinating where they “defecate.”
“See those van on the right? What you don’t see are the troop carriers and the rail cars taking them north,” Johnston wrote next to a images of the migrants.
“@OpenSociety planned and is executing this, including where they defecate. And they have an army of American immigration lawyers waiting at the border.”
The tweet has since been deleted and Johnston appeared to have deleted his account.
A caravan of Central American migrants, whose numbers have swelled to about 5,000 people, have been making their way to Mexico’s southern border in search of refuge — sparking a political firestorm in the US.
Soros, a frequent target of conspiracy theories, had an explosive device sent to his New York home on Monday.
His foundation dismissed the executive’s claim in a statement.
“Neither Mr. Soros nor Open Society is funding this effort,” Open Society tweeted on Tuesday.
“We are surprised to see a Campbell Soup executive spreading false stories.”
“I respect the swift and unambiguous denouncement of the mistruths of their soon to be retired executive. Corporate leaders have a vital role to play in improving the civility of our politics. In this instance, Campbell’s took responsibility for the power of their platform, Open Society Foundations President Patrick Gaspard added.



