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In reply to the discussion: GoFundMe refunding entirety of $20 million "Build the Wall" campaign [View all]riversedge
(70,183 posts)17. GoFundMe Border Wall Campaign Implodes, Turns to Kris Kobach and Sheriff Clarke
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RAN INTO WALL
GoFundMe Border Wall Campaign Implodes, Turns to Kris Kobach and Sheriff Clarke
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gofundme-border-wall-campaign-implodes-turns-to-kris-kobach-and-sheriff-clarke-for-new-non-profit
The wall wont build itself.
Lachlan Markay, Will Sommer
01.11.19 3:51 PM ET
A decorated veteran who raised more than $20 million to finance construction of a wall along the southern U.S. border has announced that he will instead use the money to finance a new nonprofit group that will build the wall itselfor at least a couple miles of it.
Brian Kolfages crowdfunding campaign on the website GoFundMe went viral in December, before news outlets uncovered previous instances in which the triple-amputee veteran appeared to have pocketed funds raised through similar, if far smaller, campaigns billed as efforts to assist wounded warriors.
Now Kolfage, a prolific operator of conspiracy theory Facebook pages, has recruited a team of prominent figures in President Donald Trumps orbit to run a new 501(c)(4) nonprofit, named We Fund The Wall, to do some wall construction of its own. The new groups board, Kolfage announced on Friday, includes Erik Prince, the founder of infamous military contract Blackwater; David Clarke, the former scandal-plagued sheriff of Milwaukee County; Fox News contributor Sara Carter; Tom Tancredo, an immigration hardliner and former Colorado congressman; and former Kansas Secretary of State and voter fraud crusader Kris Kobach
I joined the organization because its mission is of the highest importance to our country, Kobach told The Daily Beast. The wall needs to be completed, and it needs to be done as soon as possible. The best way to accomplish that is through a combination of both public and private efforts.
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NBC: Man Behind Border Wall GoFundMe Ran Fake News Websites
The groups formation comes amidst heated fighting in Washington over financing for Trumps border wall. A partial shutdown of the federal government has persisted for nearly three weeks as Trump and Democratic congressional leaders spar over the formers demands for more than $5 billion in border wall funding.
Kolfages fundraising campaign was initially designed to help finance that construction with private contributions. He insisted that he had been in contact with a number of federal officials and members of Congress devising ways to funnel the massive amounts of money raised on GoFundMe to the federal treasury....................................
It appears that that plan went awry..................
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GoFundMe refunding entirety of $20 million "Build the Wall" campaign [View all]
brooklynite
Jan 2019
OP
Don't refund it, let the dummies lose their money, just less going to tRump.nt
mastermind
Jan 2019
#5
He's no different than dotard. His last fund raising gig was a get rich quick scheme as well
Thekaspervote
Jan 2019
#7
GoFundMe Border Wall Campaign Implodes, Turns to Kris Kobach and Sheriff Clarke
riversedge
Jan 2019
#17