GoFundMe Border
Wall Nears $16M As Counter Campaign For Ladders Nets Just $127K
ByJoseph Curl
@josephcurl
December 23, 2018
You gotta give it to liberals: They not only oppose
building a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border to keep foreigners from illegally
entering America, they actively want to encourage them to do so.
A GoFundMe campaign, titled "We The People Will Fund The Wall,"
is closing in on $16 million in just six days. Some 259,936 have donated
$15,828,419 toward a $1 billion goal, making the average donation just over
$60. The page was created by Brian Kolfage, a triple amputee Air Force veteran.
"It's time we uphold our laws, and get this wall
BUILT! It’s up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project
rolling," Kolfage wrote on the page.
But now a new page has popped up to compete with the wall
page. Charlotte Clymer, a transgender Army veteran and human rights activist
from Texas, has launched a page titled "Ladders to Get Over Trump's
Wall."
"We saw some folks are raising money for a border
wall to keep out our migrant siblings and fellow human beings, who are fleeing
violence and persecution and whose tragically-underpaid labor is essential to
the U.S. economy. Seems like a bad idea on countless levels for everyone
involved. Maybe we should focus on human rights and creating a community that
reflects our supposed values," Clymer wrote on the page.
And even though at a rate of $1.7 million daily, it would
take their fund about 35 years to raise the $21.7 billion that Trump's own
Dept. of Homeland Security says would be needed to build said wall, we wanna
make sure ladders are ready to send over to our undocumented friends and help
them.
If this seems ludicrous, we welcome you to the coalition
of reasonable adults.
Should we not reach our goal -- or should they (ahem) not
reach theirs -- all funds raised will go to the Refugee and Immigrant Center
for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) , a Texas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit
agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to
underserved immigrant children, families, and refugees.
And even though at a rate of $1.7 million daily, it would
take their fund about 35 years to raise the $21.7 billion that Trump's own
Dept. of Homeland Security says would be needed to build said wall, we wanna
make sure ladders are ready to send over to our undocumented friends and help
them.
If this seems ludicrous, we welcome you to the coalition
of reasonable adults.
Should we not reach our goal -- or should they (ahem) not
reach theirs -- all funds raised will go to the Refugee and Immigrant Center
for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) , a Texas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit
agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to
underserved immigrant children, families, and refugees.
But the three-day old campaign has raised just $132,625
of a $100 million goal, with fewer than 6,000 people donating.
On his page, Kolfage, a Purple Heart recipient, supports
President Trump's efforts to build a barrier at the border.
"Like a majority of those American citizens who
voted to elect President Donald J Trump, we voted for him to Make America Great
Again. President Trump’s main campaign promise was to BUILD THE WALL. And as
he’s followed through on just about every promise so far, this wall project
needs to be completed still," Kolfage wrote.
"As a veteran who has given so much, 3 limbs, I feel
deeply invested to this nation to ensure future generations have everything we
have today. Too many Americans have been murdered by illegal aliens and too
many illegals are taking advantage of the United States taxpayers with no means
of ever contributing to our society."
"I have grandparents who immigrated to America legally, they did it the correct way and it's time we uphold our laws, and get this wall BUILT! It’s up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling," he said.
"I have grandparents who immigrated to America legally, they did it the correct way and it's time we uphold our laws, and get this wall BUILT! It’s up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling," he said.
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