Posted on 01/12/2019 9:52:27 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Edited on 01/12/2019 1:21:49 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
MIRAMAR, Florida -- A Florida veteran's attempt to raise $1 billion in border wall funding has ended after raising only two percent of his goal.
Purple Heart recipient and triple amputee veteran Brian Kolfage launched a GoFundMe campaign in December and raised $20 million through the first two weeks of January 2019.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc11.com ...
UPDATE: JANUARY 11, 2019
WE ARE BUILDING THE WALL! You can still donate right now on this Gofundme!! The media is falsely reporting all money is being refunded and it’s over. They are WRONG. WE ARE BUILDING THE WALL and you can STILL donate or opt in if you donated before January 11th TO SUPPORT the plan.
IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT & BUILD THE BORDER WALL OPT-IN CLICK HERE!!!
Eight days before Christmas I started this GoFundMe campaign because I was tired of watching the U.S. government’s inability to secure our southern border. Like most Americans, I see the porous southern border as a national security threat and I refuse to allow our broken political system to leave my family and my country vulnerable to attack.
The plan of action was simple and straightforward to raise money to construct a wall on our southern border. We have raised over $20 Million from 325,000 plus donors and we are only just getting started! I have been literally overwhelmed and inspired by the outpouring of support, calls, and emails from American citizens who support our efforts to Build the Wall. I got some hate as well but that was easy to ignore with all the positive feedback I was getting. I immediately sought out and consulted with some of our country’s leading professionals in law, politics, national security, construction, and finance. This team has spent countless hours over the holidays reviewing all issues pertaining to the construction of a southern border wall. Unanimously, we have all come to the conclusion that:
-The federal government won’t be able to accept our donations anytime soon.
-We are better equipped than our own government to use the donated funds to build an actual wall on the southern border.
-Our highly experienced team is highly confident that we can complete significant segments of the wall in less time, and for far less money, than the federal government, while meeting or exceeding all required regulatory, engineering, and environmental specifications.
-Our team strongly believes that we can complete our segments of the wall for less than half of the government’s estimated costs on a per mile basis.
IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT & BUILDTHE BORDER WALL OPT-IN CLICK HERE!!!
To show the government how “We the People” can get this done, we have formed a Section 501(c)(4) non-profit Florida Corporation named “We Build the Wall, Inc.” to receive the GoFundMe contributions. Our website can be found at www.webuildthewall.us.
The following individuals serve on the on the advisory board, and construction, finance, and or audit committees, operations, administration, PR, Media and ongoing fundraising:
www.webuildthewall.us/team
Brigadier General Dr. Robert S. Spalding III
Industrialist John Daniel Moran, Jr.
Ex-Navy SEAL and businessman Erik Prince,
Former Secretary of State of Kansas Kris Kobach,
Angel Mom Mary Ann Mendoza
Law enforcement and immigration expert Sheriff David Clarke
Fox news contributor and border security expert Sara A. Carter
Former Colorado Congressman and presidential candidate Tom Tancredo
Angel Dad Steve Ronnebeck
Media consultant and journalist Jennifer Lawrence
and many others
IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT & BUILD THE BORDER WALL OPT-IN CLICK HERE!!!
We have made significant progress in less than a month. We have begun extensive due diligence and the commencement of feasibility studies engaging leading experts in a variety of fields necessary to construct our border wall. These professionals have provided us with critical guidance on the legal, engineering, contracting, environmental, accounting, maintenance, and real estate issues required to build a wall on the southern border.
We are already taking action on:
-Identifying the most densely crossed areas of the border
-Soliciting affected landowners along the Southern border
-Studying the most feasible solutions based on terrain, barrier styles, environmental impact and efficacy
-Ascertaining the willingness of border landowners to provide no or low-cost easements on their property for wall construction
If the Democrats won’t provide the funding for what the American people voted for in 2016 then we the people will. When Americans see us completing real miles of beautiful wall, we know that we will raise the many billions we need to finally secure the entire border. I am 100% committed to secure our southern border and protect Americans.
There is a lot of work ahead of us, but this has never deterred me in the past. With the help of our highly experienced team, and your support, we will make this work!
The Articles of Incorporation and Mission Statement of We Build The Wall, Inc. make delivering on my promise to get a wall on the southern border built the clear objective and purpose of the organization.
“Our mission is to unite private citizens that share a common belief in providing national security for our Southern Border through the construction, administration and maintenance of physical barriers inhibiting illegal entry into the United States. In interpreting the purpose of the Corporation, the Board of Directors and Members of the Advisory Board will consider the impact of a proposed structure on a selected site’s environment and construct barriers primarily designed to prevent illegal access to the United States, rather than cause catastrophic injury. We will focus on building portions of a U.S. Southern Border wall and manage the support operations required for, and the processes associated with, the design, engineering, construction, and maintenance of the wall.”
100% of the funds raised on GoFundMe will be used in the execution of our mission and purpose. To honor the commitment, we made to our donors; all funds raised, less the processing fees and refunds, will be transferred to a special purpose account to carry out the purposes and mission of We Build the Wall, Inc. I will personally not take a penny of compensation from these donations.
When I created this fundraiser, I said if we did not reach our goal we will refund donors. I am honoring that commitment today. We will promptly refund your donation unless you tell us you approve our new plan for action.
I WANT TO BUILD THE WALL!
You MUST tell GoFundMe you still want to Build the Wall or your contribution will not be included in this historic project.
ACT NOW.CLICK HERE TO SAY YES! https://bit.ly/2SIQyBg
If you want a refund for your donation, no need to do anything. You will receive your refund a few weeks after the 90 days expires and GoFundMe will notify you once your refund has processed. If you would prefer a refund now, you can request that here: https://bit.ly/2smynWq
You can also contact GoFundMe here. You need to do this by April 10!
CHECK DONATIONS:
We Fund the Wall, Inc.
PO Box 131567 Houston, Texas 77219-1567
God Bless
https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall
I was asked if I wanted a refund or allow it to go to a 501c3 and I said I did not want a refund.
Once again, a “freeper” takes a nasty shot at women. For the record, sir, there are plenty of male democrat nutcases too! Some even botox-filled!
Better get your FACTS straight before posting misleading garbage regarding the Go Fund Me for the Wall. Refunds are OFFERED to those who change their minds, but it is a simple thing to transfer your donation to the new account. It is NOT a failure, nor does it have ANYTHING to do with the eventual objective. INTELLIGENT people will be m ore at ease with the new structure, designed to LEGALLY and IRREFUTABLY secure donations for the WALL and infrastructure necessary to make our southern border airtight.
this was a pathetic example of the support.
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You’d better learn the meaning of WAS! This is not over by a long shot in spite of the doubting Thomas’s and never-Trumper AntiAmericans.
Gofundme should have sent out emails that ask if you want a Refund OR opt to Transfer to the NEW BUILD THE WALL 501 C 4. Brian Kolfage also sent out emails with same info. This is LSM HYPE. READ the Team List, Listen to the Interview. Sheriff David Clark Jr and many more names we know are on the board. Brian gets NO PAY for doing this.
WE ARE BUILDING THE WALL!!! Do NOT listen to the LYING liberal media!
We have changed mission from we Fund the wall to we BUILD the wall. We will build the wall mile by mile for HALF the cost. We have private landowners lining up to get the wall built!
If you want to continue on we just need you to OPT IN by clicking here https://bit.ly/2SIQyBg
Team http://webuildthewall.us/team/?fbclid=IwAR1ja4DY8ffl1dXvjEMHdNDylnlhrTXL6BYoFpou_BcuUWZLEAnEHfJ5PyU
I posted the Original yesterday most of the links are in the post. Donations continue to Pour In, some just $5. Those small donations maybe the hardest or last Gofundme works on. They do have 90 days.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3719196/posts
It started with Buzzfeed publishing a hit piece using “Prissy Holly” as their main source. Google her, a real piece of work.
The lamestream press is jumping on this smear trying to derail the FundtheWall train.
This is what I got from them via email:
Dear GoFundMe Customer,
As explained in update #18 on the campaign, you have 90 days to let us know if you’d like your donation to be sent to the new 501(c)(4) organization: We Build The Wall, Inc. If we do not hear from you by April 10, 2019, your donation will be automatically refunded on April 11, 2019, as the specific plan for the use of funds raised on the campaign has changed from what was originally stated.
Please take action through the links below:
Yes, I want my donation to go to We Build The Wall, Inc.
Please refund my donation.
If we don’t hear from you, we will refund your donation on April 11, 2019.
Please do not reply to this message. If you have any questions, please visit our Help Center.
Thank you,
The GoFundMe Team
Over $600 donated in last 2 minutes
Me too. I directed my donation to the 501c4
#GoFu##Me should be forced to refund everybody’s money and shut that crap down.
Thanks for posting this.
I read it a in previous thread and so I understand that this nonsense about the project being shut down is just that - nonsense. But just what we can always expect from the traitorous MSM.
This project is alive and well and collecting $700/hour the last time I checked.
He tried to reach out through Twitter, who shut him down for 3 days. Most of what is occurring is people like us posting to our own FB’s and sending out emails to friends of like minds.
1 Illegal 15 time Deported wrecked the lives of a family going home from a Disney vacation. DUI, the 6 yr old is in critical condition.
There is a Serial Rapist Illegal reported by TN Eagle Forum.
EXAMPLES
http://fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/examples-serious-crimes-illegal-aliens
1 here in Memphis Molested my best friend’s Grand daughter. She had enough on her plate, she is still fighting to see the, Rapist/Killer of her 8 yr old Executed. He is an American white male.
You do realize he was speaking of a specific woman, don’t you??? he was referring to Nancy Pelosi....
As did I. I’m not completely sure what this all means for the go fund me site itself.
Make that $3000 to $4000 an hour. Sorry about that.
Just got this via email.
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Hi this is Brian Kolfage,
I am the triple-amputee veteran who started the viral Border Wall GoFundMe campaign that the media is trying to destroy by declaring the GoFundMe as over (it’s not) or by attacking me personally. Sadly for them, it’s only wishful thinking as people are genuinely excited about our shift from “We Fund the Wall” to “We BUILD the Wall” and at an astonishing rate donors like you are choosing to “Opt-in” to our plan to take matters into our own hands and build the wall ourselves!
The media is trying to discourage donors like you with misleading headlines that our Border Wall GoFundMe has “imploded” (the Daily Beast) and at least a hundred variations of the headline “A GoFundMe Campaign raised $20 Million for a border wall — now all the funds will be returned.” (CNBC)
I guess it is technically true that everyone will get a refund - and this is the critical part they leave out of the headlines - UNLESS they tell GoFundMe that they still want to be a part of our historic project to build a wall on our Southern Border.
What they don’t know is that our numbers show contributors like you are opting-in to the new team/plan at a rate of more than 6-1. What is the Fake News going to do next week when instead of being finished our campaign grows to $22 Million or $25 Million? Sadly, they’ll probably just make up more lies or attack me personally. It doesn’t matter what they say, the only thing our success depends on is the decision donors like you.
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Thank you and God bless,
Brian Kolfage
President, We Build the Wall, Inc.
Maybe...this will make you happy. Chuck Schumer makes for a perfect SATAN, Devil as a a low life Hater of America. He and Nancy (The Botox Chick” will be justly rewarded in the afterlife with the misery of “Hell” forever).
I’ll change my tune when you bring Police Officer Ronil Singh back to life to be with his Wife and 5 month old baby!!!
Gold bless Ronil Singh and his entire family...America mourns you!!!
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