Posted on 06/04/2021 10:45:06 PM PDT by McGruff
Neoconservative media organization The Daily Wire is receiving heavy criticism from conservatives on social media for orchestrating a GoFundMe publicity stunt that aims to raise tens of thousands of dollars for socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s grandmother. While AOC has drawn heavy criticism for complaining about her grandmother’s living conditions while enjoying a luxurious lifestyle in D.C., the Daily Wire’s fundraiser has been castigated for extreme tone-deafness at a time when conservatives are enduring record levels of financial persecution.
“Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill,” Ocasio-Cortez originally wrote on Twitter. “I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID. This is her home. Hurricane María relief hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR. People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, & developers are taking them.”
Although Cortez admitted later on in the thread that “for the record – my abuela is doing okay,” and “She had a place to go to and be cared for,” the Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh quickly organized a page for AOC’s “abuela” on GoFundMe that was heavily promoted by other Daily Wire personnel.
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>> receiving heavy criticism from conservatives
sure
They wish.
Seems like a capital idea to me.
Hmmm. Never heard of “National File.” Why is this offensive? The article doesn’t explain and I don’t understand what “unprecedented levels of financial persecution “ refers to. I think it’s great. Save Abuela!
I understand why this was done, but the original organizers of the fund raising, Shapiro and a Matt Walsh were quite naive to think AOC will give a damn or even a dollar.
Last I heard, Walsh wants AOC to tell them how to send the money to her Grandma.
Why in the world would she cooperate and give them that info, assisting conservatives in their effort to humiliate her? She gains nothing from her Socialist viewpoint.
It's delicious.
Up to 105k the last I looked.
1) Yes, it is a PR stunt.
2) I didn’t donate myself
3) The only people complaining about it are humourless scolds who spend their time complaining about everything conservatives are doing on the grounds that whatever it was, it wasn’t “true conservatism.”
BS. The dear leaders of PR blocked supplies and kept the money
I pay no attention to the Daily Wire since it is run by the every whiny Ben Shapiro. To hell with him and his cronies.
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The funny thing is that those praising this always deride, and rightly so, those RINOs who try to work with Democrats and be bi-partisan. Yet they fail to see this act mirrors exactly what RINOs do.
Little Benji Shapiro is NOT to be trusted.
This neverTrump pocketpickle has been conveniently placed to erode America First.
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