Posted on 12/20/2018 8:20:42 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
An online fundraiser started by an Air Force veteran to pay for construction of President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall was up to millions of dollars Thursday, bringing further attention to an issue that could lead to a government shutdown.
Brian Kolfage launched the GoFundMe page Sunday, and it has since generated $6 million in donations. The site states a fundraising goal of $1 billion.
In a statement posted on the crowdsourcing page, Kolfage says the wall could be built if everyone who voted for Trump pledged $80 each.
"As a veteran who has given three limbs, I feel deeply invested to this nation to ensure future generations have everything we have today," Kolfage wrote. House GOP approves funding for Trump's border wall as shutdown nears; Senate almost certain to reject measure
A triple amputee injured in the Iraq War in 2004, Kolfage said he has contacted the Trump administration about where to send the money once the fundraiser ends.
Trump announced Thursday he would not sign a bill to keep funding the government because it fails to provide billions for his border wall. It was his second reversal in a matter of days after conservative allies and pundits accused him of backing down on a central campaign promise. His decision has thrown Congress into disarray and risks a federal shutdown this weekend.
Kolfage, who is listed on GoFundMe as being based in Miramar Beach, Florida, said in an email that he was not immediately available to comment.
The reception toward Kolfage's fundraising is far from the reaction when Arizona lawmakers similarly tried to raise money for border fencing several years ago. Crowdsourcing Border Wall
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I am an FR monthly auto and put in $100 to this Go-Fund-me effort
$10,704,123 right now...........!!!
I would be happy if they just changed the way they compensate immigrants who are allowed in.We need to only let people in that can pay their own way.Put a limit on the number of years they
callcollect Medicare, Welfare, free education through college. And more.
That's the American way.
Close down the nanny state down.
Estimates are that it costs $70,000 per year for each illegal alien in the country And there are 20-30 MILLION of them. My grandparents and parents taught me a good work ethic and I taught it to my kids.
I doc believe in this:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6515493/USDA-moves-tighten-restrictions-food-stamps.html
Get a job or lose your food stamps completely!
$11M at 7am. It took only 8 hrs to go from $10M to $11M.
What really FRosts my cubes is that the “Work for welfare” concept EVER ended!
If there were no “FRee stuff” handed out by our “nice” LIEberal Social Welfare Warrior poobahs (who are not, it must be noted GIVING AWAY THEIR OWN MONEY!), the USA would be a whole lot nicer place to live and work and raise families!
$70 Billion!
44 million Food Stamp recipients!
SHEER INSANITY!
There is your wall, Mr. President!
In before the dark cloud crowd says “It’ll never wooooork! We’re doooomed!!!”
“If only FReepers were this fervent about supporting Free Republic...”
Might have something to do with the-letter-that-shall-not-be-named crowd. Just sayin...cough cough.
I hope it blows 'em all off the hinges. A MAJOR embarrassment to the Democrats and hopefully a wakeup call to the RINOS. They should think, at some point, how can I profit politically from this phenomena? and join in.
You would have thought that the election of Trump would have been enough to open their eyes HOWEVER I believe they damn well know what the people want they don’t give a damn BECAUSE the BIG DONORS are all that matters to them!!! The BIG DONORS are what has made them beyond wealthy they certainly didn’t get wealthy on their salary our voting for or against them doesn’t matter one damn bit to them!!! They just lost the house and NOT ONE of them gives a damn that the Dems are in charge!!! It hurts us FAR MORE than it hurts them believe me!!! I HATE these BASTARDS!!!
You have a point.
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