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DeSantis Announces Florida Will Investigate GoFundMe After Company Shut Down Freedom Convoy
Daily Wire ^ | 2/5)22 | Ryan Saavedra

Posted on 02/05/2022 3:13:37 PM PST by Impala64ssa

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced Saturday morning that he will work with the state’s attorney general to investigate GoFundMe after the company shut down a fundraiser for the Canadian truckers participating in the Freedom Convoy.

“The fundraising effort had raised C$10 million—around $7.9 million—and C$1 million had already been distributed to the organizers of the so-called Freedom Convoy before GoFundMe took the decision to stop the fundraiser,” Newsweek reported. “GoFundMe initially announced on Friday it would refund contributions to anyone who applied and the remaining funds would be distributed to charities chosen by the Freedom Convoy organizers and verified by the crowdfunding site.”

GoFundMe later reversed course, citing “donor feedback.”

The left-wing company said in a statement:

To simplify the process for our users, we will be refunding all donations to the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser. This refund will happen automatically—you do not need to submit a request. Donors can expect to see refunds within 7-10 business days.

The update we issued earlier enabled all donors to get a refund and outlined a plan to distribute remaining funds to verified charities selected by the Freedom Convoy organizers. However, due to donor feedback, we are simplifying the process and automatically refunding donations.

DeSantis responded to the news with a tweet, writing: “It is a fraud for @gofundme to commandeer $9M in donations sent to support truckers and give it to causes of their own choosing.”

“I will work with @AGAshleyMoody to investigate these deceptive practices — these donors should be given a refund,” the governor added.

GoFundMe’s initial statement announcing that it was taking down the fundraiser stated:

GoFundMe supports peaceful protests and we believe that was the intention of the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser when it was first created.

We now have evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity.

To ensure GoFundMe remains a trusted platform, we work with local authorities to ensure we have a detailed, factual understanding of events taking place on the ground. Following a review of relevant facts and multiple discussions with local law enforcement and city officials, this fundraiser is now in violation of our Terms of Service (Term 8, which prohibits the promotion of violence and harassment) and has been removed from the platform.

Organizers provided a clear distribution plan for the initial $1M that was released earlier this week and confirmed funds would be used only for participants who traveled to Ottawa to participate in a peaceful protest. Given how this situation has evolved, no further funds will be directly distributed to the Freedom Convoy organizers — we will work with organizers to send all remaining funds to credible and established charities verified by GoFundMe.

All donors may submit a request for a full refund until February 19th, 2022 using this dedicated refund form.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey urged residents in his state to contact his office to let him know if they had “been victimized by a deceptive act or practice” by GoFundMe.

“#GoFundMe now won’t honor #FreedomConvoy donations and will instead redirect to other charities? In WV, organizations must not deceive donors and engage in deceptive advertising practices. If you’ve been victimized by a deceptive act or practice, let us know!” Morrisey wrote. “According to their website, #GoFundMe is not automatically refunding the donations. Individuals interested in a refund can submit the form below if they do so by Feb 19, 2022. This will avoid the ‘redirecting’ of the donation.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2024; antisocialmedia; attorneygeneral; bloggers; canada; canadiantruckers; deceit; desantis; desantis2024; fakeinvestigation; fascism; florida; fraud; freedomconvoy; gofundme; governor; itssoeasy; karlspooner; morrissey; ruralmichigan; westvirginia
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Tweets at link. I don't GAFF if whoever runs go fund me goes on social media tearfully apologizing while they flagellate each other to repent for their sins. The fact they gave their blessings to fundraising efforts to bail out BLM and ANQUEEFA rioters shows a blatant breach of contract at the very least.
1 posted on 02/05/2022 3:13:37 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

Don’t do business with libtard robbers 🤪


2 posted on 02/05/2022 3:15:27 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Impala64ssa

Don’t tweet, post on facebook, donate on Gofundme and shop on Amazon. Otherwise, carry on!


3 posted on 02/05/2022 3:18:30 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Impala64ssa

Excellent!
Off with their heads!


4 posted on 02/05/2022 3:21:03 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Impala64ssa

I hope he wears them out to the point that they have to close up shop.

There has to be some Conservatives in the tech industry that can start up competing entities.

Didn’t the guy that founded and ran Firefox get run out of the building because he leans a bit Right. What about Grennel, isn’t he some type of tech guy?


5 posted on 02/05/2022 3:21:12 PM PST by qaz123
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To: Impala64ssa

Wasn’t this done at the request of Trudeau?


6 posted on 02/05/2022 3:23:31 PM PST by gloryblaze
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To: Impala64ssa

They need to have indictments ready to go bright and early.


7 posted on 02/05/2022 3:28:30 PM PST by Delta 21 (It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
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To: gloryblaze
Wasn’t this done at the request of Trudeau?

Almost certainly.

8 posted on 02/05/2022 3:29:27 PM PST by marktwain (Amazing people can read a persons entire personality and character from one photograph.)
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It shouldn’t be hard to create a conservative GoFundMe.


9 posted on 02/05/2022 3:29:54 PM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: qaz123

The guy forced out of Firefox developed Brave. https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/20/copy-new-internet-browser-brave-announced/


10 posted on 02/05/2022 3:30:06 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: Impala64ssa

VIOLENCE AND OCCUPATION?

Violence where? Dollars to donuts reactionary commie elements, and only a FEW.

OCCUPATION?

What did they call all those damn BLM Pantifa riots for MONTHS ON END? The ACTUAL CONFISCATION of Seattle?

I hate these bastards.

GoFundMe is rife with problems anyway....how to vet who’s setting up and getting money? It’s the Craigslist of begging. You don’t know what you’re getting....and why should anyone get millions? Who stops it?

Didnt they fund those gazillions for BLM that those commie black b—— absconded with?


11 posted on 02/05/2022 3:31:06 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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“It shouldn’t be hard to create a conservative GoFundMe”

It’s very hard when the enemy controls the credit cards, banks, servers and marketing outlets.
12 posted on 02/05/2022 3:33:55 PM PST by RBW in PA
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To: Impala64ssa

Nope! SQA not nearly good enough. Then there’s no punishment for the attempt nor for tying up the money for a week or two. If the worst they face is the same as if they hadn’t tried, there’s no disincentive. File a chargeback with your cc. Then you get the money back (what do you want to bet they’ll have ‘glitches’ in the refunds?), and it’ll cost them $15. And they won’t try to stiff you for their fee, as if they had done what you paid them to do.


13 posted on 02/05/2022 3:34:04 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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Texas, now Fla investigating......GoFundMe may have some unanticipated consequences arising from their arbitrary decision that they hadn’t forseen.

That’s a real shame.


14 posted on 02/05/2022 3:34:28 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: TakebackGOP

Gosendgo


15 posted on 02/05/2022 3:35:50 PM PST by Striperman (Striperman)
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To: qaz123
There has to be some Conservatives in the tech industry that can start up competing entities.

Didn’t the guy that founded and ran Firefox get run out of the building because he leans a bit Right.


He founded, Brave, a competing browser with excellent ad blocking, but built on Chromium.
16 posted on 02/05/2022 3:36:26 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ( “to defend themselves, they are using the same weapons with which they were struck.”Pope St. Pius X)
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To: Impala64ssa

Go get em DeSantis


17 posted on 02/05/2022 3:37:11 PM PST by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: Impala64ssa
Can't wait for this guy to be president. Heads will explode.
18 posted on 02/05/2022 3:38:10 PM PST by McGruff (Trump/DeSantis 2024)
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To: qaz123

Givesendgo.com is great site.


19 posted on 02/05/2022 3:39:30 PM PST by Keen-Minded
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To: TakebackGOP

There already is. Has been posted on FR several places: GiveSendGo.


20 posted on 02/05/2022 3:40:13 PM PST by madison10
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