‘Thieving Scum’ - Conservatives Livid at GoFundMe After Millions 'Stolen' From Truckers; Alternative Fundraiser Raises $1.1M Overnight Before It’s Hit with Cyberattack | Zero HedgeConservatives are livid after GoFundMe caved to the Canadian government and canceled a massive donation campaign that had reached C$10 million (US$7.9M).
Initially, the San Francisco-based, left-wing crowd-funding site announced the truckers’ funds would be sent to “credible charities” of its choice unless donors manually applied for a refund by 2/19.
However, after a
social media uproar, involvement by governors and attorneys general in
FL,
GA,
LA,
WV,
OH,
TX, and
MO, the threat of thousands of
charge-back fees, and a flood negative reviews (Trust Pilot had to
suspend its GoFundMe review page), the BLM-sympathizer agreed to issue automatic refunds in a statement posted around 2AM ET Saturday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
tweeted: "
It is a fraud for @
gofundme to commandeer $9M in donations sent to support truckers and give it to causes of their own choosing," adding "I will work with @
AGAshleyMoody to investigate these deceptive practices — these donors should be given a refund."
Rep Jim. Jordan (R-OH)
pointed out that
"GoFundMe promoted the ANTIFA-occupied CHOP zone in Seattle, But they shut down fundraisers for truckers protesting
#COVID mandates."
GiveSendGo has stepped up to support the truckers, offering to host the
fundraiser on its site. The Freedom Convoy raised $1.1M on the new platform before the campaign was halted by hackers. GiveSendGo has said the site is currently inaccessible due to a DDOS attack.
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