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| GoFundMe Seizes $10 Million of Trucker Protest Fundraising |
| 2022-02-05 |
| Continuing yesterday's Page 3 story. [Epoch Times] GoFundMe says it won’t be giving the C$10 million ($8 million USD) raised to support the truckers protesting COVID-19 mandates to the organizers anymore, saying it will instead work with the organizers to send the funds to "established charities verified by GoFundMe." "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," the fundraising platform said in a statement on Feb. 4. I don't trust GoFundMe. Do you? GoFundMe added that it has "evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity." Occupations are only allowed in US Democratically-controlled cities. John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) which is providing legal representation for the organizers, told The Epoch Times that the linking of protesters to violent or unlawful activity is unfounded. "I would like to see what evidence there is," Carpay said. "That’s political spin." In a Feb. 4 post on Twitter, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson thanked GoFundMe for "listening to the plea made by the City and the Ottawa Police to no longer provide funds to the convoy organizers." The organizers have now set up an alternate donation site on GiveSendGo, which they say will ensure the money gets to the protesters. The donation site had raised over $175,000 in just a few hours after its creation. Related: GoFundMe: 2022-02-04 GoFundMe Pauses Truckers Campaign at $10 Million (Canadian) GoFundMe: 2022-01-30 Beautiful 8-year-old girl brought to US to escape cartels' crime shot dead by gangbanger on probation for 3 carjackings in Chicago GoFundMe: 2021-12-04 BLM activist gets up to 9.5 years for role in using mortar fireworks to burn officers at a BLM riot |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #16 Here it is: BREAKING UPDATE: After Massive Backlash, GoFundMe Announces They Will Now Issue Automatic Refunds to Donors of Trucker’s Freedom Convoy |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2022-02-05 14:58 |
| #15 Twitchy has the latest on getting refunds from GoFundMe if you donated to the Freedom Convoy here. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-02-05 14:56 |
| #14 Last I heard GoFuckMe was going to refund all the donations automatically. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2022-02-05 14:17 |
| #13 I left off the link. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2022-02-05 13:50 |
| #12 GoFundMe is very selective on how they apply their "Standards". |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2022-02-05 13:47 |
| #11 Yes. Not every state's AG is in the Soros orbit. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-05 12:29 |
| #10 There's a buzz that GA. and Florida are going to open investigations into this. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-02-05 12:25 |
| #9 I've read people are having trouble accessing GiveSendGo online. This may be a "situational" DDOS, with great numbers of people trying to sign on all at once. |
| Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2022-02-05 10:43 |
| #8 But the one I was involved with came out and basically said, "If you don't believe in Black Lives Matter and all they do, you can piss off." That's OK. Got it. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-02-05 10:32 |
| #7 I don't know why anyone would use the statist bootlicker GoFundMe. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-02-05 10:12 |
| #6 I suspect their legal department told them having a bunch of states' AGs on their backs for fraud might be bad for business. Me, I'd attribute this to not wanting to piss off the credit card companies ala #5, rather than running afoul of Soros AGs. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-02-05 09:58 |
| #5 And having worked for a credit card processor for nearly five years, I can tell you that is a legitimate use of charge back. Plus if you more than 3-4, the processor typically boots you from their service. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-02-05 09:44 |
| #4 Found on Gab: "If you donated to the GoFundMe for the Freedom Convoy 2022 do NOT request a refund. Call your bank (or credit card company) and request a chargeback for services not rendered. This will charge GoFundMe up to $35 per incident - potentially costing GoFundMe millions of dollars for their shenanigans." |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-02-05 09:02 |
| #3 So GO F'Me has the final say.. if the $$$$$ is in line with greater agenda DEPENDING if its for the far left, or against it? What about the $$$$ that they handled for the Democrats riots, Anti-FA, BLOM, FAL-CHE-ISM (sp), LAW VIOLATIONS. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-02-05 08:55 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-02-05 08:00 |
| #1 According to this, they have decided to refund all to original donors. I suspect their legal department told them having a bunch of states' AGs on their backs for fraud might be bad for business. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-05 08:00 |