As we previously wrote, the Freedom Convoy truckers in Canada had raised a tremendous amount of money for their support through GoFundMe. GoFundMe first paused the account to review it, then declared they weren’t going to give the truckers the money because “[w]e now have evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation with police reports of violence and unlawful activity.”
GoFundMe says no further funds will be distributed directly to the organizers of the Freedom Convoy protests. The crowdfunding firm says: 'We now have evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation.' Full statement: pic.twitter.com/wPNE2s01C4
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) February 4, 2022
GoFundMe said that people who had donated would have to apply to get their money back, and if they didn’t do it by the deadline of February 19, the money would be given to other causes GFM selected.
First, it should be noted this was not just a decision by GFM, it was precipitated by the liberal government to shut down protests that they didn’t like. Talk about a violation of free speech. Jim Watson, the liberal mayor of the city of Ottawa, admits they were behind it.
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I want to sincerely thank the team at @gofundme for listening to the plea made by the City and the Ottawa Police to no longer provide funds to the convoy organizers. 1/3— Jim Watson (@JimWatsonOttawa) February 4, 2022
Second, how hypocritical is it of GFM to claim that they will pull the money because it has “become an occupation,” when they tweeted in support of actions at the CHOP, the BLM occupation of an area of Seattle. They even did that in July 2020 — that was after the murders in the CHOP, including the shooting of two black teens, reportedly by BLM security. That’s not to mention all the other illegal activity in the area. BLM/Antifa can attack hundreds of cops across the U.S., but truckers honking their horns in Canada before 9 p.m. must be shut down, according to the liberal Canadian government of Justin Trudeau and Jim Watson.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now taking aim at GoFundMe, by dropping a hypocrisy bomb on them. He cites GoFundMe’s tweet supporting activities in the CHOP.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2022
Double-standard?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2022
The Twitter embed function cuts off the top of his tweet which shows it’s GFM’s tweet.
— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) February 5, 2022
He also was not shy about calling GFM “thieves.”
It’s not my money pic.twitter.com/IKRxhGo8wS
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2022
Now, after the backlash, as we reported earlier, GoFundMe decided that they were just going to automatically refund the money to the people who donated rather than play this game with the money. But they’re still taking it out of the pockets of the truckers to whom it was meant, and I think that’s what Musk was trying to say.
GoFundMe has long since proven it’s not a safe avenue for anyone to make donations because they are completely political in their approach. The convoy has started a new fundraiser at GiveSendGo, a Christian funding site. It’s already racked up a lot of money just since yesterday, as they note. The link is down now. If you want to donate, make sure you have the correct account.
We have been under heavy DDOS and bot attacks. In spite of all of this we still have managed to raise funds 5X faster than the gfm did. GFM raised 10mil in 3 weeks. GSG campaign has already raised over 1.1mil in just over 12 hours!
— GiveSendGo (@GiveSendGo) February 5, 2022
Rumble is offering to help out.
We are hearing, but have not validated, that @GiveSendGo is experiencing server issues and a possible denial of service attack.
If true, Rumble would be happy to help in anyway we can. We have equipment and engineers on standby, please feel free to reach out.
— Rumble (@rumblevideo) February 5, 2022
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