Posted on 01/13/2019 2:08:29 AM PST by Altura Ct.
Brian Kolfage, a triple amputee Air Force veteran who started a crowdsourcing campaign to raise money to pay for a border wall, told Breitbart News Saturday media reports the effort has failed are fake news.
Following Kolfage’s announcement about the 501(c)3, We Build The Wall, Inc., the leftist media said all of the money donated to the GoFundMe campaign would be refunded.
In fact, the spokesperson for the fundraising website said that the donations would be automatically refunded if the campaign doesn’t reach its $1 billion goal, unless donors specifically direct their contribution to the new organization. “The money is not being refunded,” Kolfage told Breitbart News Washington Editor Matt Boyle on Breitbart News Saturday. “I made a promise to everybody if we didn’t hit one billion we would refund the money.” “I’m giving people the chance to opt out of this and get their money back if they don’t want to move forward in building the wall to protect the American people,” Kolfage said, adding that “100 percent” of the money collected on the GoFundMe site or through the non-profit would go for construction of the wall.
Kolfage said the “dream team” that’s been assembled is working with people on the border to achieve border security that the government has failed to put in place.
“We’re going to build the wall mile by mile on private property for half the cost of what the government is currently paying,” Kolfage said.
“We have farmers, ranchers, landowners who want the wall and they are lining up for us to build the wall on their property right now,” Kolfage said. “And that is what we’re doing.”
Kolfage also denied the media claim that his intention is furthering his own fortune.
“I am taking zero salary and zero compensation on this entire project,”
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“Angel Dad” Steve Ronnebeck — Mr. Ronnebeck lost his 21-year-old son Grant, who was brutally executed by a criminal illegal immigrant over for a pack of cigarettes while working at a convenience store in 2015. Steve has dedicated himself to protecting other families from suffering needless tragedies at the hands of people who have no business being here in the first place through his work with the Ronnebeck Foundation.
“Angel Mom” Mary Ann Mendoza — Ms. Mendoza lost her son Brandon in 2014 after his police car was hit by an intoxicated driver who was in the U.S. illegally. She is one of several parents who have been meeting with President Trump about how to tighten restrictions on immigrants in the country illegally.
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Disgusting so-called “news media”. It must terrify them to see all those little donations add up to over 20 million dollars already.
The Pelosi,Schumer, Democrat Party Meida went wild yesterday, including “Fox News Channel” which followed suit by lying to its viewers that the “We’re Going To Build The Wall” was shut down and donations were to be returned to donors
Fact is: Donations increased from $20,000,000.00 to $20,500,000 in just over 24 hours. The USAF, Vet, Brian Kolfage “build the Southern Border Wall” GoFundMe effort is alive well & thriving.
Shame on the Media and its hunger to post & print “Fake News” Go, Brain Kolfage, Go, POTUS, Donald J. Trump. The vast majority of the American people support you and have your backs. God bless you!!! Keep donating folks, whatever amount your donation is.
When I read the headline from the enemedia that the Gofundme Wall money would be refunded I was very suspicious that this was a fake news story.
It appears my instincts were correct.
Every excuse in the book to Smear him from lies to scam. The new site still leads back to the original GoFundME, which is over $20.40 Million as of this morning. They do need to detach from gofundme so there is NO fee to donate. That can be beaten by check to the address provided.
My best friend’s Grand daughter was Molested by 1 in Memphis, TN, they are in trial phase and this is a DEM sanctuary city, and all that will happen will be deportation at best.
It would be good to get Officer Shigh family on board and more Victims Make it a Memorial to the Victims of Illegals, they deserve to be known.
WE ARE BUILDING THE WALL!!! Do NOT listen to the LYING liberal media!
We have changed mission from we Fund the wall to we BUILD the wall. We will build the wall mile by mile for HALF the cost. We have private landowners lining up to get the wall built!
If you want to continue on we just need you to OPT IN by clicking here https://bit.ly/2SIQyBg
Team http://webuildthewall.us/team/?fbclid=IwAR1ja4DY8ffl1dXvjEMHdNDylnlhrTXL6BYoFpou_BcuUWZLEAnEHfJ5PyU
Trump needs to publicly thank them for their efforts and continued support.
He needs to mention it is now a private effort as the government can not accept the funds but it is moving ahead full steam as a private citizen funded project.
(thats the way I interpret it)
That will end all that BS
Invite him to state of union address.
Fake news trying to subvert the will of the people again!
Once they break ground and start showing actual results, expect donations to increase exponentially
I transferred my donation to the 501(c). Easy-peasy. We’ve raised over $20M in less than a month.
Chip in people!
I went out and told them to allow my donation to go into the new venue.
I also told them to keep my donation and build the wall.
You think he should let Congress off the hook? On what planet does that make sense?
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