Posted on 01/25/2022 12:14:22 PM PST by george76
The 'Freedom Convoy 2022' GoFundMe page stated clearly that the money will go toward the cost of 'fuel, food and lodgings to help ease the pressures of this arduous task.'.
Fundraising website GoFundMe has frozen access to over $4 million raised for the trucker convoy headed to Ottawa in protest of Canada’s vaccine mandates. The fundraising platform is still accepting donations to the campaign, but it is unclear at this stage when the group will have access to the money.
“We require that fundraisers be transparent about the flow of funds and have a clear plan for how those funds will be spent. In this case, we are in touch with the organizer to verify that information,” Rachel Hollis, a spokeswoman for the crowdfunding platform, said in an email. “Funds will be safely held until the organizer is able to provide the documentation to our team about how funds will be properly distributed.”
The “Freedom Convoy 2022” GoFundMe page stated clearly that the money will go toward the cost of “fuel, food and lodgings to help ease the pressures of this arduous task.”
“We are taking our fight to the doorsteps of our Federal Government and demanding that they cease all mandates against its people. Small businesses are being destroyed, homes are being destroyed, and people are being mistreated and denied fundamental necessities to survive.”
According to Canadian media, as of Tuesday morning over 55,000 people had donated over 4.2 million dollars to the campaign which seeks to put an end to the dictatorial COVID-19 mandates that have been imposed on Canadians nationwide. Of particular concern was the implementation of Justin Trudeau’s federal vaccine mandate for truckers that barred “unvaccinated” truckers from making cross border deliveries.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, “Freedom Convoy 2022” has garnered massive support in the last 10 days, with more than 50,000 trucks currently driving from Western Canada to the nation’s capital of Ottawa in protest over COVID-19 measures, including vaccine mandates, vaccine passports, and lockdowns.
Tamara Lich, the creator of the GoFundMe campaign, stated that she and the other organizers have the situation with GoFundMe “covered,” while also alluding to the fact that she is not surprised GoFundMe took this action.
“When they’re scared, the first thing they’re going to try to do is come after your money. And when that doesn’t work, they’re going to try and shut us down,” wrote Lich on social media.
This is not the first time GoFundMe has suppressed a campaign that had a political bent contrary to the mainstream narrative.
Last September, a Texas father named Ernest Ramirez launched a campaign to raise funds after his teenage son died suddenly after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. His campaign was deleted by GoFundMe under the guise of “prohibited conduct.”
Back in 2018, GoFundMe canceled the campaign of a persecuted priest who had come under fire for standing up to the “LGBTQ” agenda in defense of authentic Catholic teaching, claiming that the campaign was “homophobic.”
As a result of consistent deplatforming done by fundraising websites like GoFundMe, LifeSiteNews has created LifeFunder for the purpose of reliably raising money for causes not approved by other platforms.
Canada declared them a terrorist organization.
big mistake using gofundme. are there honest brokers out there?
GoFu**Me is a tool of the Deep State.
Should change their name to GoF-—Me!
Why do people use that worthless GoFundMe site to rise funds? Those people are despicable and need to be ignored by everyone except the leftists creeps they represent.
Does GoFundMe use this procedure with other GoFundMe accounts?
If they will not allow the funds to be disbursed or accessed,
it’s simple theft.
I can see a massive class action lawsuit here.
What a bunch of 💩. Can the truckers sue them.
If that $FJB cyrpto becomes easy to access, then all the platform stability risk goes away.
[shouting mode on]
WERE YOU NOT TOLD TO GET THAT FUND RASING OFF GO-FUND-ME??
(REDUNANT QUESTION)
ITS LIKE CHARLIE BROWN TRYING TO KICK THE DAMN FOOTBALL THAT LUCY IS HOLDING! WHEN WILL WE LEARN??
[shouting mode off]
They have no problem raising money for sex change operations though, even for children.
If it where the USA, the FBI would be busy sending fake members and plants into the organization.
Since its Canada, the CIA will do it
Looks like this is another web based process the conservatives and or Trump need to setup ASAP!!!
In other cases I've seen, After (I assume) the FBI and police have collected all the info they want on donors, etc from GoFundMe - the money is returned to the donors.
So Gofundme freezes their assets and reaps the rewards of interest on that money?
this is what has me thinking, over the last year or so, that the best course is just to burn all the governments down and start over. NO ONE that is in power is worth have a shit anyways, so you might as well get rid of them.
Can’t speak to their honesty and politics but here’s a list of the best ones (Gofundme is not on it).
Bonfire for t-shirt fundraisers
Classy for nonprofits
Fundly for crowdfunding campaigns
Edco for school and team fundraisers
Double the Donation for gift matching programs
Kindful for donor management
Fundable for business fundraisers
Indiegogo for innovative technology
Kickstarter for creative project fundraising
Kiva for crowdfunding loans
Experiment for scientific research crowdfunding
DonorsChoose for teacher and classroom fundraisers
DoJiggy for fundraising events
https://blog.bonfire.com/best-fundraising-websites/
Never, ever used GoFundMe for anything political. They are a tool of the Left.
Anybody still stupid enough to send money to GoFundMe deserves to lose the money...
This crap has been going on for a long time, but the sheeple keep on letting themselves get sheared...
It is amazing how the left manages to get control of pretty much everything. News, entertainment , education , advertising, pro sports , non profits, everything
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