https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-n...ser-trump-s-border-wall-has-fake-news-n950636
Brian Kolfage told NBC News he didn’t want to mention his previous projects because he “didn’t want it to be a distraction.”
An internet fundraiser for Donald Trump’s border wall took in more than $7 million from over 131,000 donors by early Thursday evening.
The Florida man behind the GoFundMe page, a triple-amputee Iraq War veteran named Brian Kolfage, spent a large portion of the fundraising campaign’s description outlining his past, including a bolded section titled “How do you know this is not a scam?”
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"The fundraising page doesn’t mention Kolfage’s most recent business venture, a Facebook page titled Right Wing News and a ring of affiliate sites that frequently trafficked in conspiracy theories. In October, Right Wing News was pulled down by Facebook in a sweep of more than 559 pages that the company said were “using fake accounts… to drive traffic to their websites” or “were ad farms using Facebook to mislead people into thinking that they were forums for legitimate political debate.”
Another group started by Kolfage is Fight4FreeSpeech & it also is in the donation-trolling business.
People sending this guy money should first question his motives & his sincerity.
Aren't we assured that all GoFundMe causes are 100% legitimate? Surely, nobody could just pocket the funds or divert them to other uses.
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But Kolfage's intentions were questioned by a recent BuzzFeed News article alleging he used his position to push right-wing conspiracy theories and false stories on a number of conservative media sites.
Kolfage said in an email to The Arizona Republicon Sunday afternoon that the article was intentionally trying to smear his image. He said he plans to take legal action against BuzzFeed.
He said the claims were fabricated and provided multiple screenshots showing what he described as "fake" Facebook accounts posting under his name.
"I would NEVER say those things," he added.
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With all due respect, this GoFundMe effort is going nowhere.
With all due respect it has already raised $17,057,257 by 280,751 people in 8 days. https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall
Aren't we assured that all GoFundMe causes are 100% legitimate? Surely, nobody could just pocket the funds or divert them to other uses.
And what percentage of the wall would that be?
And what percentage of the wall would that be?
More than ZERO which it has been. :shrug:
With all due respect, this GoFundMe effort is going nowhere.
A few hundred yards at most out of roughly 2K miles. Sound like a con?
And what percentage of the wall would that be?
No. It's going into this guy's pocket.
And what percentage of the wall would that be?
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-n...ser-trump-s-border-wall-has-fake-news-n950636
Brian Kolfage told NBC News he didn’t want to mention his previous projects because he “didn’t want it to be a distraction.”
An internet fundraiser for Donald Trump’s border wall took in more than $7 million from over 131,000 donors by early Thursday evening.
The Florida man behind the GoFundMe page, a triple-amputee Iraq War veteran named Brian Kolfage, spent a large portion of the fundraising campaign’s description outlining his past, including a bolded section titled “How do you know this is not a scam?”
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"The fundraising page doesn’t mention Kolfage’s most recent business venture, a Facebook page titled Right Wing News and a ring of affiliate sites that frequently trafficked in conspiracy theories. In October, Right Wing News was pulled down by Facebook in a sweep of more than 559 pages that the company said were “using fake accounts… to drive traffic to their websites” or “were ad farms using Facebook to mislead people into thinking that they were forums for legitimate political debate.”
Another group started by Kolfage is Fight4FreeSpeech & it also is in the donation-trolling business.
People sending this guy money should first question his motives & his sincerity.
No not really. You're just butthurt that this is turning into the most successful GoFundMe campaign ever and it's for something you hate.
It's not like you aren't completely transparent in your motives.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-n...ser-trump-s-border-wall-has-fake-news-n950636
Brian Kolfage told NBC News he didn’t want to mention his previous projects because he “didn’t want it to be a distraction.”
An internet fundraiser for Donald Trump’s border wall took in more than $7 million from over 131,000 donors by early Thursday evening.
The Florida man behind the GoFundMe page, a triple-amputee Iraq War veteran named Brian Kolfage, spent a large portion of the fundraising campaign’s description outlining his past, including a bolded section titled “How do you know this is not a scam?”
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"The fundraising page doesn’t mention Kolfage’s most recent business venture, a Facebook page titled Right Wing News and a ring of affiliate sites that frequently trafficked in conspiracy theories. In October, Right Wing News was pulled down by Facebook in a sweep of more than 559 pages that the company said were “using fake accounts… to drive traffic to their websites” or “were ad farms using Facebook to mislead people into thinking that they were forums for legitimate political debate.”
Another group started by Kolfage is Fight4FreeSpeech & it also is in the donation-trolling business.
People sending this guy money should first question his motives & his sincerity.
He's relying on suckers not looking very deeply into his background and motives.
And I see that it's working.
He's relying on suckers not looking very deeply into his background and motives.
And I see that it's working.
He's relying on suckers not looking very deeply into his background and motives.
And I see that it's working.
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