![]() ![]() While that organizer’s Facebook profile appears authentic (albeit Canadian), other prominent organizers seem less-than-grassroots. Some want to go right now, Some say Feb 12th, Some March 1st or March 7th. “It’s hard as there are so many groups right now trying to figure out what to do. “We are working to try and get something going,” the Canadian-run fundraiser description reads. The fundraiser that’s raised $69,000, for instance, is ambiguous about where and when a U.S. You've got calls for rallies at state capitals and of course, calls to start convoys that have an endpoint in Washington, D.C.” Other groups saying that the trucks should go to the southern border and make a statement there. “You've got some groups trying to encourage people to go to the Super Bowl and cause a scene there. “One of the big hurdles that has prevented anything from really getting off the ground is a lack of common agreement on what it would look like,” Holt said. The group has, nevertheless, offered fuel reimbursements for truckers who attend its California event. Please research who you are sending your money to if you are in other groups and make sure they are legit.” If that changes, it will be posted here and our Facebook group. “THIS group has NO funding accounts or donation links posted. “We want to very clear that at this point,” a group administrator, who did not return a request for comment, wrote in early February. The group has also distanced itself from fundraisers. Meanwhile, the movement’s closest thing to a lead organizer (a Facebook group with nearly 60,000 members) has proposed a California rally on March 4 and 5, but has announced no firm plans for a road trip. ![]() in late February, arriving after the beginning of March. On Thursday night, a conference call of would-be planners announced intentions to start driving from California to D.C. convoy has no official planners or itinerary. “Freedom Convoy.” In a 45,000-member Telegram group for the American convoy, one T-shirt manufacturer stated that he was actually based in Israel, not the U.S. The money-making campaign has even spread to merchandising sites like Etsy, where a number of hastily drawn stickers and T-shirts celebrate a still non-existent U.S. convoys have subsequently flooded cryptocurrency sites, but few seem to have attracted donations.) One, for Canadian truckers, has raised more than $713,000. After the GoFundMe ban (which the company attributed to lack of a clear distribution model for funds), new campaigns cropped up on cryptocurrency exchanges. Other, alternative fundraisers have also asked U.S. A third, which does not even advertise an affiliated Facebook group, has raised nearly $4,000. fundraiser, affiliated with a small Facebook group, has raised more than $8,000, some of which will be spent on “event location facilities,” even though the group has not announced any events, dates, or locations. That fundraiser joins a crowd of cash-grabs on GiveSendGo. The man could not be reached for comment, but has purchased three domain names for “Convoy to D.C.” websites. Instead, his social media indicates that he is a Canadian mental health counselor. fundraisers, which had amassed more than $69,000 as of Thursday, is neither American nor a trucker. But it’s unclear whether any have firm links to organized protests. Ron DeSantis tweeted last week, calling on GoFundMe to issue refunds, even though the company had already pledged to do so.Īfter GoFundMe pulled the plug on convoy fundraisers, supporters launched new campaigns on GiveSendGo, a Christian crowdfund site. “It is a fraud for to commandeer $9M in donations sent to support truckers and give it to causes of their own choosing,” Florida Gov. politicians announced investigations into the closure. When GoFundMe banned those fundraisers for violating terms of service, U.S. Although not all donors listed their locations, 52 percent of locatable donors in the CTV analysis were U.S.-based. Analysis from Canada’s CTV News this week suggested that American donors were outpacing Canadians. dollars flooded pro-convoy coffers on the crowdfunding site GoFundMe this month. ![]() ![]() right, especially when it comes to funding the Canadian cause. Still, the Canadian convoy has become a cause célèbre on the U.S. “Other prominent convoy-promoters appear to be fraudulent Facebook accounts.” ![]()
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