The “Freedom Convoy” campaign has become one of the largest in the platform’s history and is funding the massive trucker protest despite concerns from Canadian law enforcement.
the mega"We the People Will Build the Wall" campaign after organizer Brian Kolfage changed the terms for how the money would be used. It’s possible that GoFundMe is now asking how organizers plan to use the millions in donations since the amount raised would far exceed what's necessary to cover food and transportation for truckers. And while pausing the campaign and putting it under review significantly hinders its fundraising, it does not end it.
At the time of its creation, GoFundMe said the Freedom Convoy campaign did not violate its rules regarding violence.But Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly called out demonstrators who had committed crimes and said police would be escalating their enforcement actions. “Residents have been the victims of intense noise, threatening behavior, vitriol, and hatred that has no place in our city or anywhere,” he said. “My message to the unlawful demonstrators is clear: there are consequences, and there will be more to come.”
Demonstrators in the Canadian capital, who have said they’ll stay there indefinitely and have the funds to do so, have rebuked President Justin Trudeau and other politicians for what they describe as tyranny and taking away their liberties. “It’s everything, everything,” B.J. Dichter, a co-organizer of the GoFundMe campaign and spokesperson for the convoy, said of the movement to some reporters on Sunday. Dichter has also been making the rounds on conservative media, speaking to
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