AUSTIN — The Texas attorney general’s office is investigating GoFundMe after the site shut down a fundraiser for protesters fighting COVID-19 vaccine...
Organizers of the GoFundMe campaign had raised about $7.8 million to support the “Freedom Convoy” before the site suspended it following reports of unlawful activity.
FILE- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media at the DPS headquarters on,\ Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco, Texas. The false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump and protecting future election results loom large over this year’s races for state attorneys general. Candidates who support Trump’s position are angling to unseat Democratic incumbents in political swing states – and in some cases, knock out moderate attorneys general in GOP primaries.
In a statement Wednesday, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton said the company’s actions “should ring alarm bells to anyone using the donation platform and, more broadly, any American wanting to protect their constitutional rights.” Protestors descended on the Canadian capital of Ottawa last week to rail against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic public health measures. The so-called “Freedom Convoy” has attracted support of high profile U.S. Republicans, but sparked backlash from local residents who are upset by the blaring horns, traffic gridlock and harassment, according
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