REPEAT: A GoFundMe campaign raised $20 million for a border wall—now all of the funds will be returned
...The fund raiser has not been shut down...
The U.S. government shutdown has now lasted 21 days, tying for the longest shutdown in U.S. history. If it continues to Saturday, it will be the longest.
Much of the shutdown can be attributed to a standoff over President Donald Trump's demands for $5.7 billion in appropriations to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
In December, Brian Kolfage, a veteran and self-described motivational speaker, launched an ambitious GoFundMe campaign to raise $1 billion for the proposed wall. The campaign, titled "We The People Will Build the Wall," raised $20 million from 337,518 people in 25 days, and has been shared nearly 100,000 times.
But Business Insider reports that the funds will now be returned to donors. Bobby Whithorne, a GoFundMe spokesman, told the publication that Kolfage promised donors at the campaign's outset that donations would be used to fund the wall, if the proposed $1 billion was raised. "However, that did not happen," Whithorne said. "This means all donors will receive a refund."
"When I created this fundraiser, I said if we did not reach our goal we will refund donors," Kolfage wrote in an update posted to the campaign's page earlier today. "I am honoring that commitment today. If you want a refund for your donation, no need to do anything. You will receive your refund a few weeks after the 90 days expires and GoFundMe will notify you once your refund has processed. If you would prefer a refund now, you can request that here: https://bit.ly/2smynWq.";
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