The crowdfunding campaign to build a wall on the southern border surpassed the $6million mark by Thursday afternoon after the triple-amputee organizer Brian Kolfage pushed efforts.
His fundraising mission started accepting checks four days after it first launched, following a notice earlier that day telling those who wanted to donate that a PO Box would be available to send in contributions.
Kolfage's GoFundMe didn't reflect the numbers for those who planned on sending in their donations. Adamant not to hinder the amount of money received he warned page visitors not to make donations in celebrity or politician names because they would be refunded.
The total had more than quadrupled in less than 24 hours by late Thursday morning when it hit $4million. The increase in funds was vast considering the campaign only raised $800,000 in the first three days.
Day four saw more than 100,000 Americans rush to hand over money to help President Donald Trump build his wall, some managing a token $5 and other a more significant $250.
A crowdfunding campaign to build a wall on the southern border had raised $6million in just four days by Thursday
The campaign was launched on Sunday by Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage (above)
Kolfage also used the website to promote his forthcoming TV appearances.
Conservatives exasperated with Trump's never-ending quest to secure funding for the wall were quick to pony up cash for the campaign, which was launched by an Iraq war vet.
But it begged the question of why some aren't so quick to use their money to help the needy.
Others criticized those donating for thinking the wall was going to protect them any time soon as they predicted that it could take 50 years to come to fruition based on the current rate.
It came as Trump appeared to back down from threats of a government shutdown to secure the $5billion he wants for the wall, signalling he would sign the last spending bill he will get from a Republican-controlled Congress for the rest of his term without the desired wall money.
Border hawks were furious at the perceived betrayal, with arch-conservative pundit Ann Coulter tweeting: 'In fairness to Trump, maybe we misheard him in 2016. Maybe he said the southern border needed a big, beautiful mall.'
The sting for conservatives was deepened by an announcement on Tuesday that the U.S. will increase aid to Mexico and Central America to $10.6billion.
'This GoFundMe should be proof that the wall was not some 'metaphor' for Trump's base; failure to deliver on this promise will have dire consequences in 2020,' wrote Jon Levine, media editor at The Wrap.
Liberals meanwhile mocked the GoFundMe as evidence of Trump supporters' gullibility, gloating that federal funding for Trump's signature proposal is looking increasingly less likely.
'Hard to imagine something dumber than this but I guess there's still time before the rapture,' wrote Molly Jong-Fast, a columnist for the Jewish publication The Forward.
'We're gonna build the wall and GoFundMe is gonna pay for it,' another Twitter user jeered, mocking Trump's campaign promise that Mexico would pay for the wall.
The campaign was launched on Sunday by Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage.
The 37-year-old triple-amputee created the GoFundMe account titled We The People Will Fund The Wall, which quickly began raking in donations.
'It's up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling,' the page reads. 'If the 63 million people who voted for Trump each pledge $80, we can build the wall.'
The fundraising page says it has contacted the Trump Administration to secure a point of contact where all the funds will go, but adds it has 'many very high level contacts already helping'.
'As a veteran who has given so much, 3 limbs, I feel deeply invested to this nation to ensure future generations have everything we have today,' the page says, elaborating on Kolfage's history as a Purple Heart Medal recipient.
The married father-of-two lost both legs and his right arm in a 2004 insurgent attack in Iraq.
Purple Heart recipient Brian Kolfage, 37, created the page and said: 'It's up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling'
Transgender LGBTQ woman creates Ladders to Get Over Trump's Wall GoFundMe
Charlotte Clymer started an initiative to raise $100million for the Texas non-profit organization Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services
Another army veteran on Thursday started a rival GoFundMe page titled Ladders to Get Over Trump's Wall.
In response to Twitter user The Horse Whisperer's challenge to troll the current crowdfunding efforts, Washington DC-based Charlotte Clymer started an initiative to raise $100million for the Texas non-profit organization Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES).
She posted on the crowdfunding website: 'We saw some folks are raising money for a border wall to keep out our migrant siblings and fellow human beings, who are fleeing violence and persecution and whose tragically-underpaid labor is essential to the U.S. economy. Seems like a bad idea on countless levels for everyone involved. Maybe we should focus on human rights and creating a community that reflects our supposed values.
Another army veteran on Thursday started a rival GoFundMe page titled Ladders to Get Over Trump's Wall
'And even though at a rate of $1.7million daily, it would take their fund about 35 years to raise the $21.7billion that Trump's own Dept. of Homeland Security says would be needed to build said wall, we wanna make sure ladders are ready to send over to our undocumented friends and help them.'
The page created by the transgender woman who is a writer for the LGBT advocacy group Human Rights Campaign raised $5,339 in the first eight hours.
The page created by the transgender woman who is a writer for the LGBT advocacy group Human Rights Campaign raised $5,339 in the first eight hours
'Too many Americans have been murdered by illegal aliens and too many illegals are taking advantage of the United States taxpayers with no means of ever contributing to our society,' it continues.
Kolfage says his grandparents immigrated to the US legally, adding, 'they did it the correct way and it's time we uphold our laws and get this wall BUILT!'
'It's up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling,' the page says.
Meanwhile, President Trump on Wednesday claimed the military would build his border wall and Mexico would pay for it - indirectly under the new trade agreement.
The married Florida father-of-two lost both legs and his arm in 2004 insurgent attack in Iraq
Trump said Wednesday the new trade deal means Mexico will pay for his wall
'Mexico is paying (indirectly) for the Wall through the new USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA! Far more money coming to the U.S. Because of the tremendous dangers at the Border, including large scale criminal and drug inflow, the United States Military will build the Wall!,' he tweeted.
His declaration comes after the White House ditched its demand for $5 billion in funding for the border wall amid negotiations to keep the government open.
Trump also vowed on Wednesday he 'will win on the wall' after the White House signaled it was ditching its demand for $5 billion in funding for his signature issue.
'One way or the other, we will win on the Wall!,' Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning as the clock ticked toward Friday's partial government shutdown.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday the administration's legal team was looking into whether the White House could redirect funds to build the border wall.
'Too many Americans have been murdered by illegal aliens and too many illegals are taking advantage of the United States taxpayers,' Kolfage said on the GoFundMe page
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Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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