Tesla founder Elon Musk slammed GoFundMe for hypocrisy after the fundraising web site minimize ties with a convoy of Canadian truckers who oppose vaccine mandates.
“Double-standard?” quipped Musk on Twitter, whereas sharing a screenshot of a June 2020 tweet GoFundMe posted in help of Seattle’s lawless CHOP, or the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, an “autonomous zone” the place riots broke out and police weren't permitted to enter.
He additionally known as GoFundMe “Skilled Thieves.”
1000's of truckers within the “Freedom Convoy” rolled into Ottawa on Jan. 29, lots of them blocking roads exterior of Parliament buildings, honking loudly and brandishing Canadian flags and “F–ok [Prime Minister Justin] Trudeau” banners.
GoFundMe blocked the discharge of just about $10 million in donations to the group earlier Friday, in reference to “the promotion of violence and harassment” through the Ottawa protest.
“We now have proof from regulation enforcement that the beforehand peaceable demonstration has turn out to be an occupation, with police reviews of violence and different illegal exercise,” GoFundMe wrote in a press release.
Donors have till Feb. 19 to ask for a refund, and the remainder of the cash the group raised can be allotted to “credible and established charities” chosen by Freedom Convoy organizers, the positioning mentioned.
On Wednesday, Fb took down a web page created by US truckers who had been planning to experience from California to Washington DC for the same protest.
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