Texas AG Ken Paxton Comes Down on GoFundMe Over ‘Deceitful’ Termination of Ottawa Trucker Fundraiser – Opinion

When GoFundMe shut down the fundraiser for the Canadian truckers currently protesting in Ottawa, everyone knew it was clearly a politically motivated move by big tech companies, especially after their given excuse was that the fundraiser violated policies over “threats of violence and harassment.,” a claim that still contains no solid evidence to it.

This is also highly unfair considering the fact that left-leaning groups that cause violence such as Black Lives Matter have never had the same result. In fact, there is an ongoing drive right now for a Black Lives Matter charity that wishes to engage in “civil disobedience and disruption.”

It got worse when GoFundMe announced that it would manually return funds to donors that request them back, but unclaimed money will then go to “approved” charities. GoFundMe effectively announced that it was going to steal $10 million from one charity, and give it to charities they feel deserve it. Professional thievery, according to Elon Musk.

Sadly for GoFundMe, it’s not something that they’re just going to get away with as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching an investigation into the “deceitful” practices at the tech company.

According to the New York Post, Paxton said that many Texans donated to the fund and as such, he’s going to make sure their money goes where it needs to go:

“GoFundMe’s response to an anti-mandate, pro-liberty movement should ring alarm bells to anyone using the donation platform and, more broadly, any American wanting to protect their constitutional rights,” Paxton said in a statement. The site’s shutdown of the pro-trucker fundraising page alarmed some conservative groups.

“Many Texans donated to this worthy cause,” Paxton added. “I am acting to protect Texas consumers so that they know where their hard-earned money is going, rather than allowing GoFundMe to divert money to another cause without the consent of Texas citizens. I will get to the bottom of this deceitful action.”

Paxton isn’t the only official going after GoFundMe. In an effort to determine whether state laws have been broken in the switch, Florida’s Attorney General and Louisiana Attorney General are also pursuing Paxton.

For Texas’s part, the investigation requires GoFundMe to produce documents related to the charity with no redactions.

RedState will keep you updated on the progress of these investigations.