The page was set up by Brian Kolfage, a triple-amputee Air Force veteran who received the Purple Heart.
“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. 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,” his page reads.
He noted that the U.S. government has accepted large private donations in the past, citing billionaire David Rubenstein’s $7.5 million contribution to repair cracks in the Washington Monument in 2012 following an earthquake.
By the morning of Dec. 20, the GoFundMe hit $4 million, and by the late afternoon, it was $7 million. More than 120,000 people have contributed to the fund so far.
“If the 63 million people who voted for Trump each pledge $80, we can build the wall,” Kolfage said on the page. He added that it equates to about $5 billion and said that “even if we get half, that’s half the wall.“ He added, ”We can do this.”
One-hundred percent of the donations, he said “will go to the Trump Wall,” he is “working with a law firm on a legal document that will bind the government to [use] the funds for the border wall itself, nothing else.”
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Kolfage said he wanted to let donors or potential donors know that it isn’t a scam.GoFundMe is paying attention to the campaign, it confirmed.