"I Felt Dirty": Former Employees Of The Veteran Crowdfunding Trump's Wall Say He Pushed Fake News To

[ABX]

Well this is an interesting twist....  it may be why he is shutting it down (another thread on that).

"He never wanted the truth. It was all just for clicks, and the more inflammatory, the better," a former employee said. "I felt dirty writing the stuff.”....

....The veteran has also spearheaded other crowdfunding ventures over the years, raising thousands of dollars on GoFundMe with the promise of helping mentor fellow vets at military hospitals, but spokespersons for the medical centers said they have no record of Kolfage working at their facilities or donating any money.
Lindsay Lowery, who goes by the alias Prissy Holly, worked for Kolfage’s main conservative news website, Freedom Daily, for about a year in 2017 as Trump’s presidency began to take shape and the world of fake news on Facebook remained largely unabated......

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“After I started challenging some of his business decisions that I felt were reckless for the company and for my career, the real Brian emerged,” she told BuzzFeed News. “Everything is only about his ‘war hero’ persona and money. If there’s a perceived slight on his part, he viciously attacks people...and, in my case, tries to destroy their life and livelihood.”
BuzzFeed News reviewed a cache of internal emails and text messages from several of Kolfage’s former employees and acquaintances that show how he pushed to sensationalize and fabricate right-wing content on Facebook to amass clicks, manipulate users, and in the process, make hundreds of thousands of dollars a month in advertising revenue. In one text, he claimed to run a “multi-million business.”.....

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/veteran-trump-wall-brian-kolfage-immigration-facebook?fbclid=IwAR08EOI7r5oSPmCu2XaCPRbdi7wVmkqarJDPTkEivCX9-Xo2pPZwd5M5FTM

[Applewood]

So why isn't this guy in jail for fraud?

[jmyrlefuller]

So they ran to Buzzfeed.

Right.

This gossip piece is just their attempt at "LOL, conservatives are so gullible" bullcrap.

[mountaineer]

Lindsay Lowery, who goes by the alias Prissy Holly

She's a porn actress? Who has an alias?

[edpc]

She's a porn actress? Who has an alias?

Allahpundit and Tyler Durden?

[kevindavis007]

This reminds me of the Minuteman group scam..

[Restored]

I pretty much view any GoFundMe as a scam these days. A family member started one for a friend who was "down" (Southern for "won't walk"). Member claimed "She is always doing for everybody else and now we need to do for her". It turned out that "doing" was cleaning houses for cash so it wouldn't affect her The Disability. Member used the money to buy friend cigarettes.

[Applewood]

I pretty much view any GoFundMe as a scam these days. A family member started one for a friend who was "down" (Southern for "won't walk"). Member claimed "She is always doing for everybody else and now we need to do for her". It turned out that "doing" was cleaning houses for cash so it wouldn't affect her The Disability. Member used the money to buy friend cigarettes.

I would think people would be suspicious of these GFM campaigns especially after  the couple and a maybe homeless man allegedly scammed people out of thousands with their phony feel good tale of a car breakdown and the  homeless man giving up his last $20 to help the woman.  Scam fell apart when the couple took most of the money for themselves and the homeless man didn't get his fair share. 

I prefer to give money to a charity I trust.  Reputable charities know who is really in need and they will allocate resources accordingly.  Or on occasion I will donate to a person or family in need directly rather than go through some fundraiser.  GoFundMe doesn't investigate the honesty of the people setting up these pages, so they are ripe for scams.